Absolutism
Exploration
Key Figures
Potpourri I
Potpourri II
100

This architectural style was used by absolute monarchs to enhance their rule.

What is Baroque?

100

This policy enacted by the Shoguns was meant to ensure the loyalty of the daimyo.

What was the "alternate attendance system" or "hostage system"?

100

His written works created the "Black Legend."

Who was Bartolome de las Casas?

100

This is defined as the hatred of women.

What is misogyny?

100

When you reached this rank, you became a hereditary noble.

What was the 8th rank?

200

One of the main aims of Peter the Great's reforms was to make social status more dependent upon this. 

What is service to the state?

200

This was the most significant demographic effect of the Columbian Exchange.

What was the decline in the Native American population as a result of small pox?

200
He rounded the Cape of Good Hope and reached India.

Who was Vasco de Gama?

200

This revoked the Edict of Nantes.

What was the Edict of Fontainbleu?

200

These were the reasons for the decline in the witchcraft hysteria by mid-17th century. Name 3.

What is because (1) the wealthy stopped pursuing it

(2) increasing religious toleration 

(3) there was a spread of education

300

This war ended France's global position as the leading European power. 

What was the War of Spanish Succession?

300

This nation dominated the Transatlantic Slave trade.

Who was Portugal?

300

This family dominated the Shogunate from the 17th-mid 18th centuries. 

Who was the Tokugawa clan?

300

This is commonly referred to as the Spice Islands.

What is Malacca?

300

Portugal's early success in the Age of Exploration can be attributed to these two things.

What was (1) Naval strength (2) weapons?

400

This was an attempt by Parliament to curtail Charles I's absolutist rule.

What was the Petition of Rights?

400

This is often identified as the first modern treaty. 

What was the Treaty of Nerchinsk?

400

He was driven by religious motivation to create an alliance amongst Christian rulers against Muslim ones.

Who was Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal?

400

This was the most significant effect of European colonization upon European countries.

What was mercantilism?

400

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided the World into two spheres. East of the line went to ________ & West of the line went to ___________.

What is east of the line went to Portugal and west of the line went to Spain?

500

This was often viewed as the most absurd way that Charles I raised revenue. 

What was "ship money"?

500

They are of pure Spanish descent but born in the colonies. 

Who were the creoles?

500

They were the first limited monarchs of England.

Who were William and Mary?

500

This is the term for the Parliament that was left after the Civil War & the purging of the nobility.

What was the "Rump Parliament"?

500

This is the term for the Parliament that met for 1 month in 1640.

What was the "Short Parliament"?