Vocabulary
What was known as "Green Gold"?
Tabacco
What was the name of the "fortunate baby" that had three kings in his family?
Charles
During the French Revolution - what did they invent to make beheading people easier?
Guillotine
Protestants that considered themselves "Pure Protestants" called themselves the _____.
Puritans
What was the Triangular Trade?
What is defenestration?
What was the name of the African Queen that negotiated with the Portuguese for her kingdom's freedom?
Queen Nzinga
Treason (plotting to take over her throne)
The Thirty-Year's War over Protestantism and Catholicism in Germany started with __________.
The Defenestration of Prague
New York's original name was _________.
New Amsterdam
What is a constitution?
A set of rules explaining how a country will work.
What was so strange about Lord Darnley's death?
His house was blown up but he was left strangled in his garden.
Why were people beheaded during the French Revolution?
They were noblemen. They were loyal to the king. They spoke up against the revolution. ETC.
The branch of Protestantism that believes all people are equal and that God will only speak to you while you are praying silently is called _____.
Quakers
Napoleon sold Thomas Jefferson the _______________.
Louisiana Territory
What is a commonwealth?
A country where the people rule, by electing leaders who will represent them.
This King of Prussia encouraged all of his people to think of themselves as citizens of the Prussia.
Frederick I
The beheading of __________ left England without a king in a thousand years.
King Charles I
He created and translated the King James Bible that is still used till this day.
In the United States, how would a territory become a state?
A territory becomes a state when a territory has the same number of settlers as a state.
What is an oligarchy?
A country where only some of the citizens have power to rule.
What was the name of the 14 year old girl who defended her fort from Native American attack?
Marie-Madeleine
Who was the man responsible for all of beheadings during the Reign of Terror? What happened to him?
Robespierre - he was beheaded for threatening the National Convention.
Mary Queen of Scots was raised as a ____________ ruling a country of ___________.
Catholic, Protestants
What happened between the colonists of Jamestown and the local Native Americans?