Unit Jeopardy vocabularyEnglish Absolutism Eastern Absolutism Dutch Absolutism Potpourri FINAL

Vocabulary100 What does the word sovereign mean? When a state possesses a monopoly over the instruments of justice and the use of force within clearly defined boundaries

Vocabulary 200 What does the Fronde refer to? A rebellion by aristocrats and others early in the reign of Louis XIV

Vocabulary 300 Richelieu’s notion of what justified actions on behalf of the state that would be condemned if carried out by private individuals? Raison d’etat

Vocabulary 400 Where did Louis XIV install his court? Versailles

Vocabulary 500 What is French Classicism? Presented subject matter associated with Greco-Roman past

English Absolutism 100 What was the spark that caused the Glorious Revolution in 1688? Fear of a Catholic dynasty being established by James II

English Absolutism 200 What was John Locke a main spokesman of? The Glorious Revolution of 1688

English Absolutism 300 Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate is best describes as what? (government) Puritan, military dictatorship

English Absolutism 400 What did the Edict of Nantes intend to do? promote temporary religious and civil concort

English Absolutism 500 What is the difference between the English Civil War and the Glorious Revolution? Civil War= Oliver Cromwell Revolution= 1688, William and Mary of Orange

Eastern Europe100 What are the accomplishments of Frederick William the Great Elector? Curtailed power of the nobility; established standing army’ introduced permanent taxation without consent; reduced the power and independence of towns/cities

Eastern Europe 200 What was Frederick William I’s most enduring legacy? Molding the most militaristic country of modern times

Eastern Europe 300 After the Time of Troubles, what did the Romanov Tsars do? They relaxed the obligations of the nobility

Eastern Europe 400 What was the reign of Peter the Great Characterized by? Incessant warfare

Eastern Europe 500 Baroque palaces of eastern Europe were modeled on what? Versailles

Dutch Absolutism100 What was the political situation in the Dutch republic? Controlled by an oligarchy of wealthy merchants

Dutch Absolutism 200 Why did the Dutch economy decline? Due to the wars of the 17 th century

DAILY DOUBLE - Category D Who had the strongest and most highly centralized state in Europe in 1685? France

Dutch Absolutism 400 What was the primary instrument of Dutch overseas imperialism? Dutch East India Company

Dutch Absolutism 500 Which country had the highest standard of living in Europe in the 17 th century? The Netherlands

Potpourri 100 What did Moliere write? Tartuffe and Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme

Potpourri 200 Where did the final collapse of Spain as a military power occur? The Battle of Rocroi with the Treaty of the Pyrenees

Potpourri 300 What did English philosopher Thomas Hobbes believe? The power of the ruler was absolute but derived from an implicit contract with the governed

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