Exam 15: A Century of Crisis

After the split of the Habsburg lands, Ferdinand's holdings in the east were threatened by the Ottoman presence in ______________.

Oliver Cromwell ultimately seized the throne and crown of England during the Civil Wars.

Philip II launched the Spanish Armada in 1588 against ______________.

The reason that Mary Stuart posed a threat to Elizabeth's reign was that she ______________.

What religion did the Polish kings practice?

The Dutch miracle during the late sixteenth century was ______________.

In addition to his literary accomplishments in the English Renaissance, Sir Walter Raleigh also accomplished what?

French Protestants were called ______________.

Which was the last phase of the Thirty Years' War?

The Union of Brest-Litovsk was a treaty signed to end religious warfare in Poland.

What was the name of the "radical" group of political reformers during the Civil War who wanted England to reject private property and operate communally?

Who founded the city of Quebec?

Why did the Stuart kings in England face a more difficult time in implementing absolutism than the rulers in France?

What was the Long Parliament?

The defenestration of Prague occurred in 1617 when ______________.

Why were the Jews permitted to live in Poland and Lithuania in the late Middle Ages?

The greatest stimulation to the Dutch economy was from ships and shipping.

Which of the following behaviors were forbidden for the Spanish Moriscos?

The majority of witchcraft trials were held in ______________.

Discuss the reigniting of the Wars of Religion in the seventeenth century.