Ch. 14 - 16

Question 1

the goal of European nations to ensure that no nation would dominate Europe; involved the formation of alliances

Answer 1

Balance of Power

Question 2

emperor of Russia; comes from the word casear

Answer 2

Czar

Question 3

belief that the king was established by God and therefore had absolute power and was not bound by human law

Answer 3

Divine Right

Question 4

made it illegal for the British government to arbitrarily hold someone in jail

Answer 4

Habeas Corpus Act

Question 5

officials directly responsible to the French king

Answer 5

Intendents

Question 6

supporters of Parliament in the English Civil War

Answer 6

Roundheads

Question 7

a term for the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries

Answer 7

Age of Reason

Question 8

the idea that all knowledge comes through experience

Answer 8

Empiricism

Question 9

theory that the earth orbits the sun; promoted by Copernicus

Answer 9

Heliocentric Theory

Question 10

a sudden and illegal seizure of power by force

Answer 10

Coup d’Etat

Question 11

delegating specified powers to the national government and reserving all other powers for the state governments

Answer 11

Federalism

Question 12

unlimited and unrestrained power

Answer 12

Absolute Power