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Absolutism in Western Europe
Abby Bledsoe
Rulers Wars France Spain Art Music Hodgepodge
100 100 100 100 100 100 100
200 200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500 500
Final Jeopardy: Mercantilism
Rulers 100
He was the quintessential absolute monarch.
Rulers 100
Louis XIV of France
Rulers 200
This king actively encouraged French colonization in the
New World by stimulating the Atlantic trade.
Rulers 200
Henry IV (Henry of Navarre)
Rulers 300
Louis XIV said, “L’ état, c’est moi.”
Which means?
Rulers 300
“I am the state.”
BONUS
Rulers 400
He used the Intendant system to weaken the
nobility in France.
Rulers 400
Cardinal Richelieu
Rulers 500
This king of France was convinced by the nobles to
assume power at an early age and exile his mother.
Rulers 500
Louis XIII
Wars 100
This war took place because the will of Charles II gave all Spanish
territories to the grandson of Louis XIV. The European powers thought
that this would result in consolidation of the French and
Spanish thrones.
Wars 100
War of Spanish Succession
Wars 200
In this war, also known as the First Dutch War, Louis XIV invaded the Spanish
Netherlands without declaring war.
Wars 200
War of Devolution
Wars 300
In this war Louis XIV invaded the southern Netherlands as revenge for Dutch opposition
in the previous war.
Wars 300
Second Dutch War
Wars 400
This war lasted from 1688 to 1697 and in it William of Orange
brought England against France.
Wars 400
War of the League of Augsburg
BONUS
Wars 500
This was the turning point in the War of Spanish Succession (1704).
Wars 500
Battle of Blenheim
France 100
By 1683, France was Europe’s leading ____________ country.
France 100
industrial
BONUS
France 200
Louis XIV was very religious but did not allow _________ to exercise political
power in the French Church.
France 200
the pope
France 300
This edict revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685.
France 300
Edict of Fontainebleau
France 400
This is the policy of a nation accumulating as much precious
metal as possible while preventing its outward flow to other
countries.
France 400
Bullionism
France 500
French mercantilism reached its height under Louis’ finance
minister _______________.
France 500
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Spain 100
The 16th century is known as the “________ Age” of Spain.
Spain 100
Golden
Spain 200
Spain’s power reached it’s zenith under this king who ruled from
1556 to 1598.
Spain 200
Phillip II
Spain 300
Spanish trade with its colonies fell ___% between 1610 and 1660.
Spain 300
60
BONUS
Spain 400
England defeated the powerful _____________ in 1558,
marking the beginning of the decline of the Spanish empire.
Spain 400
Spanish Armada
Spain 500
The Treaty of __________ in 1659 officially marked the end of Spain as
a Great Power.
Spain 500
the Pyrenees
Art 100
This style of art reflected the age of absolutism and began in Catholic
Reformation countries to teach in a concrete and emotional way and
demonstrate the glory and power of the Catholic Church.
Art 100
Baroque
Art 200
Nearly half of this painter’s works dealt with Christian subjects and he was
known for his sensual nudes as Roman goddesses, water nymphs, and saints
and angels.
Art 200
Peter Paul Ruebens
Art 300
This female artist was famous for her vivid depictions of dramatic scenes as well as her “Judith”
paintings.
Art 300
Artemisia Gentileschi
Art 400
He was perhaps the greatest court painter of the era. He painted
numerous portraits of the Spanish court and their surroundings.
Art 400
Diego Velásquez
Art 500
This Italian painter was criticized for using ordinary people as models for his
depictions of Biblical scenes.
Art 500
Carvaggio
BONUS
Music 100
____________ composers developed the modern system of major-minor
tonalities.
Music 100
Baroque
Music 200
Claudio Monteverdi (1547-1643) developed the _______ and the
modern orchestra.
Music 200
Opera
BONUS
Music 300
He was the greatest of the baroque composers.
Music 300
J.S. Bach
Music 400
Like Bach, he wrote in a variety of genres. His masterpiece is “The
Messiah.”
Music 400
George Frideric Handel
Music 500
Baroque musicians believed that the _____ should dominate the music.
Music 500
Text
Hodgepodge 100
He was a dramatist whose plays often focused on social struggles. He made fun of the aristocracy,
upper bourgeoisie, and high church officials.
Hodgepodge 100
Jean-Baptiste Moliere
Hodgepodge 200
He sculpted the canopy over the high altar of St. Peter’s Cathedral.
Hodgepodge 200
Gianlorenzo Bernini
Hodgepodge 300
Phillip II built the ____________ to demonstrate his power in Spain.
Hodgepodge 300
Escorial Palace
Hodgepodge 400
Due to the Edict of Fontainebleau, this group lost
their rights to practice Calvinism.
Hodgepodge 400
Huguenots
BONUS
Hodgepodge 500
The palace at Versailles was originally used as this by Louis XIII.
Hodgepodge 500
a hunting lodge
Rulers 300 BONUS
This man controlled France while Louis XIV was a child.
Rulers 300BONUS
Cardinal Mazarin
Wars 400BONUS
This represented the furthest limit to the expansion of Louis XIV.
Wars 400BONUS
Peace of Nijmegan
France 100BONUS
Louis XIV opted to create a massive army instead of a formidable _______.
France 100BONUS
navy
Spain 300BONUS
The decrease in Spanish colonial trade was largely due to?
Spain 300BONUS
English and Dutch competition
Art 500BONUS
Austrian emperor Leopold I built __________ in Austria
in response to the Versailles Palace.
Art 500BONUS
Schönbrunn
Music 200BONUS
Claudio Monteverdi’s masterpiece is his _______.
Music 200BONUS
Orfeo
Hodgepodge 400BONUS
This style of painting did not fit the Baroque style of trying to overwhelm
the viewer.
Hodgepodge 400BONUS
The Dutch Style
Final Jeopardy
Colbert organized French trading companies for international trade.
They were called?
Final Jeopardy
East India Company and West India Company
