Unit test #2: exploration

Question 1

Absolutism

Answer 1

Exercise of unrestricted power in government

Question 2

Act of Union

Question 3

Age of Exploration

Answer 3

Europeans wanted to expand empires, wanted new materials/goods. Set out for Asia (India, China) but found Americas instead
-Gold, Glory, God

Question 4

Bill of Rights

Answer 4

-First bill of rights of modern times, monarch can’t make any decisions without parliament

Question 5

Colbert

Answer 5

Finance Minister of king Louis XIV
-Mercantilism
-Self sufficiency
-Tax burdens shift to poor (rich will spend more money on economy, therefore more money for expansion)

Question 6

Columbian Legacy

Question 7

Cromwell

Answer 7

-Comes into power after Charles I is executed
-puritan ideology, King Charles I basically gave him the power of the king, was very strict and militant.

Question 8

Divine Right

Answer 8

-King is chosen by God
- Responsible to God

Question 9

English Civil War

Answer 9

royalists vs roundheads, Charles I defeated and England becomes a republic, Charles II is summoned when Cromwell dies and restores creativity,

Question 10

Galileo

Answer 10

“invented telescope”

Question 11

Glorious Revolution

Answer 11

no violence (no one died), made it clear that Parliament (not the King) was the supreme government in England

Question 12

Hobbes

Answer 12

-Pessimist
-Influenced by English civil war (men are naturally horrible specimens)
- Everyone needs to follow leader (leader has complete control)
-Canada

Question 13

Locke

Answer 13

-Optimist
-Man is insured life, liberty and property
-If government fail the people, the people are allowed to rise up and over throw government
US constitution

Question 14

James I

Answer 14

-Henry VIII nephew
Didn’t get along with Puritans (couldn’t collect enough taxes)
-Angilican Church
- Failed treaty with Spain, straining relation ship with royal family and parliament

Question 15

L’état c’est moi

Answer 15

I am the state

Question 16

Louis XIV

Question 17

Mercantilism

Answer 17

prioritizes economic strength supported by keeping and increasing a nations gold supply by exporting more than they import. They were focused on international trade and using colonies to their mother nations economic advantage

Question 18

Petition of Right

Answer 18

king cant raise taxes easily so the poor think they have more power, but Charles II found a loophole

Question 19

Richelieu

Answer 19

Chief Minister of France, strengthen french monarchy, King Louis XIV essentially gave him all of the King’s power

Question 20

Roundheads

Answer 20

• Against royalists
• Puritan supporters
  -Had bowl cuts

Question 21

Royalists

Answer 21

• supporters of the king

Question 22

Tories

Answer 22

political party of england, supporters of the King and English policies

Question 23

Versailles

Answer 23

-Court designed to reflect power and prestige
-Palace Louis XIV “built”
-Hall of mirrors
-No privacy
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Question 24

Charles I

Answer 24

-wanted to increase taxes for English wars
-Suspended parliament
-Unfair taxation of people
-Accused of Treason
Executed (beheaded)