Chapter 4- Section 1&2 Quiz

Question 0

Holy Roman Emperor

Answer 0

NOT a position of absolute power because leaders of the empire’s small states fought against increased imperial power.

Question 1

Absolute Monarchy

Answer 1

A ruler whose power was unlimited and should not be challenged because they ruled by divine (God given) right.

Question 2

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

Answer 2

Forced to sign the Peace of Augsburg in 1555 which allowed German kings to decide whether or not to be Catholic or Protestant. Gave up his thrones in 1556 because he was frustrated with his failure to defeat Protestantism.

Question 3

Phillip the second

Answer 3

After Charles V gave up his throne, his son Phillip took over the Netherlands, Spain, Sicily, and Spain’s colonies in the Americas. Despite a steady flow of gold from the explorations of Cortes and Coronado, Spain remained a poor country with a weak economy.

Question 4

The Spanish Armada

Answer 4

Phillip the second decided to invade England in order to stop the seadogs and return England to the Catholic Church. Totaling 130 ships and 20,000 soldiers and sailors, this fleet proved not to be invincible in the face of storms and English fire-ships.

Question 5

El Greco

Answer 5

Spanish painter famous for his elongated human figures.

Question 6

Diego Velazquez

Answer 6

Spanish painter who portrayed people of all social classes with great dignity.

Question 7

Juana Ines de la Cruz

Answer 7

A Mexican nun who argued that women had the right to an education.

Question 8

Huguenots

Answer 8

French Calvinist Protestants.

Question 9

St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre

Answer 9

Event when the Catholic French Queen ordered the killing of tens of thousands of Huguenots.

Question 10

Henry Navarre

Answer 10

French Protestant nobleman who became king Henry IV after converting to Catholicism.

Question 11

To end the religious warring…

Answer 11

Between the Catholics and Huguenots of his country Henry IV issued a compromise called the Edict of Nantes, in which the people of France were no longer forced to follow the monarch’s religion.

Question 12

Louis XIII

Answer 12

One of his main goals was to limit the power of the nobles and Huguenots. He relied on his advisor, Cardinal Richelieu, who through his actions demonstrated that he was more interested in strengthening his own king’s power than supporting other Catholic monarchs.

Question 13

Louis XIV

Answer 13

Referred to himself as “ The Sun King”. Louis XIV was the best example of an absolute monarch. His greatest ambition was to build up the military and expand French territory. Appointed Jean-Baptiste Colbert minister of finance who reduced France’s debt.

Question 14

Balance of Power

Answer 14

Series of alliances between countries so that no one team of countries becomes too powerful.

Question 15

War of Spanish Succession

Answer 15

Fought between France and other European countries to prevent Louis XIV son from becoming king of Spain. After several defeats and loss of territory previously gained, France agreed to sign the Treaty of Utrecht: France and Spain would never be ruled by the same monarch.