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Louis XIV was easily the most significant monarch of the late 1600s and early 1700s and the most important European leader since Charlemagne (800s). Why:

TRUE or FALSE: One of Philip II’s (of Spain) major goals was the use colonial wealth to boost the power of the Roman catholic Church against all who would challenge the church.

According to your textbook, what practice did the philosophes believe was mankind’s greatest offense against reason:

When the Dutch began to rebel against the Spanish King Philip II, _______________________________ was a military general who Philip II sent to reestablish stability. After his arrival, though, violence steadily increased until a full-scale revolution broke out: 

TRUE or FALSE: Major reasons France lost so much power during the reign of Louis XIV were a series of international wars and huge government expenditures on Versailles Palace: 

The main reason King Philip II of Spain ordered an attack upon his possession called the Netherlands in the mid 1550s was:

The following characteristics represent which person: = the book Dialogue of the Two Chief Systems = punished by the Roman Catholic Church  = the pamphlet Starry Messenger = building a telescope that could view the planets and other heavenly bodies

According to your lectures, the country of ____________________ started the Age of Discovery by exploring and colonizing the African coastline. When one of this country’s explorers reached Asia/Orient by an all sea route, the _________________________monopoly on Asian goods was destroyed: 

By the 1700s, typical characteristics of a European nation-state included all of the following selections EXCEPT: 

_____________________’s First Law of Planetary Motion (1609) states that______________________________________________: