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Mr. Fabian /Mr. May World History
Europe: Age of Absolutism
Chapter 7 Review Guide
Directions: Answer the following. Use notes, quizzes, and Chapter 7 in your textbook to complete.
1. By the end of King Philip II’s reign, Spain had started to…?
2. James I of England believed in the divine right of kings, which is defined as…?
3. Which of the following were Protestants in England who were inspired by Calvinist ideas and fled to the Americas for religious freedom?
4. Oliver Cromwell’s defeat of the king’s forces allowed him to set up what type of Government?
5. The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England was laid by the creation of what and who?
6. Absolutism is defined as…
7. Louis XIV maintained complete authority as monarch by doing what with his nobles/government officials?
8. The style of painting/architecture known as ____ reflected the Catholic search for power and reform.
9. The work of William Shakespeare is perhaps the best example of ____ literature.
10. Seven percent of the total French population were Protestants called what in France?
11. The Edict of Nantes recognized Catholicism as the official religion of France, and said what about Huguenots?
12. The Thirty Years’ War involved all the major European powers except which nation?
13. The Rump Parliament was what to England after the English Civil War?
14. What was the “Glorious Revolution”?
15. Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the power of the monarchy by doing what things?
16. Which of the following sought to increase the wealth and power of France by following the ideas of mercantilism and strengthening the economy for the next under aged monarch?
17. Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome is an example of the work of which famous Baroque artist?
18. The ideas of ____ can be found in the American Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
“Hence it is evident that absolute monarchy, which by some men is counted the only government in the world, is indeed inconsistent with civil society, and so can be no form of civil government at all; for the end of civil society being to avoid and remedy those inconveniences of the state of nature which necessarily follow from every man being judge in his own case, by setting up a known authority, to which everyone of that society may appeal upon any injury received or controversy that may arise, and which everyone of the society ought to obey. Wherever any persons are who have not such an authority to appeal to for the decision of any difference between them, there those persons are still in the state of nature; and so is every absolute prince, in respect of those who are under his dominion.”
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government, 1690
19. What do people need to have according to this excerpt?
20. According to this passage, how did Locke describe “the state of nature?”
21. ____ were French Protestants influenced by John Calvin.
22. Which group of people were most often accused of witchcraft?
23. Which of the following means one who believed he received his power from God and was responsible only to God?
24. The art produced during the ____ movement was a reaction/counter culture art to Renaissance ideals and values.
25. John Locke believed that humans’ natural rights included what things?
26. He was the leader of the New Model Army of soldiers that were well disciplined and trained.
27. Who is widely considered the best example of Absolutist type government in the 17th century?
28. Russian nobility were known as what term?
29. The Edict of Nantes recognized ____________________ as the official religion of France.
30. Lope de Vega wrote plays to please his ____________________.
31. Thomas Hobbes believed a ruler with absolute power in a state was needed to preserve ____________________ in society.
32. The religions of Calvinism and Catholicism became highly ____________________ by 1560.
33. What officially ended the Thirty Years War?
34. Whose execution by the Rump Parliament horrified much of Europe?
35. What is the invasion of England by William of Orange called?
36. His work reflected the high point of Mannerism.
37. This Romanov Czar introduced Western customs and ways of doing things to Russia.
38. Fiercely anti-Huguenot French people.
39. Soldiers in the New Model Army of Oliver Cromwell were called?
40. What laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England?
41. He wrote the famous Spanish novel Don Quixote.
Essay
Explain the role/circumstances that the major powers of Europe played in the religious wars of the 1500’s and 1600’s. (England, Spain, France).