What is the correct sequence of events related to Spain's rise as a major world power? Place the earliest event at the top and the latest event at the bottom.
1. The completion of the Reconquista (1492)
2. The discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus (1492)
3. The establishment of Spanish colonies in the Americas
4. The acquisition of vast wealth from the New World
5. The Spanish Armada defeated by England (1588)
6. The decline of Spanish power and influence in Europe.
What is the correct sequence of events related to Spain's rise as a major world power? Place the earliest event at the top and the latest event at the bottom.
The Spanish take gold and silver from the Americas.
The Spanish claim colonies in the Americas
Gold and silver fund Spain's "golden century."
1. The Spanish claim colonies in the Americas
2. The Spanish take gold and silver from the Americas.
3. Gold and silver fund Spain's "golden century."
Drag each idea to the thinker that would agree with it the most. Ideas can be used once or not at all.
John Locke | Baron de Montesquieu | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Adam Smith
1. The power to rule a country is given by God alone, and the monarch should be treated as God's chosen representatives.
2. People have rights as soon as they are born, and the government has a duty to protect theses rights.
3. When societies form governments, people, give up some of their rights in exchange for law and order.
4. Religious wars have caused enough damage. Everyone should be allowed to practice their own religion.
5. Tyranny is unavoidable when one person or group holds too much government power.
6. The best way for a nation to increase wealth is to remove all barriers to trade.
1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2. John Locke
3. Baron de Montesquieu
4. John Locke
5. Baron de Montesquieu
6. Adam Smith
"There never will be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers."
---Susan B. Anthony, 1897
Which of the following Enlightenment thinkers would have been most likely to agree with this statement?
A. Rousseau
B. Wollstonecraft
C. Voltaire
D. Locke
B. Wollstonecraft
"The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth for kings are not only God's lientenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself are called gods"
--- King James I, Works (1609)
Which of the following people would have been most likely to agree with this statement?
A. Oliver Cromwell
B. Louis XIV
C. William of Orange
D. John Locke
B. Louis XIV
Drag and drop the events related to Peter the Great's efforts to mondernize Russia. Place the earliest event at the top and the latest event at the bottom.
1. Peter took a long trip to Western Europe.
2. Peter built a new capital city.
3. Peter began a number of reforms in Russia