France & Spain
This absolute ruler of France was called the Sun King. He lived at Versailles.
Who is Louis XIV?
This word refers to land owning nobles in Russia.
What are boyars?
This philosopher stated that if the government stops protecting people's natural rights, it is the duty of people to overthrow the government.
Who is John Locke?
This Enlightenment Philosopher was considered extremely controversial.
Who is Rousseau?
These were the three motivations for European exploration.
What are Gold, God, Glory?
This official order, given by Henry IV, granted religious tolerance to Protestants in France.
What is the Edict of Nantes?
This Russian leader was a Romanov who took Russia out of a period of disorder, gaining absolute power.
Who is Peter the Great?
This is the idea that you give up some things in order to get an ordered society.
What is a social contract?
This philosopher wanted all types of information to be accessible to as many people as possible.
Who is Diderot?
This philosopher was a fan of the free market and free enterprise.
Who is Adam Smith?
This leader of Spain went to war primarily to advance Catholic power.
Who is Philip II?
Emperor Charles VI had no male heir and wanted his daughter, Maria Theresa to inherit his rule. Other people didn't honor his wishes and this happened.
What is the War of Austria Succession?
It was through reading the Two Treatises on Government that this man got some ideas for writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This French philosopher made his points through satire.
Who is Voltaire?
This economic theory stated that wealth is finite.
What is mercantilism?
The Spanish Armada lost their battles against the sea dogs from this country.
What is England?
The power vacuum caused by various rival German princes having local sovereignty led to this outbreak of this series of wars.
What is the 30 Years' War?
This English philosopher didn't understand why just men should be educated, women need to make decisions as well.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
This philosopher thought that government derived their power from the general will of the people.
Who is Rousseau?
This vocabulary term means what is best for the overall community.
What is general will?
This Spanish ruler gave up rule of the Hapsburg Empire. He simply couldn't rule both.
Who is Charles V?
When speaking about the Holy Roman Empire, this philosopher said it was "neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an empire."
Who is Voltaire?
These are the FIVE words that Thomas Hobbes used to describe life in the state of nature. (Yes, you must put all 5 to get the points.)
What are solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short?
The philosopher Montesquieu proposed this many branches of government.
What is 3?
This is the religion practiced by the people that came on the Mayflower.
What is Puritan?