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24 Cards in this Set
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What 4 things did 17th and 18th century kings do to increase their royal power? |
Define divine right. |
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Chief minister for Louis XIII? |
Who was the strongest nation post 30 years' war? |
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The revocation of the Edict of Nantes resulted in ___ |
Was Frederick William called the "Great Elector" |
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List the Russian rulers. |
In what country was absolutism defeated? |
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List Peter the Great's goals for making Russia better. |
How/Why were the English kings limited in power? |
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Oliver Cromwell took on the title ____ |
Which treaty gave French territory in Canada to Britain? |
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What was the Pragmatic Sanction drawn up? |
What did the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle accomplish? |
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Another name for the French and Indian War? |
Define absolute power. |
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Who was Mazarin? |
Define Frondes. |
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Russian word for Caesar. |
What political move did James I, Charles I and Cromwell all have in common? |
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What political document limited English royal power? |
Name the 2 English political parties. |
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18th century alliance system made to insure no nation grew too powerful. |
Whose strategy led England to success in the Seven Years' War? |
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Match the ruling family with the country. Bourbon, Hohenzollern, Hapsburg, Romanov and Stuart |
Who said "I am the state" |
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Swedish King. |
first "king in Prussia" |
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tripled the size of Prussia |
ruled with Maria Thersea |
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"The Terrible" |
westernized Russia |
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first Scottish king of England |
lost a civil war |
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lost his throne in 1688 |
accepted the Act of Settlement |
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first Hanoverian king |
T/F The 30 Years' War was the last religious war fought in Europe |
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T/F The Junkers were high military officers whose influence solidified Prussian power among the German states |
T/F One of Peter the Great's methods solidifying the power of the czar was to gain control of the Russian Orthodox church
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T/F Catherine the Great's immoral life and rigid adherence to absolutism kept her from continuing Peter the Great's westernization of Russia |
T/F The Scots raised an army against Charles I primarily because his agents tried to force the use of the Anglican prayer book on the Scottish church |
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T/F Those who supported the king during the British civil war were called Roundheads by those who supported Parliament |
T/F John Bunyan wrote the epic poem Paradise Lost |
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T/F The Diplomatic Revolution was the result of France's unexpected support of Austria against Prussia in the Seven Years' War |
Essay: Explain how the European rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries justified their absolute authority |
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Essay: Discuss the westernization and modernization program that Peter the Great implemented in Russia. |
Map: Papal States, North Sea, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Ottoman Empire, Black Sea, Kingdom of Prussia, United Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Mediterranean Sea, France, United Kingdom, Baltic Sea, Spain, Hungary, Poland and Russia |
