Chapter 21 Sec 1

Question 1

Philip II

Answer 1

Charles V’s son inherited Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the American colonies

Question 2

Absolute monarchs

Answer 2

Kings or queens who believed that all power within their state’s boundaries rested in their hands

Question 3

Divine right

Answer 3

The idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on earth
An absolute monarch answered only to God, not to his or her subjects