Chpt 16, 17, 18 study guide

world history

who agreed to become king and queen of england in 1689?

William and Mary

what are Huguenots?

french from france

how did the thirty years war end in 1648?

the signing of the Peace of Westphalia treaty

what is an armada?

a fleet of war ships

what is inflation?

a rapid increase on prices

who were called Cavaliers

supporters of King Charles I during the English Civil War

what natural rights are all humans born with?

Life, liberty, and property

what is a planation?

a large agricultural estate

Samuel de Champlain explored what river?

St. Lawrence River

who founded Quebec in 1608?

Samuel de Champlain

what river did LaSalle explore?

Mississippi for france

who was the first englishman to sail around the world?

Francis Drake

What did Pope Paul III call in march of 1545?

the Council of Trent

what is a Mestizo?

a person mixed European and Native American descent

what is a Mulatto?

a person of mixed African and European descent

who named the U.S.A state of Florida?

Juan Ponce de Leon

what was the Globe theater

circular; it had no roof and could hold 3,000 people for plays

what did the Peace of Augsburg end in 1515?

the Religious Wars in Germany

what did the english seize in 1664?

the dutch colony of new netherlands and renamed in New York

who ruled Russia from 1613-1917?

the Romanov dynasty

what are subsidies?

payments made to support enterprises a gov’t this are beneficial

what happened in Germany in June of 1524?

The Peasants war

who executed Charles 1 on January 30, 1649?

the Rump Parliament

who were the puritans?

church of england members who believed the Anglican Church needed further reforms

what did Jacques Cartier do?

explored and named the gulf of st. lawrence

who discovered the mississippi river for spain?

Hernando de Soto

what was the divine right of kings?

the belief that the monarch gets his/her power to rule from GOd and NOT his/her subjects

what was the Mita system?

a system of labor that allowed spanish authorities to draft indigenous labor to natives

England and Holland sponsored which english explorer?

Henry Hudson

what is a creole?

a person of European descent born into latin america in living there permanently

what was absolutism?

a political system in which a ruler holds total power

where did Juan Cariho sail?

the coast of california

when did Elizabeth of Tudor become queen of England?

1558

what did the british do in 1833?

abolished slavery throughout their empire

who issued the Edict of NAmes in 1598

Henry IV of France

what was the colonial name of Canada when france was in the Americas?

New France

what was the Columbian Exchange?

the exchange of plants and animals from Europe to the americas

who thought up Predestination?

John Calvin

who did the English defeat in 1588?

the Spanish Armada

what is restoration?

to bring back to a former position or condition

what was a Peninsulare?

a spanish or Portuguese official who resided temporarily in Latin america for political and economic gain and then returned to Europe

what is a draft?

to select for some purpose, to conscript

what does Pizarro Establish in 1535?

Lima as a capital

Who Did Pizarro capture in 1531?

The Inca with 180 men

What was Gian Lorenzo Bernini considered because of his work with sculptures and Architecture?

the greatest figure of the Baroque period

why did Louis XIV of France foster the myth that he was the sun king?

He thought he was the source of light for all his people

what is a commonwealth?

a nation, state, or other political unit founded by law and united my agreement for and by the people

what was Encomienda?

a system that allowed Spanish landowners to use native Americans as laborers

Tasman, Abel

Netherlands

Van nort, Oliver

Netherlands

Schouten, Willem

Netherlands

Ponce de Leon, Juan

Spanish

Pizarro, Francisco

Spanish

Magellan, Ferdinand

Spanish

De Vaca, Caeza

Spanish

Drake, Francis

England

Cabot, John

England

Frobisher, Martin

England

Kao, Diogo

Portugal

Cabral alvares, Pedro

Portugal

da Gamma, Vasco

Portugal

Cartier, Jacque

French

de Champlain, Samuel

French

Cavelier, Robert

French

Verrazano, Giovanni

French