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General facts
100

What is absolutism?


 political system in which one ruler or leader has complete power and authority over a country.

100

This king inherited the kingdoms of Naples, Sicily, Netherlands, and Spain

Charles the I or the V  and then his son, King Philip

100

She was Catherine of Aragon's daughter and wanted to return to Catholicism so she fiercely persecuted all protestants in England. 


Bloody Mary 


100

Queen Elizabeth´s favourite privateer

Sir Francis Drake

 

200

A group of merchants, bankers, and artisans that developed capitalism and were the new social class in modernity.

bourgeoises



200

He was the one who established the protestant religion in England, the Anglican religion. 

Henry the VIII 


200

Who became Queen of England in 1558, built up the union, and advanced in that country. 

Elizabeth Tudor


200

Who was Joan Of Arc?

Also known as: The Maid of Orléans

 St. Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France. She was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans in 1429 that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War.

300

The period in European civilization immediately following the Middle Ages and conventionally held to have been characterized by a surge of interest in Classical scholarship and values.

Rennaissance 



300

The most emblematic monarch of absolutism who said, "I AM THE ESTATE" 

LUIS XIV 


300

She was a Queen that his father and then his son didn´t allow her to rule arguing she was crazy 

Juana "la Loca "

300

Name the Empire in Century XV 

Spain 



400

What was the divine right?

it was asserted that kings derived their authority from God and could not be held accountable for their actions by any earthly authority such as a parliament.

400

The strategy of Louis XIV for centralized power 

Built up Versailles and brought all nobility to live there  


400

Her husband sent the order to decapitate her because she couldn´t have  a male herd 

Anne Boleyn


400

Why didn´t Germany form their Nation State during Century XV?


Because:

1- Spain dominated the north of it

2- The princes were strong in their regions 

3.- The protestant Reform happened and was disordered 

500

Also known as the Age of Reason, was an intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe, especially Western Europe, in the 17th and 18th centuries, with global influences and effects.

the Enlightenment 



500

Mention the most important reform of Peter The Great 


He wanted to modernize Russia coping the European model, it was called Westernization 

500

She recovered Granada from Muslims and unified Spain getting married to Fernando Of Aragon 

Isabel from CASTILLA


500

Who was Martin Luther?


 Martin Luther, a teacher and a monk, published a document he called Disputation on the Power of Indulgences, or 95 Theses.

He did The Protestant Reformation, it was a religious reform movement that swept through Europe in the 1500s.