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Name: ____________________________ Chapter 18 Study Guide Sections 1 and 2
1. Define “absolute monarch” ____________________________________________ 2. Define “divine right”. __________________________________________________ 3. How did Charles I of Spain become Holy Roman Emperor? ___________________ __________________________________________________________________ 4. How did the size of Charles I/V’s empire affect his reign? (2 reasons)____________ ___________________________________________________________________ 5. Who wrote Don Quixote? ______________________________________________ 6. Why did Philip II decide to attack England (2 reasons)? _______________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 7. What was the Spanish Armada? _________________________________________ 8. List three reasons why Spain’s power declined starting in the late 1500s: a. ______________________________________________________________ b. ______________________________________________________________ c. ______________________________________________________________ 9. What is a Huguenot? __________________________________________________ 10. How did Henry IV end France’s wars of religion? ____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 11. What is the Palace of Versailles? ________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 12. Who was Cardinal Richelieu AND why is he important? _______________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 13. List three ways the French monarchy increased its power over French nobles: a. ______________________________________________________________ b. ______________________________________________________________ c. ______________________________________________________________ 14. How did Louis XIV show his power as absolute monarch? _____________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 15. Why was Louis XIV called the “Sun King”? _________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 16. Why did Louis XIV revoke the Edict of Nantes? _____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 17. How does the Palace of Versailles show Louis XIV’s power? ___________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 18. Why was the War of the Spanish Succession fought? ________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 19. What was the Treaty of Utrecht? _________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ 20. How did Louis XIV’s long reign affect his power as absolute monarch? ___________ ____________________________________________________________________ |