English Civil War & Glorious Revolution
Miscellaneous
Dutch Golden Age
Absolutists
Balance of Power
Peter the Great
100
Leader of the New Model Army during the English Civil War?
Oliver Cromwell
100
In 1629, he locked Parliament out of their meeting place and refused to let them back in for Eleven Years!
Charles I
100
You achieve a favorable balance of trade by ________ more than you _________
exporting; import
100
Louis XIV was known for saying, “L’etat, c’est moi,” meaning ___________
I am the state
100
Before the Peace of Westphalia, most European wars were centered on ___________. After the Peace of Westphalia, war becomes centered on ______________. (100 for each)
Religion; Creating Economic and Political advantages
100
This family ruled Russia for over 300 years
The Romanovs
200
He was known as the "Merry Monarch"
King Charles II
200
This Netherlands-based company dominated world trade in the 17th and 18th centuries
The Dutch East India Company
200
was a creative mathematician of the first order, an important scientific thinker, and an original metaphysician. "cogito ergo sum"
René Descartes
200
(Daily Double - 200 for each) In countries with Absolutist Monarchies, the ______ power of the Nobility decreased. However, the _______ status of the Nobility stayed the the same.
POLITICAL power; SOCIAL status
200
(Daily Double) The land of the former Polish Empire is absorbed by these three European States (200 for each)
Austria, Russia, Prussia
200
The construction of this city of began in 1703 as Russia’s “window to the West,” serving as a symbol of modernization and westernization.
St. Petersburg
300
After the Glorious Revolution, this Protestant, husband-and-wife, duo ruled England together (hint: a college is named after the two of them)
William and Mary
300
introduced the intendant system, where royal officials known as intendants enforced royal decrees, collected taxes, and maintained public order, France experienced centralization, as intendants answered directly to the monarchy
Cardinal Richelieu
300
dominant religion in the Dutch Republic
Calvinism
300
known for his theory of the Divine Right of Kings (as stated before, believes that the ruler has control over every facet of political and religious life)
Jacques Bossuet
300
The War of Spanish Succession was fought over fear that these two European states would combine their colonial and domestic power
France and Spain
300
War between Peter the Great of Russia and Charles XII of Sweden
The Great Northern War
400
One reason the English Civil War failed to dethrone the Monarchy was due to the Parliamentarian faction having large number of members of this religious sect on their side. These members wanted to focus more on religious reforms than on political ones.
Puritans
400
The grand alliance went to war against France to keep him from taking the thrown of Spain
Phillip (Phillip V of Spain)
400
universally acknowledged as the “father of microbiology”.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.
400
Louis XIV was nine years old when the nobles, driven by hatred of this prime minister rose against the crown in 1648.
Jules Cardinal Mazarin
400
The Habsburgs introduced a new type of infantry, known as the tercio, which was composed of _____, ________, and _________. (all three for points)
Pikemen, musketeers, arquebusiers
400
The painting above depicts the execution of a group of guards who attempted to rise up against Peter, what was their name?
the Streltsy
500
During the timeframe between the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution, England was known as _______________ .
the Commonwealth of England
500
In 1713 this ended the war of Spanish succession
Treaty of Utrecht
500
•The Seven Northern Dutch provinces signed this, creating a defensive alliance against the Spanish, but they were politically independent with no absolute ruler.
Union of Utrecht
500
To increase the control of the Church over the French population, he revoked the ________and replaced it with the ____________,
Edict of Nantes, Edict of Fontainebleau
500
William of Orange created the Grand Alliance (aka the League of Augsburg) with ______, _______, and the ____________ to check French expansion. (all three for credit)
England, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire
500
(Daily Double - Both for Credit) Peter abolished the _________ of Moscow. Thenceforward the place as head of the church was taken by a spiritual college, namely the ______ ________, consisting of representatives of the hierarchy obedient to the tsar's will
Patriarchate, Holy Synod