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Chapter 15 Test 1
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10/26/2009

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Union of Utrecht
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Was formed by the seven provinces in the Netherlands and they declared the independence from Spain.
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material profit
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The primary motivation for European explorers was
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War of the Three Henrys
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was a French civil war between the Valois, Guise and Bourbon families over the French throne.
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Gustophus Adolphus
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was the king of Sweden who led an army that pushed Catholics back to Bohemia.
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Politques
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were moderates of both faiths who sough practical solutions in France.
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Battle of Breightenfeld
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was the battle won by the forces of Adolphus which ended the Habsburg hopes of reuniting Germany under Catholicism.
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Protestant Union
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was formed by the Lutheran princes in the HRE.
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Cardinal Richeliu
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was the religious leader in France who allied with Protestant forces to defeat the HRE during the 30 Years' War.
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St.Bartholomew Day Massacre
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was a savage Catholic attack on Calvinists in Paris (occured during the wedding festivities of Henry of Navarre and Margaret of Valois.
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Edict of Nantes
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was proclaimed by Henry IV and it granted Huguenots a degree of religious toleration in France.
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Peace of Augsburg
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was agreed to by Charles V and allowed the German princes to choose their territories' religion(Catholicism or Lutheranism)
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was common
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During the 16th and 17th centuries, prostitution
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Edict of Restitution
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was a proclamation made by the HRE in which he declared all church territories that had been secularized since 1552 to be automatically restored to the Catholic church.
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Amsterdam
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At the end of the 16th century the commercial capital of the European world was
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Concordat of Bologna
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was agreed to by Francis I and basically established Catholicism as the state religion of France (also allowed him to appoint all bishops and abbots).
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"Paris is worth a mass."
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was the statement made by Henry IV when he switched to Catholicism.
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sold public offices
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In order to pay for the Habsburg-Valois wars, the French monarchs
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syphilis
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Amerindians gave the Spanish
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sugar
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The intoduction to unite slavery in the Americas was conditioned most by the production of
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1)The low countries were the chief market for English wool.
2)William of Orange(the silent) was killed.
3)She feared a Spanish invasion of her island.
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Three reasons Elizabeth I intervened in the Low Countries:
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1)Bohemian
2)Danish
3)Swedish
4)French
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Four phases of the 30 Years' War:
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Henry IV
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published the Edict of Nantes in 1598
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1618-1648
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What was the time frame of the 30 Years' War?
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October 1648
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The peace of Westphalia was signed
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patient siege
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Alexander Farnese's strategy against the rebellious Low Countries cities was
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Albrecht Von Wallenstein
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was the mercenary general who was paid by the emperor to fight for the HRE
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Henry IV
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was also known as Henry of Navarre
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Antwerp
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was the European financial capital in the 1600s.
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Spanish Armada
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was known as "the most (un)fortunate fleet" (la felcissima armada).
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Treaty of Westphalia
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officially ended the 30 Years' War.
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Bohemia
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The 30 Years' War began in
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1)Germany physically devastated.
2)Ended wars' of religion
3)As much as 1/3 of the population in certain areas perished.
4)Balance of power, and diplomacy emerges from Europe.
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Four outcomes of the 30 Years' War
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Battle of Lepanto
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was the battle in which Spain defeated the Turkish navy off the coast of Greece(ended the Ottoman threat in the Mediterranean).
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Treaty of Cateau-Combresis
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officially ended the Habsburg-Valois war.
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Portugal
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the European kingdom that took the lead in overseas exploration was
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Bourse
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was the commerical exchange located in Antwerp.
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Escorial
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was the new Spanish palace (was also a monastery and Mausolem).
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Defenestration of Prague
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was the event that triggered the 30 Years' war in Bohemia(two church officials were thrown out of a 70 foot high window. They landed in a pile of horse manure.)
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Huguenots
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was the name given to the French Calvinists.
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30 Years' War
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was the most important war of the 17th century (ended religious wars).
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Amsterdam
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was the commercial capital of the European world in the 1600s.
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French phase
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was the fourth phase in the 30 Years' War.
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