Unit 4 Growth of World Empires

The leaders that united Spain and funded Christopher Columbus were:

Ferdinand and Isabella

A civil conflict in _____ in 1647-1652 was the Fronde.

France

Long Parliament

lasted 20 years

intendants

local royal French officials

former term for a person of Spanish and indigenous descent?

mesitzo

Hernando Cortes

Conquered the Aztecs

The first permanent French settlement in the New World was at Montreal.

False

Portugal was conquered by

Spain in 1580

Who did Philip II send to conquer England in 1588

Spanish Armada

The growth of cities was the only reason the Turks lost control of the Balkans

False

Under Cromwell as the Lord Protector, government became more and more orderly and peaceful.

False

When Charles VI of Austria died, he left the throne to hiss niece, Maria Catherine.

False

when goods exported > imported, the trade balance is said to be:

favorable

Vasco da Gama

first man to circumnavigate Africa

Ferdinand Magellan

first man to circumnavigate the world

Quebec

first permanent French setltement

Protestant princes union

fought against the Catholic princes alliance and the Holy Roman Empire

What happened as Magellan sailed through the straits at the tip of South America?

ice formed on the rigging, rails, sails and a storm crippled one of the ships.

What happens when Portugal sent representatives to Peking, China?

kicked out and given base at Macao

Charles V

king of Spain from 1516-1556

Montezuma

king of the Aztecs

During whos reign was the Habeas Corpus passed and the Whig and Tory parties developed?

Charles II

Instrument of Government

England's only written constitution

Admiral Howard

English commander against Spanish Armada

William Cecil

English prime minister

James I

English translation of the Bible

Charles V was the king of Spain who sent the Spanish Armada to England.

False

Frederick II of Prussia was focused on the military; it was his only interest

False

Frederick William was the first king of Prussia

False

Richelieu attacked La Rochelle because of religious intolerance.

False

The Navigation Acts were meant to destroy Spanish trade.

False

The capital of the Ottoman Empire was the Dardanelles

False

The English and French colonial rival climaxed with what war?

French and Indian War

the last moorish stronghold on the Iberian peninsula

Granada

Oliver Cromwell

Lord Protector

A system of government intervention to promote national prosperity and to increase the power of the country is called:

Mercantilism

Which were features of mercantilism?

Ownership of colonies Self-Sufficiency Acquiring gold and silver

When the Spanish Armada was defeated, English remained independent and:

Protestant

The Treaty of Kutchuk Kainardji (Little Fountain) gave which country free passage through the straits and territories along the Black Sea?

Russia

17th century Europe movement that emphasizes freedom without prejudice and superstition is called

The Enlightenment

Louis XIV

The sun king

At the time of the Ottoman Empire, the majority of Muslims were part of the Sunni sect of Islam.

True

Sir Francis Drake was the first englishman to sail around the world

True

The Petition of Right and the Magna Carta ranked in importance on an equal basis for the rights of Englishmen

True

The Turks advanced into the Balkans until only Austria lay between them and Western Europe

True

Estevanico

a Moor who was one of the four survivors of the Narvaez expedition

Philip II

became king of Spain in 1556

Henry IV

began Bourbon dynasty

James I

began Stuart dynasty

Henry VII

began Tudor dynasty

How did Austria help maintain stability in Europe

by helping with land and defeating the turks, pushing them out the balkans

Richelieu

chief minister in France in 1624

Richelieu

chief minister of France

Spanish conqueror in North / South America?

conquistador

Bartolomeu Dias

discovered Cape of Storms

what played a role in Italy's decline after 1500

dominated by other empires weakened by wars loss of trade in east

What was the name of a policy where a certain number of enslaved indigenous people were granted to landowners by the king?

encomienda

Versailles

palace of Louis XIV

Francis Xavier

priest who spread Catholicism in Japan

Weaker country called that is shielded by a stronger country?

protectorate

Petition of Right

ranks with Magna Carta in importance

Elizabeth I

stabilized English government

Prince Henry

started school of navigation at Sagres and sponsored voyages along the African coast

Which of the following were causes of the English Civil War?

supremacy of the King or Parliament new economic groups wanting a role in government national church or religious freedom for Protestants

An important principle of the English Petition of Right was that no taxes could be raised without the consent of

the Parliament

Where does the name Protestant come from?

the Protestant princes union

What was a Spanish province in Latin America called?

viceroyalty

four reasons decline of Spain as a world power

wars weakened spain revolts from latin america lack of strong kings economic problems

Cabeza de Vaca

was taken captive and walked from the Texas coast to the Gulf of California