Question 1

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the French Wars of Religion?

Accepted Answer

Catholics spent too much money fighting the Huguenots

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Threatened privileges for merchants and lawyers

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Rising prices & rigid guild system hurting artisans & shopkeepers

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Nobles converting to Calvinism threatened the king's power

Question 2

What was a religious cause of the French wars of religion?

Accepted Answer

Many nobles and city dwellers became Huguenots

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The decentralized structure of the French state favored Catholics

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The Pope had tight control over French nobles

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Jesuits supported the Huguenots over the Catholic monarchy

Question 3

What was an effect of the French Wars of Religion?

Accepted Answer

The Edict of Nantes ended the wars by giving Huguenots religious and political privileges, while making the state officially Catholic

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Nobles were able to determine the religion of their lands

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The Edict of Nantes banned Protestantism and made the state Catholic

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The king converted to Protestantism and banned Catholicism

Question 4

Which of the following is true about Philip II?

Accepted Answer

His reign was a time of political and cultural greatness for Spain

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He won the wars against the Dutch

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He failed to prevent Turkish encroachment in the Mediterranean

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He married Queen Elizabeth

Question 5

How did Queen Elizabeth resolve the religious conflict caused by Queen Mary's reign?

Accepted Answer

She kept the Church of England, but made the services more moderate and acceptable to Catholics

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She compromised with Catholics by agreeing to persecute Puritans

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She married a Catholic.

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She defeated the Dutch attempt to invade England

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