Exploration and Colonization
France
Great Britain
European Politics
100

What were the three reasons a European country would want to colonize parts of the Americas?

Gold, Glory, and God

100

This is the definition of Huguenot

Who were the French Protestants

100

This is the name of the document that lays out the natural rights of every British citizen

What is the English Bill of Rights

100

This is the Russian word used to refer to their kings

What was czar

200

What is the name given to the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World and the Old World in the 16th century?

The Columbian Exchange

200

This man ruled over France while the king was young. He consolidated power for the king and managed France during the Thirty Years War

Who was Cardinal Richelieu

200

This is the name of an English revolution that led to no bloodshed because the king decided to flee instead of fight

What was the Glorious Revolution

200

These were the beliefs of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes (must include both for answer credit)

John Locke believed people should be allowed to govern themselves and have natural rights

Thomas Hobbes believed people needed to be controlled by a monarch to suppress sinful human instincts

300

This is the name of the trade route where African slaves were taken to the Americas

What is the trans-Atlantic trade route

300

This French king was the most symbolic of European absolutism

Who was Louis XIV (14th)

300

This is the name of the country that assisted the British colonists the most during the American Revolution

Who were the French

300

This was the name given by the Catholic Church to the Austrian Habsburg family's territory

What was the "Holy Roman Empire"

400
This is the significance of a joint-stock company in Europe's exploration

What is the ability to fund expeditions with less risk than if one person were to fund the mission entirely on their own

400

This was the person in power during the Reign of Terror

Who was Maximilien Robespierre

400

This is one of the main causes for British colonists to revolt and begin the American War for Independence

"Taxation without representation"

400

This is the definition of a missionary

What is a Christian traveler who spreads their religion to foreign countries

500

This is the name of the explorer America is named after because he identified the New World as not part of Asia

Who was Amerigo Vespucci

500

This is the name of the castle the French stormed at the beginning of the French Revolution

What was Bastille

500

These were the two rulers who agreed to Parliaments demands after the Glorious Revolution and signed the English Bill of Rights

Who were William and Mary

500

This group of European states shared a quasi-republic with elected kings and a central parliament

What was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth