Q/World History - Unit 5: Growth of World Empires
Approximately, how much did it take to build the Versailles?
$100 million
Prince Henry initiated a program of exploration to find a route to the East Indies, by sailing around _____.
Africa
Portugal's only colony in the New World was:
Brazil
The Act of Union united:
England and Scotland constitutionally
The Long Parliament passed the _____, which called for Parliament to meet at least once every three years.
Triennial Act
The War of Devotion was also known as the _____.
War of the Spanish Netherlands
Christopher Columbus
discovered the New World
Louis XIV did not believe in the divine right of kings.
false
When you export more goods than you import, you are said to have a(n) _balance of trade.
favorable
Henry VII
first Tudor king
What gold was to Spain, _ was/were to France.
fur
Philip II
king of Spain
Hernando Cortes
the
By accepting the Petition of Right, Charles I agreed to:
no taxation without Parliament consent no one could be imprisoned without trial no soldiers would be quartered in homes in peacetime
Charles I was supported by _ England.
north west
William Cecil
prime minister
Three reasons Philip II sent the Spanish Armada include:
resented English intervention and aid to the Netherlands ,wanted to return England to the Catholic Church ,wanted to stop English interference with Spain's New World trade
The French settlements were _ than the English settlements.
smaller
Parliament was supported by _ England.
south east
In the seventeenth century Caribbean colonies were more important because of the (, , , ) located there. _
sugar
The three issues of the English civil wars included:
supremacy of king or Parliament new economic groups wanted role in government national church or freedom for several Protestant groups
sovereignty
supreme power or authority
paulette
tax on the offices of state
viceroyalty
A Spanish province in Latin America administered by the crown or the Council of the Indies
In 1487 Bartholomew Dias discovered the tip of Africa, which he called the:
Cape of Storms
Spanish Latin America was governed by the king or the _____.
Council of the Indies
Admiral Howard
English commander against Spanish Armada
Sir Francis Drake
English pirate
The French legislative body was known as the:
Estates General
The official language of many royal courts was:
French
Control of the Ohio valley was the issue of the:
French and Indian War
The English and French colonial rivalry climaxed with the:
French and Indian War
The Gunpowder Plot was led by:
Guy Fawkes
Two important developments of Charles II's reign included:
Habeas Corpus Act Whig Party and Tory Party
The eastern country in which both France and England were interested was:
India
Established in 1607, what was the first permanent English colony?
Jamestown
John Cabot, an Italian sailor, was sent by Henry VII to the new world. What was he seeking?
Northwest Passage
Parliament voted tunnage and poundage as a means of income for only one year because
Parliament distrusted Charles.
Established in 1608, what was the first permanent French settlement?
Quebec
Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury who suppressed the Puritans?
Richard Bancroft
In searching for a sea route to the East, England first tried to find a route around _____.
Russia
France was established as the strongest nation in Europe as a result of the:
Thirty Years' war
Causes of the Fronde included:
bad harvests discontent of provincial governors and officeholders- encouraged by English civil wars decline in grain prices
Henry IV
began Bourbon dynasty
Tenochtitlan
city of Mexico
Francisco Pizarro
conquered the Incas
England's first and only constitution is known as the _ of Government.
instument
Royal officials who were directly responsible to the king were called .
intendants
England and France both wanted to break up the monopoly of the Mediterranean trade that was controlled by which country?
italy
Portugal had difficulty colonizing because they:
lacked resources, population, and size
taille
land tax on the peasantry
The economic policy which included the idea that all colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country was:
mercantilism
In 1480, to divide the new lands between Spain and Portugal, the pope drew the first:
papal Line of Demarcation
Elizabeth I
stabilized English government
Atahualpa
the Incan Emperor
One reform wanted by the Puritans and allowed by James I was:
the King James translation of the Bible
Quetzalcoatl
the great blond god of the Aztecs
Who was the first Englishmen to sail around the world?
Sir Francis Drake
Which was NOT a method Charles used to raise money?
Sold kingdom land
What countries or areas did Portugal contact, colonize, or establish posts in?
Sumatra Africa China Java Japan the New World
Iberian peninsula
a peninsula in southwestern Europe consisting of the countries of Spain and Portugal
mulatto
a person having one white and one Negro parent; being of white and Negro blood
mestizo
a person of Spanish and American Indian descent.
encomienda
a policy whereby a certain number of Indian slaves were granted to landowners by the king
Cuauhtemoc
an Aztec king and warrior
Moors
an ethnic group of mixed Berber and Arab stock living in northwestern Africa
Henry III
assassinated in 1589
The second Navigation Act required that exports go to England first before continental ports.
true
Ferdinand Magellan
wanted to sail around the world
opulence
wealth; riches
The Dutch War lasted from 1672 to:
1678
Maximilian de Bethune
Duke of Sully
Founded in 1600, the _____ gave effective mercantile organization to England's enterprises in India.
East India Company
conquistador
a Spanish conqueror in North America or South America
friars
a member of certain religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church
Portugal was the first European nation to:
contact Japan and China
The English took colonies from the _ and later re-named them New York and New Jersey.
dutch
When the _ was abandoned because of a declining Indian population, a system of _was formed.
encomienda, peonage
The first Navigation Act in England required that all colonial exports be carried in _ ships.
english
The Commonwealth was supported by Ireland, but not by Scotland.
false
The Test Act and Disabling Act required officeholders to be practicing Catholics.
false
Edict of Nantes
granted freedom of worship and political rights to Huguenots
iconoclasm
the attacking of cherished beliefs or traditional institutions regardless whether based on error or superstition
peonage
the condition or service of a person doing work that requires little skill
Andes Mountains
the home of the Incas
Richelieu's two goals were:
to make the king all powerful in France to make France supreme in Europe
circumnavigate
to sail around
Portugal's main source of economic support came through the business of _____.
trading
A storm, a strong current, and swift vessels helped the British defeat the Armada in 1588.
true
Both Louis XV and Louis XVI enjoyed absolute power.
true
By circumnavigating Africa, Vasco da Gama became the first European to reach the East Indies by sea.
true
Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire and Charles I of Spain were the same man.
true
Charles V succeeded in uniting church and state.
true
Cromwell's government failed because it never had support of the majority of England.
true
England became a republic after the death of Charles.
true
France was brought to bankruptcy by war and extravagance.
true
Louis persecuted the Huguenots.
true
One of the features of mercantilism is the acquisition of more gold and silver.
true
