FREE EUROPEAN HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

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FREE EUROPEAN HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT

JUNKO ABSOLUTISM EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Henry III

Answer:

The son of Catherine d'Medici that was killed during the "War of the Three Henrys"

Question 2: Protestants

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This group of people left France in large numbers after the Edict of Nantes was revoked

Question 3: Versailles

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This is the opulent palace located 11 miles outside of Paris

Question 4: Louis XIII

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He became King at 9 years of age

Question 5: Edict of Nantes

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This document declared that Protestant could worship freely in France

Question 6: Rules of Etiquette

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Louis XIV used these in order to control the nobles living at Versailles

Question 7: Cardinal Richelieu

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He supported protestants in 30 Years War and was the Cardinal that oversaw Louis XIII

Question 8: Jean Baptiste Colbert

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Served as Minister of Finace during Louis XIV reign and helped to strengthen the French economy

Question 9: Catherine d'Medici

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She ordered the massacre of 20,000 Protestants in Paris

Question 10: Fronde

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The revolt by the Nobles during the early reign of Louis XIV

Question 11: Thirty Years War

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A battle between Catholics and Protestants in the Holy Roman Empire

Question 12: St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

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This is the name given to the slaughter of Protestants in Paris in 1572

Question 13: Cardinal Mazarin

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He was the advisor to Louis XIV

Question 14: Treaty of Westphalia

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The name of the peace that brought an end to the Thirty Years War

Question 15: Louis XIV

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He was the most powerful in the long line of French Kings who said "I am the State"

Question 16: Henry IV

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He signed the Edict of Nantes

Question 17: War of Spanish Succession

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This war was fought by Louis XIV

Question 18: Huguenots

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Name given to French Calvinists

Question 19: Mercantilism

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Economic system in which countries increase exports and reduce imports