Test: Growth of World Empires

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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


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