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Total Group score

2. Midterm Jeopardy 10 20 30 40 50 Absolutism and Exploration
Conflicts and
Conundrums
Do I know you?
(Identify historic People)
Where are we? (Maps)
Renaissance, Reformation & Sci. Revolution 10 20 30 40 50

3. This theory proposed that Monarchs were instruments
of God’s justice, power and will.
This theory was also used to justify
Absolutism.
Category 1 – 10 points
Category

4. Which direction did Portuguese and
Spanish Explorers sail to try to get to
India and the Spice Islands?
(explain the two routes)
Category 1 – 20 points
Category

5. What did the economy of New France, The
13 English colonies and New Spain produce?
(list one product each)
Category 1 – 30 points

6. What royal families ruled the following countries?
France Spain
Austria
Category 1 – 40 points

7. What peace treaty ended the 30 Years
War?
Category 1 – 50 points

8. Why did Parliament revolt under the
Stuart monarchs starting the English
Civil War?
Category 2 – 10 points

9. Russia attacked Sweden during
The Great Northern War so that Peter
the Great would be able to build this
city.
Category 2 – 20 points

10. What was the first Revolution that
Was heavily inspired by Enlightenment
Ideas?
Category 2 – 30 points

11. Enlightenment thinkers sometimes challenged
Traditional ideas and got around censorship
By using this form of writing.
Category 2 – 40 points

12. What were the results of the political
Turmoil in England? (list at least 3 things)
Category 2 – 50 points

13. This scientist believed that universe is held
Together by a set of natural laws that could
Be discovered through the use of reason. He
Wrote a book of these laws which later were
Named after him.
Who is….?
Category 3 – 10 points

14. This individual was the first to circumnavigate
The globe (kinda of)
Category 3 – 20 points

15. This ruler believed that he was “the
state” and built a massive palace
to prove it.
Category 3 – 30 points

16. This individual believed that the end
Justifies the means and in order to keep
Order a Prince should be ruthless.
Category 3 – 40 points

17. This protestant leader believed that only
The predestined would go to heaven.
Category 3 – 50 points

18. The political and cultural center of this country was Versailles during the Age of Absolutism
Category 4 – 10 points

19. This country was attacked by the Spanish Armada but later built a global empire
Category 4 – 20 points

20. The lands of Spain, Netherlands, Southern Italy, Austria, and Hungary were originally ruled by this family.
Category 4 – 30 points

21. This country ended up divided into
more than 300 independent states but was the starting point for the Protestant Reformation.
Category 4 – 40 points

22. This colony was the source of much of
Spain’s wealth and the remnants of the
Aztec Empire.
Category 4 – 50 points

23. Define Humanism
Category 5 – 10 points

24. What area of Europe did the Renaissance
Start in and what were the 4 main reasons
It started in this location?
Category 5 – 20 points

25. What method(s) did individuals during the
Scientific Revolution utilize to make their
Discoveries? (define this method(s)).
Category 5 – 30 points

26. Which Protestant leader wrote
The 95 Thesis? And why did he
write this pamphlet?
Category 5 – 40 points

27. Which monarch broke with the Catholic
Church and established a Protestant sect
In England? And what was this branch
Of Protestantism called?
Category 5 – 50 points