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61 Cards in this Set
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The wars of religions were a product of... |
the Reformation |
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In France, who greatly outnumbered the Catholics? |
Calvinists |
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Edict of Nantes |
Recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France |
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What did the defeat of the Spanish Armada guarantee? |
The England would remain a Protestant country. |
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Who are most commonly the victims of witchcraft hysteria? |
Poor, unmarried, and older woman |
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As a result of the Thirty Years War, what country emerged as a dominant nation in Europe? |
France |
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Who won the English Civil War? |
The Parliament or the Roundheads |
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Absolutism |
The ultimate authority in the state rests in the hands of a monarch claims to rule by divine right. |
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Junkers |
Members of the Prussian landed aristocracy |
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Peter the Great |
Tsar who was determined to westernize Russia |
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Bill of Rights |
Helped to fashion a system of government based on the rule of law and freely elected parliament in England. (constitutional monarchy) |
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Ultra Catholics |
An extreme Catholic party who favored strict opposition to the Huguenots |
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Spanish Armada |
Fleet of warships that plan to invade England in 1588 |
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Huguenots |
The French Calvinists |
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Henry of Navarre |
The political leader of Huguenots, French King, who issued Edict of Nantes |
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Valois monarchy |
Was a strongly Catholic monarchy and did not favor protestants |
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King Philip II |
The King of Spain, who was known as the most Catholic King, who's the girl was to consolidate the lands he inherited. |
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William the Silent of Nassau |
Was a Dutch leader who helped organize the rebellion against Philip II. |
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Elizabeth Tudor |
Was the queen during Shakespeare's time. |
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Price revolution |
Was a dramatic rise in prices that was a major economic problem in all of Europe in the 16th and early 17th centuries. |
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Divine right of kings |
Believe that kings receive their power directly from God |
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Gentry |
Social class in England below nobility which was made up of mostly Puritan landowners. |
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sabbats |
Nightly gatherings where which is feasted and danced |
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Peace of Westphalia |
Document that ended the Thirty Years War in 1648, stated the German states for free determine their own religion. |
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House of Commons |
Lower house of parliament |
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Oliver Cromwell |
Military leader who was the victor in the English Civil War due to his New Model Army. |
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Mercantilism |
A set of principles that dominated economic thought in the 17th century |
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Favorable balance of trade |
When goods the exported or upgrade or value than those they imported |
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Boyars |
Russian nobility |
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Cardinal Richelieu |
Louis XIII Chief Minister who strengthened the power of the monarchy |
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Cardinal Mazarin |
Louis XIV Chief Minister who thought revolts by nobles due to growing power of monarchy. |
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Jean-baptiste Colbert |
Controller General of finances |
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Frederick William |
Laid foundation for Prussian state |
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Michael Romanov |
Again the Romanov dynasty that lasted until 1917 |
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Toleration Act of 1689 |
granted Puritans the right of free public worship |
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Ivan the Terrible |
first tsar of Russia |
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Mannerism |
A movement that reflected this new environment by deliberately breaking down the high Renaissance principles of balance, harmony, and moderation. |
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El Greco |
Mannerist painter |
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William Shakespeare |
English dramatist |
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Miguel de cervante |
spanish author who wrote Don Quixote |
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Thomas Hobbes |
An English political thinker who wrote Leviathan believed that people were nasty |
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John Locke |
English political thinker who wrote two treatises of government believedhumans had natural rights to life liberty and property |
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serf |
peasants who were bound to land with few rights |
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serf |
peasants who were bound to land with few rights |
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Zemsky Sobar |
National assembly that chose Michael Romanov as the new Tsar |
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serf |
peasants who were bound to land with few rights |
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Zemsky Sobar |
National assembly that chose Michael Romanov as the new Tsar |
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Holy Synod |
was the decision making body for the church in Russia created by Peter the great |
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what was the purpose of St. Petersburg? |
it was the window to the west, it weakened the Boyers, and was a warm water port |
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Who benefited from Peters reign? |
Woman |
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Who benefited from Peters reign? |
Woman |
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compare and contrast Louis and Peter |
Louis was a French King Who never left Versailles, and Peter was a Russian tsar Who traveled Europe and relied on taxation. |
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Who benefited from Peters reign? |
Woman |
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compare and contrast Louis and Peter |
Louis was a French King Who never left Versailles, and Peter was a Russian tsar Who traveled Europe and relied on taxation. |
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Who was known as the militant catholic monarch? |
Philip II |
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what dynasty occurred after Elizabeth Tudor died? |
Stuart dynasty |
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Charles I |
member of the Stuart dynasty who followed James that was executed by Oliver Cromwell |
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Lope de Vega |
Spanish play writer Who wrote to satisfy public demand |
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Phillip II |
Spanish king Who was intolerant of any other religion besides Catholicism and was ready to wage war on England but was defeated and ran out of money |
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Who did Philip the second defeat in the mediterranean? |
The turks |
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Who revolted against Philip the second? |
The Netherlands |
