C8 Habsburg Europe

What is a personal union?

• Two states have the same ruler and the same laws

• Two states have a different ruler but the same laws

• The ruler of a country is married to a princes of another country

• Two states have the same ruler but different laws

Why did the French king Henri oppose Charles V so much?

• Charles took his wife

• Charles' empire surrounds France

• Henri's father lost all the wars against Charles

• Because Charles prevented the divorce of Henry VIII of England

What is the name of this region?

• German League

• Holy Roman Empire

• Imperial Roman Empire

• Roman Holy Empire

How did Charles V unite the 17 provinces of the Low Countries under a central government?

• By war

• By marriage

• By legal treaties

• By buying areas

The local leader in the 17 Provinces was ...

• The steward

• The sheriff

• The governor

• The Inquisition

Charles' European attempt for centralisation went wrong because ...

• Because of the religious differences in most of his empire

• Because of the numerous and expensive wars

• Because he wasn't such a great emperor after all

• Went wrong? No, no, it was a huge success!

What did Charles do at the end of his period as emperor?

• He died

• He gave his empire to his son

• He gave his empire to his brother

• He divided his his empire between his son and his brother

Where and why did this happen?

• In Bruges because Charles wanted to teach them a lesson

• In Ghent because they had a conflict with France

• In Ghent because they revolted against Charles

• In Ghent because the French king asked them to revolt

When and where was Charles V born?

• In Ghent in 1450

• In Bruges in 1500

• In 1485 in Ghent

• In 1500 in Ghent

Which colleteral council still exists today?

• Geheime Raad

• Raad van Financiën

• Raad van State

• Estates-General