Title: JEOPARDY!!!
1A.P. European History Absolutism v
Constitutionalism
2Absolutism v Constitutionalism
The Stuarts
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500
England Limited Monarchy
100
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500
France Absolutism
100
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500
17th Century Conflicts
100
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500
Vocabulary And Big ideas
100
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500
3Who was William Laud?
MAIN
- He was the Archbishop of Canterbury until 1645
and sought to emphasize the use of ritual and the
beauty of holiness which many English saw as
appearing too Catholic.
SUBJECT The Stuarts
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4Who was James I (or James VI of Scotland)?
MAIN
- He was the first Stuart King of England as well
as the King of Scotland who alienated Parliament
with his firm belief in the Divine Right of Kings.
SUBJECT The Stuarts
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100
5What was the Petition of Right?
MAIN
- This was the document limiting the power of the
English King presented to Charles I in 1628, when
he needed money to finance his foreign wars.
500
400
SUBJECT The Stuarts
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100
6Who was Mary II of William and Mary fame?
MAIN
- She was the eldest daughter of James II of
England who married the Protestant Stadtholder of
the Netherlands in 1677.
500
400
SUBJECT The Stuarts
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100
7Who was Queen Anne I?
MAIN
- She was the last of the Stuarts who died without
an heir and outlived her many children, which led
to the Act of Settlement which named Sophie of
Hannover as the successor.
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400
SUBJECT The Stuarts
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100
8What was the English Bill of Rights in 1689?
MAIN
- This was the document that William and Mary
recognized and signed that limited the power of
the English King and guaranteed certain civil
liberties to Englands elite.
SUBJECT England Limited Monarchy
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400
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100
9 What was the Grand Remonstrance?
MAIN
- This was the name of the more than two hundred
grievances presented to Charles I by Parliament
led by John Pym.
SUBJECT England Limited Monarchy
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400
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100
10Who were the Cavaliers v the Roundheads,
Parliament v The King, or the Puritans v The
Anglicans?
MAIN
- These were the two opposing groups in the English
Civil War.
SUBJECT England Limited Monarchy
500
400
300
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100
11What was the Test Act of 1672?
MAIN
- This was the law passed by the English Parliament
that required all officials of the crown civil
and military to swear an oath against the
doctrine of transubstantiation.
SUBJECT England Limited Monarchy
500
400
300
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100
12Who were the Whigs and the Tories?
MAIN
- These were the two political parties formed
during the reign of Charles II one the opposition
party to the King led by the Earl of Shaftesbury,
and the other loyal to the King.
SUBJECT England Limited Monarchy
500
400
300
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100
13What was the Palace of Versailles?
MAIN
- This was the elaborate palace built by Louis XIV
and used to limit the power of the nobility by
requiring many nobles to be present at court and
to follow elaborate court protocol.
SUBJECT France - Absolutism
500
400
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100
14Who was Cardinal Jules Mazarin?
MAIN
- He was the brilliant successor to Richelieu, a
cardinal, former soldier, and educated by the
Jesuits who was Louis XIVs chief minister
during his regency.
SUBJECT France - Absolutism
500
400
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100
15Who was Cardinal Armand Richelieu?
MAIN
- He was the brilliant chief minister of Louis XIII
who made the French Monarch the most powerful
king in Europe.
SUBJECT France - Absolutism
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400
300
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100
16What were the Parlements, led by the Parlement of
Paris?
MAIN
- These were the noble courts that supposedly
limited the power of the King by approving or
disapproving royal decrees, but in fact helped
the local nobility to keep their power and resist
paying taxes.
SUBJECT France - Absolutism
500
400
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100
17Who was Jean Colbert ? (no relation
to Stephen).
MAIN
- He was the brilliant finance minister of Louis
XIV who used mercantilism or state control of the
economy that maximized exports and amassed gold
and silver bullion.
500
SUBJECT France - Absolutism
400
300
200
100
18What was the War of Devolution?
MAIN
- This was the first great foreign adventure of
Louis XIV to take control of the Spanish
Netherlands by right of his wifes claims to
Philip IV, the Spanish King.
SUBJECT 17th century Conflicts
500
400
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100
19What was the New Model Army ( Old Ironsides)?
MAIN
- This was the name of the Puritan Army which was
reorganized and turned into a formidable fighting
force by Oliver Cromwell.
SUBJECT 17th century Conflicts
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400
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20What was the Glorious Revolution?
MAIN
- This was the name given to almost bloodless
overthrow of James II of England by Parliament
and William and Mary.
SUBJECT 17th century Conflicts
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400
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21What was the War of the Spanish Succession?
MAIN
- This was the war that France fought in 1701 with
The Grand Alliance, ( The Holy Roman Empire,
Holland and England) that sought to maintain a
balance of power in Europe.
SUBJECT 17th century Conflicts
500
400
300
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100
22What was the Battle of Edgehill, Marston
Moor, Naseby, Lichtfield, Philipbaugh, Turnham
Green, Langport, and Newbury?
MAIN
- These were the major battles of the English Civil
War from 1642 to 1646.
SUBJECT 17th century Conflicts
500
400
300
200
100
23Who were the Arminians?
MAIN
- These were the Anglicans who rejected the
practices of the Puritans and favored a
ritualistic, elaborate Church services.
500
SUBJECTVocabulary and Big Ideas
400
300
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100
24What was the Rump Parliament ?
MAIN
- This was the name given to the remnants of the
English legislative assembly that were left when
Presbyterians were barred from participating by
Colonel Thomas Pride in 1648.
500
SUBJECTVocabulary and Big Ideas
400
300
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100
25What was the Restoration?
MAIN
- This was the name given to the return of the
Stuart King, Charles II, after the death of
Cromwell in 1658.
500
SUBJECTVocabulary and Big Ideas
400
300
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100
26What was The Fronde?
MAIN
- These were a series of rebellions against the
King of France organized by French nobles and the
Paris mob that forced Louis XIV, his mother, and
Cardinal Mazarin to flee Paris.
500
SUBJECTVocabulary and Big Ideas
400
300
200
100
27Who were the Jansenists and Jansenism?
MAIN
- This was the name given to the French opponents
centered around the city of Port Royal who were
opposed to the theological or religious thinking
of the Jesuits.
500
SUBJECTVocabulary and Big Ideas
400
300
200
100