chapter 12

Question 1

What royal houses did James I and Charles I come from and describe their interactions with parliament.

Answer 1

They were in the Stuart monarch, Charles summoned parliament and James lectured parliament.

Question 2

Why was Henry VIII named head of the Church of England?

Answer 2

parliament approved the act of supremacy

Question 3

What kind of government did Rousseau favor in order to ensure greater freedom?

Answer 3

judicial

Question 4

Describe France’s Third Estate.

Answer 4

post french revolution

Question 5

What is the guillotine, and how was it used?

Answer 5

beheading machines used as a form of execution or death penalty

Question 6

Describe the naval rivalry between England and Spain.

Answer 6

a religious war

Question 7

Describe Catherine the Great and the life she lived.

Answer 7

the empress of russia

Question 8

What is a popularly elected form of government?

Answer 8

parliament

Question 9

absolute monarchy

Answer 9

that a ruler has complete authority over the government and
the lives of the people.

Question 10

huguenots

Answer 10

french protestants

Question 11

divine right

Answer 11

that their authority to rule came
directly from God.

Question 12

catherine the great

Answer 12

empress of Russia

Question 13

autocratic

Answer 13

that he ruled with unlimited authority.

Question 13

james 1

Answer 13

first stuart monarch

Question 14

charles 1

Answer 14

inherited the throne

Question 15

limited monarchy

Answer 15

a type of government in which a constitution or legislative body
limits the monarch’s powers.

Question 16

john locke

Answer 16

an english thinker