5 Elements
This element involves the belief in and worship of a personal God(s).
What is religion?
The quote "I am the State" by Louis XIV reflects this principle where the king had total control over society.
What is absolute monarchy?
These two groups were at the bottom of Spain’s La Casta system and were forced to work in mines and fields to enrich the Spanish Empire.
What are indigenous and enslaved people?
Both France and Spain are similar in that they shared this religion.
What is Catholicism?
This religion became an important part of Spain’s history after Muslim rulers conquered much of the Iberian Peninsula beginning in the 700s.
What is Islam?
What element is the study of the physical features and natural resources of the earth?
What is geography?
The First Estate consisted of this group, which held important religious roles and privileges in French society.
What is the clergy?
Double Jeopardy! This social hierarchy limited people’s status and opportunities based on race
What is the La Casta System?
Spain and France differed in that France’s social hierarchy was based on social class, while Spain’s was based on this factor.
What is race?
Double Jeopardy! This cash crop was harvested by enslaved people in the Caribbean and became a major source of wealth for European empires.
What is sugar? Coffee is also acceptable.
Double Jeopardy! This element is the political system that sets rules for a society
What is Government?
This Estate paid the most taxes and supported the other two estates.
What is the Third Estate?
Spain's geography included this peninsula that gave it access to the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
What is the Iberian Peninsula?
Both Spain and France used this form of government, where political power was concentrated in the hands of one ruler.
What is an absolute monarchy?
King Louis XIV built this palace to showcase his wealth and power and keep nobles close under his control.
What is Versailles?
This element is characterized by values, belief, languages and practices that people in a society share in common.
What is culture?
This idea supported the French monarchy by stating that the king's authority came from God.
What is divine right of kings?
Spain used this brutal system to exploit Indigenous labor and increase its wealth and resources.
What is the encomienda system?
Both Spain and France built wealthy overseas empires on this continent, which borders both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Where is the Americas?
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand financed the voyages of this explorer, who sailed west across the Atlantic in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This element involves all the activities related to the production, consumption and trade of natural resources, goods and services in a society.
What is economy?
One way in which the First Estate exerted their power over society was when they persecuted this religious group by forcing them to convert, face imprisonment or flee France.
Who are the Huguenots?
The War of Spanish Succession brought which French royal dynasty to the Spanish throne?
What is the House of Bourbon?
On the contrary, Spain and France were dissimilar in that the Peninsulares were at the top of the La Casta hierarchy, while this group was the top of the French social hierarchy.
What is the First Estate?
2. A society’s traditions shape what kinds of jobs people value and what goods they produce. Which TWO elements of society are interacting?
What is culture and economy?