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Spain

France Central and Eastern Europe

England

*Title 1

*Question

*What is the political belief that one ruler should hold all power within a country?

*Absolutism

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*Title 2

*Question

*What economic problem helped to weaken the Spanish Empire?

*Inflation

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*Title 3

*Question*This is the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God’s representative on Earth.

*Divine Right

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*Title 4

*Question*Who was the Spanish monarch that attempted to punish the protestant queen of England and lost an epic defeat with the Spanish Armada?

*Phillip IIChoose Your Path!!

*Title 5

*Question DOUBLED POINTS: Give two causes of absolutism in Europe.

*Religious and territorial conflicts created fear and uncertainty. *Growth of armies rise in taxes*Unrest over taxes peasant revolts

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*Title 6

*This was the attempt to bring an end to the violent religious conflicts in France. *DOUBLE POINTS:*Identify both religious

groups fighting.

*Edict of Nantes*Catholics and the Huguenots

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*Title 7

*He was known as the “sun king” and is the best example of an absolute monarch.

*Louis XIV

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*Title 8

*DOUBLE POINTS: Give two ways in which Cardinal Richelieu strengthened the Bourbon monarchy.

*Moved against the Protestants*Weakened the nobles power by forcing them to take down their castles

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*Title 9

*Who was the French minister of finance, that believed in the theory of mercantilism?

*Jean Baptist Colbert

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*Title 10

*What was the name of the magnificent palace that Louis XIV built to display the power of the French monarchy?

*Palace of Versailles

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*Title 11

*Identify the war that was sparked by religious conflict and resulted in the increased power of France, the weakening of Spain and Austria, and the devastation of Germany

*Thirty Years War

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*Title 12

*During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, which group of people suffered the greatest loss in power?

*boyars

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*Title 13

*Which Russian czar is credited with the westernization of Russia? *DOUBLE POINTS: Identify one of the changes he instituted

*Peter the Great

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*Title 14

*Why did Peter the Great build the city of St. Petersburg?

*He wanted a warm water port that would make it easier to travel to the West

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*Title 15

Frederick the Great of Prussia decided that this was the only way to ensure the safety of his people

*Creating a powerful standing army

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*Title 16

*This English king was put on trial and executed by Parliament

*Charles I

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*Title 17

*Invited by Parliament, William and Mary overthrew James II in a bloodless transition of monarchies. What is the term that describes this event?

*Glorious Revolution

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*Title 18

*After a military dictator, the English people asked the royal family to return to rule England. What was this called?

*Restoration

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*Title 19

*He was the Puritan General that assumed dictatorship powers after the English Civil War.

*Oliver Cromwell

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*Title 20

*This was the law that guaranteed every prisoner the right to obtain a writ or document ordering that the prisoner be brought before a judge to specify the charges

*Habeas Corpus

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*10 pts

*20 pts

*30 pts

*40 pts

*50 pts

*50 pts

*Challenge Accepted!!

Battle Mr. Egan to double your

score…

*Final Countdown!!

*Write down how many points you would like to wager, and circle it.*List four ways in which the English people limited the power of the English Monarchies.