Lesson 1
what is a Heretic?
What is the phrase that means that the king gets his power from God, and not his subjects?
What is the Divine Right of Kings?
what is the term for a political system in which a ruler holds total power?
What is absolutism?
What is the name of the artistic movement that emerged in Italy in the 1520's and 1530's and marked the end of the Renaissance?
What is Mannerism?
What was the religion of King Phillip II of Spain?
what is Catholic?
What is the term for a large fleet of war ships?
what is an Armada?
What is the name given to English protestants who believed that the Church of England needed further reform and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship?
Who were the Puritans?
What is the Title used for Russian emperors that comes from the Roman word "Caesar?"
What is Czar?
What is the name for an artistic style of the 17th century characterized by complex forms bold ornamentation, and contrasting elements?
What is Baroque?
Who was a Dutch leader who became a Calvinist and fought against the forces of King Phillip II of Spain, but was eventually shot in the first assassination by hand-gun?
Who was William of Orange?
What is the term that means a rapid increase in prices?
What is inflation?
What is the name given to the supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War?
What are Cavaliers?
What is the term for a Russian Noble?
What is Boyar?
What English playwright became famout in 'londin in the late 16th century and is still considered to be the ost influential English playwright of all time?
Who was William Shakespeare?
The the population of Europe grow or shrink during the 16th and 17th centuries in Europe?
What is Grow?
What was the name of the French Protestants influenced by John Calvin that included 40-50% of the nobility?
Who were the Huguenots?
What is the name given to the supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War?
What are Roundheads?
What was the name for a very tall Russian Czar who wanted to modernize Russia and make it more like the rest of Europe and tried to force the men in Russia to shave their beards?
Who is Peter the Great
What Famous Spanish author wrote the play Don Quixote during the golden age os Spanish literature?
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
Who built what became the 4th largest army in Europe in Prussia of 40,000 men?
Who was Frederick William?
What were many older women who failed to save the lives of mothers babies in childbirth often accused of, and many time tortured and killed?
What is witchcraft?
Who was made Lord Protector of England during the English Civil War?
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
What french monarch became king at the age of 4 and is known as the strongest absolute monarch of France?
Who was Louis the XIV?
Why did the Globe Theatre in London keep their ticket prices low?
what is, "So they could fill their 3,000 seats and lower classes could attend."
What two men served as the second most powerful men in France during the reigns of Louis XIII, and Louis the XIV?
Who were Cardinal Richelieu, and Cardinal Mazarin?