THE 17TH CENTURY

In the 17th century there was an agricultural crisis due to the following factors

• wars, plagues, farmers migration to the countryside, outdated agricultural techquines and bad harvests

• plagues, wars, outdated agricultural techniques, farmers migration to cities and bad harvests

• wars, plagues, outdated agricultural farmers, farmers migration to cities and bad harvests

• outdated agricultural techniques, wars and plagues

Factors that enabled a recovery during the second half of the century:

• fewer wars, growth in colonial trade, textile industry grew and the implementation of mercantile system

• decrease in colonial trade and textile industry, fewer wars and the implementation of mercantile system

• decrease in colonial trade and textile industry, more wars and the implementation of mercantile system

• increase in colonial trade and textile industry, more wars and the implementation of mercantile system

SOciety was divided into various classes:

• nobility, high and petite bourgeoisie, farmers, beggars and government officials

• kings, bourgeoisie, peasants, nobility and pharaophs

• nobility, haute bourgeoisie, peasants and beggars

The hidalgos were

• those who paid taxes

• members of the bourgeoisie

• artisans

• the lower impoverished nobility

The pecheros were

• the bandits

• the higher nobility

• those who didn´t pay taxes

• those who paid taxes

The Thirty Years´war took place between

• 1718-1748

• 1618-1648

• 1518-1548

• 1818-1848

When absolute monarchies were established, all the power has held by

• the nobility

• God

• the king

• the hidalgos

Which country became the main example of an absolute monarchy?

• Spain

• England

• France

• Sweden

Who didn´t pay taxes to the crown?

• Those with fewer resources

• the nobility and clergy

• peasants and beggars

What was the nobles’ opinion about employment in economic activities?

• They refused to take part, it was unworthy of their social status

• It was considered a form of personal development.

• That it was necessary for a country’s economic development.