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- 1. Multiple Choice
Define Intendant
a belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from god
the idea that nothing can be known for certain
an official appointed to collect taxes and recruit soldiers
all of the above
- 2. Multiple Choice
Define Skepticism
a belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from god
the bloodless overthrow of the English king James II
the idea that nothing can be known for certain
all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did Frederick the Great do?
he preferred playing the flute and writing poetry. Eventually he made Prussia a great power
reorganize the government and codified the laws
heir to Charles VI
all of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was Maria Theresa?
a ruler with complete authority
the "Sun Queen"
first female ruler of the Hapsburg Empire
none of the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was the War of Spanish Succession?
a war fought on three continents
a war in which a # of European states fought to prevent the Bourbon family from controlling Spain and France
none of the above
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was the Seven Year's War?
a war in which a # of European states fought to prevent the Bourbon family from controlling Spain and France
a war fought on three continents (aka the French and Indian War)
none of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
What was Peter's new capital city called?
New York City
St. Bartholomew's massacre
St. Petersburg
- 8. Multiple Choice
French Protestants were called...
Cavaliers
Roundheads
Roman Catholics
Huguenots
- 9. Multiple Choice
A ruler with complete authority is called...
Boyar
Cabinet
Absolute Monarch
Cavaliers
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is Habeas corpus?
a group of advisors or ministers chosen by the head of a country to help make government decisions
the principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
a type of secret club
it granted the Huguenots religious toleration
- 11. Multiple Choice
Who was Louis XIV's prime minister?
Cardinal Mazarin
William of Orange
Peter the Great
Jean Baptiste Colbert
- 12. Multiple Choice
Who was Louis XIV's finance minister?
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Cardinal Richelieu
Catherine the Great
Louis XIII
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who was Phillip II?
Spanish king who was an heir to the Hapsburgs, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire
a Northern Humanist writer who wrote Utopia
was the first to make navigational schools in Portugal
- 14. Multiple Choice
This person inherited Austria from his Hapsburg brother.
Henry VIII
Louis XVI
Ferdinand I
Charles V
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