Test: Growth of World Empires
Chief minister of France during Louis XIII's reign
Richelieu
The sun king
Louis XIV
During the 1700s, control of Italy passed from the Hapsburgs of __to the Hapsburgs of Austria.
Spain
England's only written constitution
Instrument of Government
Local royal French officials
Intendants
Sponsored an English translation of the Bible
James I
A system of government intervention to promote national prosperity and to increase the power of the country is called
Mercantilism
The role of the Catholic Church in Latin America was to:
Missionize, educate, and protect the Indians
The four viceroyalties of Latin America were:
Peru, New Spain, New Granada, and La Plata
The three main reasons for Portugal's decline as a world power were:
Population, size, and lack of resources
Economic minister to Louis XIV
Colbert
Frederick William never used his army but formed Prussia into:
None of the above
Lord Protector during England's Commonwealth period
Oliver Cromwell
French civil war
Fronde
Ranks with Magna Carta in importance
Petition of Right
The reasons for the decline of Spain as a world power were:
All of the above
Began a school of navigation in Portugal and funded expeditions
Prince Henry
Portugal's empire was extensive, and the country thrived on:
Trade
Conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
King of Spain; sent the Spanish Armada to conquer England
Philip II
Richelieu attacked La Rochelle because of religious intolerance.
False
Enlightened ruler in Germany who instituted many reforms
Frederick II
King of the Incas
Atahualpa
Scheme to blow up Parliament
Gunpowder Plot
Thomas Cromwell was England's Lord Protector.
False
Although he was killed in the Philippines, _____ is still known as the first man to circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
Conquered the Incas
Francisco Pizarro
The main contribution of the Austrians in the time period from 1500 to 1800 was:
The halting of the advances of the Ottoman Turks
The social structure of Latin America was divided into three classes:
The social structure of Latin America was divided into three classes:
Economic decline in the Ottoman Empire can be assigned primarily to trade competition from Europeans.
True
The Safavi Empire was formed by Ismail Safavi, a member of the Shi'a sect of the Muslim religion.
True
Portugal's only colony in the New World, Brazil, was:
Was useless to the mercantilistic Portuguese government
A favorable balance of trade is reached when a country__more than it__
exports, imports
