Absolutism Mastery Quiz

What is divine right?

• The right to rule given by god.
• a birth right
• soldiers for hire
• a monarch for hire

Absolutism is. . .

• a system of colonialism followed in the Americas
• a type of social structure followed in the Spanish Colonies
• the next lunch at the cafeteria
• A system of government in which a ruler holds total and complete power

What is an armada?

• A large group of warships.
• The crown a king wears
• A type of attack
• A cape that a superhero wears

Philip II sends _________ to DESTROY England in 1588.

• Spanish Avengers
• Spanish Merchants
• Spanish Priests
• Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada was defeated by the smaller, faster English ships led by __________.

• Francis Drake
• Henry Morgan
• Blackbeard
• Jack Sparrow

The Inquisition was a ______________________.

• an office meant to tax the people of Europe.
• office set up by the Catholic Church to root out & punish heresy.
• A tactic used in war.
• The building that the emperor of Japan lived in.

The religion that Spain imposed on their colonies was . . .

• Islam
• Hinduism
• Catholicism
• Protestantism

The Reconquista was. . .

• the attempt by Christian kingdoms in Spain to reconquer the peninsula.
• The attempt to restructure the government
• the attempt to restructure the Spanish Kingdoms food menu
• the attempt to restructure the Spanish economy.

How many times was Philip II married?

• 1
• 2
• 6
• 4

TRUE or FALSE: A period of severe inflation & heavy taxes weakened the Spanish Empire.

• True
• False