History Quiz

This French king was a Protestant, but converted to Catholicism in order to keep peace among the Catholic majority within France.

• Henry IV

• Louis XIV

• Charles IX

• Francis I

This Spanish king was responsible for launching the Spanish Armada against England.

• Phillip II

• Charles V

• Ferdinand II

• Henry IV

This Man was both the king of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor when he decided to step down from his throne to enter a monastery.

• Charles V

• Philip II

• Ferdinand I

• Henry VIII

As ruler of France, this monarch was responsible for creating the most beautiful palace in Europe.

• Louis XIV

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XVI

• Charlemagne

This man wrote the novel Don Quixote, which was a satire on knightly chivalry of his time period.

• Miguel de Cervantes

• William Shakespeare

• Leo Tolstoy

• Mark Twain

Spanish Painter that focused on bright color, portrait painting, and haunting religious art.

• El Greco

• Pablo Picasso

• Salvador Dalí

• Francisco Goya

This man was chief minister of France and came to rule the country while king Louis XIII was young.

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Duke of Sully

• Jean-Baptiste Colbert

The distribution of military and economic power that prevents any one nation from becoming too strong is known as _______________________________.

• balance of power

• hegemony

• imperialism

• unilateralism

________________________ is the belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from god.

• Divine right

• Social contract

• Democracy

• Constitutional monarchy

Louis XIV used ____________________ to help him rule and care for the people of France.

• Intendants

• Merchants

• Nobles

• Clergy