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WorksheetsWorld History_Crisis in Europe & Absolutism_v1
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who inherited Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and Spain's American colonies from his father?
Charles V
Philip II
Diego Velazquez
Miguel de Cervantes
What did Philip II launch to punish Protestant England and Queen Elizabeth I?
Spanish Armada
Escorial
standing army
Reconquista
What is the name for kings or queens who held all the power within their states' boundaries and whose goal was to control every aspect of society?
nobles of the sword
nobles of the robe
cardinals
absolute monarchs
What is the idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as God's representative on Earth?
divine right
godly privilege
heavenly power
holy authority
Who was the most powerful ruler in French history who considered himself and the French state one in the same?
Cardinal Mazarin
Louis XIV
Charles V
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Who was Louis XIV's minister of finance who tried to make France self-sufficient to prevent wealth from leaving the country?
Cardinal Richelieu
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Philip II
Rene Descartes
Phillip II of Spain believed it was his duty to defend this branch of Christianity.
Calvinism
Catholicism
Protestantism
Baptism
Philip II sent the ________ to DESTROY England in 1588.
Spanish Armada
The Conquistadors
Pizarro and Cortez
Spanish Inquisition
Where were Christopher Columbus, Hernando Cortez, Francisco Pizarro, and Ferdinand Magellan from?
Portugal
England
Spain
France
Who sailed to find a new route it India but found the Americas instead?
Sir Francis Drake
Christopher Columbus
Francisco Pizarro
Ferdinand Magellan
This king called himself the "Sun God", he was known for the Palace of Versailles.
King Louis XIV (14th)
King Henry XIII (8th)
King Louis XIII (13th)
King Charles V (5th)
Peter the Great is from:
Prussia
Russia
France
Spain
Which country used St. Petersburg as its capital during the 18th century?
England
Russia
France
Spain
