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Europe in 1491 - Vocabulary Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a reference to Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon, whose marriage represented the crucial step toward the creation of a powerful, united Spain

a)

fall of Granada

b)

conquistador

c)

the Catholic Monarchs

d)

centralization

2.

a knight or soldier fighting for God and glory in the service of a Portuguese or Spanish monarch, heaped in the crusader culture of the Reconquista

a)

foreign policy

b)

conquistador

c)

nationalism

d)

Tudors

3.

the conquest, by the Catholic Monarchs, of the last Moorish holdout on the Iberian Peninsula in 1492

a)

nationalism

b)

Magna Carta

c)

feudal

d)

fall of Granada

4.

the concentration of political and military power around a single authority (like a monarchy or a governing legislative body)

a)

foreign policy

b)

Magna Carta

c)

centralization

d)

nationalism

5.

the sum of official positions of a state toward (a) other states and (b) all other territory outside of its jurisdiction

a)

foreign policy

b)

nationalism

c)

feudal

d)

centralization

6.

identification with one's "nation," usually focused through the state apparatus, motivating support for the nation's interests as opposed to the interests of other "nations"

a)

Tudors

b)

standing army

c)

feudal

d)

nationalism

7.

powerful and energetic English dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Tudors

c)

standing army

d)

the Catholic Monarchs

8.

meaning "Great Charter," this 1216 document was intended to limit the English king's powers by spelling out those limitations in writing

a)

feudal

b)

Tudors

c)

Magna Carta

d)

the Catholic Monarchs

9.

a permanent, usually professional, military force made up of full-time soldiers and their commanders

a)

Hundred Years’ War

b)

Tudors

c)

fall of Granada

d)

standing army

10.

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized political order organized around the network of lords and their vassals

a)

standing army

b)

nationalism

c)

feudal

d)

conquistador

11.

series of conflicts between the French and English monarchies--originally revolving around a succession dispute--between 1337 and 1453, resulting in significant centralization in both states

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Hundred Years’ War

c)

conquistador

d)

foreign policy

12.

England

13.

centralization

a)

the concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy or a

governing legislative body)

b)

powerful and energetic English dynasty that ruled

England from 1485 to 1603

c)

a permanent, usually professional, military force

made up of full-time soldiers and their

commanders

d)

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized

political order organized around the network of

lords and their vassals

14.

feudal

a)

a permanent, usually professional, military force made up of full-time soldiers and their commanders

b)

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized political order organized around the network of lords and their vassals

c)

powerful and energetic English dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603

d)

the conquest, by the Catholic Monarchs, of the last Moorish holdout on the Iberian Peninsula in 1492

15.

Magna Carta

a)

a knight or soldier fighting for God and glory in the service of a Portuguese or Spanish monarch, heaped in the crusader culture of the Reconquista

b)

a permanent, usually professional, military force made up of full-time soldiers and their commanders

c)

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized political order organized around the network of lords and their vassals

d)

meaning "Great Charter," this 1216 document was intended to limit the English king's powers by spelling out those limitations in writing

16.

Hundred Years’ War

a)

identification with one's "nation," usually focused

through the state apparatus, motivating support

for the nation's interests as opposed to the

interests of other "nations"

b)

series of conflicts between the French and English

monarchies--originally revolving around a

succession dispute--between 1337 and 1453,

resulting in significant centralization in both states

c)

the sum of official positions of a state toward (a)

other states and (b) all other territory outside of its

jurisdiction

d)

a knight or soldier fighting for God and glory in

the service of a Portuguese or Spanish monarch,

heaped in the crusader culture of the Reconquista

17.

nationalism

a)

identification with one's "nation," usually focused

through the state apparatus, motivating support

for the nation's interests as opposed to the

interests of other "nations"

b)

the concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy or a

governing legislative body)

c)

a knight or soldier fighting for God and glory in

the service of a Portuguese or Spanish monarch,

heaped in the crusader culture of the Reconquista

d)

meaning "Great Charter," this 1216 document was

intended to limit the English king's powers by

spelling out those limitations in writing

18.

standing army

a)

a knight or soldier fighting for God and glory in

the service of a Portuguese or Spanish monarch,

heaped in the crusader culture of the Reconquista

b)

the concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy or a

governing legislative body)

c)

a permanent, usually professional, military force

made up of full-time soldiers and their

commanders

d)

series of conflicts between the French and English

monarchies--originally revolving around a

succession dispute--between 1337 and 1453,

resulting in significant centralization in both states

19.

Tudors

a)

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized

political order organized around the network of

lords and their vassals

b)

a permanent, usually professional, military force

made up of full-time soldiers and their

commanders

c)

powerful and energetic English dynasty that ruled

England from 1485 to 1603

d)

the concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy or a

governing legislative body)

20.

France

21.

centralization

a)

the concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy or a

governing legislative body)

b)

powerful and energetic English dynasty that ruled

England from 1485 to 1603

c)

a permanent, usually professional, military force

made up of full-time soldiers and their

commanders

d)

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized

political order organized around the network of

lords and their vassals

22.

feudal

a)

a permanent, usually professional, military force made up of full-time soldiers and their commanders

b)

descriptive for a system of usually decentralized political order organized around the network of lords and their vassals

c)

powerful and energetic English dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603

d)

the conquest, by the Catholic Monarchs, of the last Moorish holdout on the Iberian Peninsula in 1492

23.

Hundred Year War

a)

a knight or soldier fighting for God and glory in

the service of a Portuguese or Spanish monarch,

heaped in the crusader culture of the Reconquista

b)

the conquest, by the Catholic Monarchs, of the last

Moorish holdout on the Iberian Peninsula in 1492

c)

the sum of official positions of a state toward (a)

other states and (b) all other territory outside of its

jurisdiction

d)

series of conflicts between the French and English

monarchies--originally revolving around a

succession dispute--between 1337 and 1453,

resulting in significant centralization in both states

24.

Match the following

a)

centralization

1.

he concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy)

b)

nationalism

2.

identification with one's "nation," supporting

the nation's interests as opposed to other "natiions"

c)

feudal

3.

a system of usually decentralized

political order organized around the network of

lords and vassels

25.

Nationalism is the identification with one's "nation," usually focused

through the state , motivating support for the nation's interests as opposed to the

interests of other "nations"

a)

True

b)

Not true

26.

A standing army is a permanent, usually professional, military force

made up of full-time soldiers and their commanders

a)

True

b)

Partially true

c)

Not true

27.

Match the following

a)

system of usually decentralized

political order organized around the network of

lords and their vassals

1.

feudal

b)

a permanent, usually professional, military force

made up of full-time soldiers and their

commanders

2.

standing army

c)

series of conflicts between the French and English

monarchies--originally revolving around a

succession dispute--between 1337 and 1453,

resulting in significant centralization in both states

3.

Hundred Years War

d)

the concentration of political and military power

around a single authority (like a monarchy or a

governing legislative body)

4.

centralization