Chapter 5

Question 0

René Descartes was a citizen of what country?

Answer 0

France

Question 1

Absolute monarchs relied on what for their authority?

Answer 1

Divine Right (from god)

Question 2

The Netherlands revolted against the colonial power of what country?

Answer 2

Spain

Question 3

What English document was the model for a later version written in America?

Answer 3

Bill of Rights

Question 4

What is habeas corpus?

Answer 4

right to a trial

Question 5

What political body cane out of the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 5

Cabinet

Question 6

What was the act of making William & Mary England’s monarchs called?

Answer 6

glorious revolution

Question 7

What was the name of a famous Spanish painter if the period?

Answer 7

El Greco/

Diego Velasquez

Question 8

What was the name of the first European novel?

Answer 8

Don Quixote de la Mancha

Question 9

What was the name of the palace of the French kings?

Answer 9

Palace of Versailles

Question 10

What was the name of the Spanish fleet?

Answer 10

Spanish Armada

Question 11

What was the name of the system of torture inflicted on non-believers?

Answer 11

Inquisition

Question 12

What was the period called during Cromwell’s reign?

Answer 12

Commonwealth

Question 13

Which country granted religious freedom with the Edict of Nantes?

Answer 13

France

Question 14

Which country was the most religiously tolerant in Europe?

Answer 14

Netherlands

Question 15

Which English monarch had two children, one Protestant and one Catholic?

Answer 15

James II

Question 16

Which English monarch had been king of Scotland?

Answer 16

James I

Question 17

Which English monarch was killed in the Civil War?

Answer 17

Charles I

Question 18

Which is the correct term for a participant in the Englisb Civil War?

Answer 18

Roundheads/Cavaliers (King Charles I)
vs Roundheads (Puritan supporrters of Parliament)

Question 19

Which was NOT a reason for the growth of monarchs’ power?

Answer 19

edict of nantes, intendants, constitutional monarchy

Question 20

Who painted Girl with a Pearl Earring?

Answer 20

Johannes Vermeer

Question 21

Who was the “Sun King”?

Answer 21

Louis XIV

Question 22

Who was the most famous Dutch painter at the time?

Answer 22

Rembrandt Van Rijn

Question 23

Who was the ruler of France in the mid-1600s?

Answer 23

Louis XIV

Question 24

Who was the ruler of Russia in the early 1600s?

Answer 24

Michael Romanov

Question 25

Who was the ruler of Spain in the late 1500s?

Answer 25

Phillip II

Question 26

Who was the Russian czar during the age of absolute monarchs?

Answer 26

Peter the Great