Module 10 test

Question 1

Who was Philip II

Answer 1

Son of the European Monarch and devout Catholic Charles V

Question 2

What did he inherit after his father retired to a monastery?

Answer 2

Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and the American colonies

Question 3

He was deeply religious like his father.
True or False?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What phrase did his court historian use to describe him?

Answer 4

“His smile and his dagger were very close”

Question 5

What happened in 1600?

Answer 5

American mines supplied Spain with an estimated 339,000 pounds of gold

Question 6

What did Philip think was his religious duty?

Answer 6

He thought it was his duty to defend Catholicism against the Muslims of the Ottoman Empire and Protestant Europe

Question 7

What did do to try and punish Protestant England?

Answer 7

He launched the Spanish Armada

Question 8

What set back seriously weakened Spain?

Answer 8

The defeat against Protestant England

Question 9

What helped Spain seem put together while they began to fall apart financially?

Answer 9

Its wealth

Question 10

Absolute monarch definition

Answer 10

Kings or Queens who held all power within their states

Question 11

Why did monarchs believe they deserved absolute power?

Answer 11

Because they thought they were the representatives of God on Earth

Question 12

Who did monarchs answer to?

Answer 12

Only God

Question 13

Example of a monarch with absolute power?

Answer 13

Philip II

Question 14

Divine right definition

Answer 14

The idea that God created the monarchy and the Monarch acted as God’s representative Earth

Question 15

What began the Spanish fall?

Answer 15

Its defeat against England

Question 16

List the differences between the Dutch and the Spanish

Answer 16

• The Dutch had many Calvinist churches while Spain was Catholic
• The Spanish had a sluggish economy while the Dutch had a prosperous one

Question 17

Why were the two main reasons the Dutch revolted against Spain?

Answer 17

1. Spain was catholic while most of the dutch were calvinists.
2. Raise in taxes.

Question 18

What was the Edict of Nantes?

Answer 18

A declaration of religious toleration established by Henry of Navarre

Question 19

Why did Henry initiate the Edict of Nantes?

Answer 19

In order to “heal Paris’ wounds” after the several wars that occurred between Catholics and French protestants

Question 20

Who was Cardinal Richelieu?

Answer 20

A strong minister appointed by Louis XIII

Question 21

What did Cardinal Richelieu thought about protestantism?

Answer 21

he believed prostatism was an excuse for political conspiracies against the Catholic King

Question 22

What was skepticism?

Answer 22

The idea that nothing can be known for certain

Question 23

How did the thinkers of skepticism viewed the church?

Answer 23

They were in doubt about churches who claimed to have the correct set of doctrines

Question 24

Who was Louis XIV?

Answer 24

Son of Louis XIII and one if the most powerful kings in french history

Question 25

At what age did Louis XIV became a king?

Answer 25

4 years old

Question 26

Who was Cardinal Mazarin?

Answer 26

Successor of Cardinal Richelieu

Question 27

How did Louis XIV perceived the state?

Answer 27

He perceived himself and the state as one

Question 28

In what year did Mazarin die?

Answer 28

1661

Question 29

What did Louis XIV do to keep power under control?

Answer 29

He made sure local officials communicated with him regularly

Question 30

What was the law he canceled that upset a lot of citizens?

Answer 30

The Edict of Nantes

Question 31

What was the response after the Edict of Nantes was canceled?

Answer 31

Thousands of Huguenots fled the country

Question 32

What was a negative impact of the cancelation of the Edict of Nantes?

Answer 32

Many of Huguenots who fled the country were artisans and business people, therefore it left France missing many skilled workers

Question 33

What did Louis XIV devote himself to while his reign?

Answer 33

Economic, political, and cultural brilliance

Question 34

Intendant definition

Answer 34

Government agents who collected taxes and administered justice

Question 35

Why did Louis XIV establish intendants?

Answer 35

To decrease the power of the nobles

Question 36

Who was Jean Baptiste Colbert?

Answer 36

King Louis’ appointed minister of finance

Question 37

What did Colbert do with France’s economy?

Answer 37

He attempted to make it self sufficient

Question 38

What did Colbert do to make France self sufficient?

Answer 38

1. He tried to make France able to manufacture everything instead of relying on imports.
2. As the government, he motivated people to move to their Colony in Canada.

Question 39

What was the War of the Spanish Succession?

Answer 39

It was the war that prevented the union of the French and Spanish throne

Question 40

In 1700, why were the thrones of Spain and France about to be united?

Answer 40

King of Spain Charles II died without an heir, therefore the throne was passed down to the grandson of Louis XIV, Philip of Anjou

Question 41

When did the War of the Spanish Succession end?

Answer 41

1714

Question 42

What was the Treaty of Utrecht?

Answer 42

A treaty that stated Louis’ grandson was allowed to remain king of Spain as long as the thrones of France and Spain were not united