Period 1-2 Review Test 1450-1815 Study Guide

His edict that his courtiers and government officials cut off their beards and wear European -style clothing was related to his primary gole of westernization for his country.

Peter the Great

Helped contribte to the spread of the Black Legend in which protestant countries accused Spain of Ostensibly converting indigenous peoples to dominate them.

Bartolome de las Casas

How was society different in Italy between 1450 and 1550 as compared to France and England in regards to foreign powers?

Decentaralized and weak and prone to forign agression- Italy

This politique sought to stay in the middle- course and stabilize religious tensions in their country.- They instituted the thirty-nine Articles that maintained the dominance of the Anglican church doctrine.

Elizabeth I

Prussia and Brandenburg rose to become a strong state under his rule. He encoureged industry and trade.

Frederick William

This polotique was responsible for the edict of Nantes, which an effort to stop the fighting between catholics and Hugenots and bring civil unity.

Henry IV

Influential political philosopher in support of "divine right" of kings during the seventeenth century. His views embodied the rule of Louis XIV in France.

Jacques- Bengine Bossuet

Who was the first European explorer to find an all- water route to india by rounding the southern tip of Africa?

Vasco de Gama