Hist 1400 Modern Western Traditions
Midterm Terms questions well answered
Ninety-Five Theses - correct answer ✔✔Document written by Martin Luther and posted on a
church door in Germany that listed 95 things that Luther saw wrong with the church. Took place
in Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517. This event came to be considered the beginning of the
Protestant Reformation.
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - correct answer ✔✔St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a
widespread slaughter of French Protestants (Huguenots) by Catholics beginning on 24 August
1572 and lasting over two months, resulting in the deaths of between 5,000 and 25,000 people.
Act of Uniformity - correct answer ✔✔act of parliament that reasserted the book of common
prayer with some catholic alterations as the chief book of the anglican church. The Acts of
Uniformity of Edward VI in 1552 and of Elizabeth I in 1559 required all persons to attend
worship on Sunday, the latter imposing a fine for neglect to do so. The Church of England's
Canons of 1604 (number 13) make similar provision.
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - correct answer ✔✔part of Louis XIV's efforts to have France
have only one religion, he closed huguenots churches and schools, banned all their public
activities, and exiled those who refused to embrace the state religion. On October 18, 1685, the
Edict of Nantes was revoked and French Huguenots could either convert to Catholicism, face life
in a prison or convent, or flee the country. At this time, there were about 800,000 Huguenots in
France and nearly one-fourth of them left the country.
Versailles - correct answer ✔✔A palace built by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis
XVI and Marie Antoinette. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors,
decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal
residence for over a century. Also the principal residence for French Kings.
, "Ivan the Terrible" - correct answer ✔✔Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the
Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533, and Tsar of all Russia from 1547
until his death in 1584. He was the first Russian monarch to be crowned as tsar.
Peter the Great - correct answer ✔✔Peter I, commonly known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of all
Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He
reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, Peter was an absolute
monarch who remained the ultimate authority.
The Janissary Corps - correct answer ✔✔A Janissary was a member of the elite infantry units
that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in
Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan, during the Viziership of
Alaeddin.
The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth - correct answer ✔✔Union of Poland and Lithuania in
1385; struggled with inability to create a strong, centralized government; monarchy elected by
nobility who often chose a foreign prince.
The English Civil War - correct answer ✔✔Conflict from 1640 to 1660; featured religious
disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with
restoration of the monarchy in 1660 following execution of previous king.
The Peace of Westphalia (Treaty of Westphalia) - correct answer ✔✔was signed to end the 30
years war(1648) because it was literally killing everyone. (No one won this war people just gave
up). Germany was left with 300 different feudalistic kingdoms that were politically weak.
"Two Treatises of Government" - correct answer ✔✔Two Treatises of Government is a work of
political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke.
The Copernican Revolution - correct answer ✔✔The realization, toward the end of the 16th
century, that Earth is not at the center of the universe. Articulated by the Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century. Changed astronomy completely as we now know it.
Midterm Terms questions well answered
Ninety-Five Theses - correct answer ✔✔Document written by Martin Luther and posted on a
church door in Germany that listed 95 things that Luther saw wrong with the church. Took place
in Wittenberg, on October 31, 1517. This event came to be considered the beginning of the
Protestant Reformation.
St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre - correct answer ✔✔St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre was a
widespread slaughter of French Protestants (Huguenots) by Catholics beginning on 24 August
1572 and lasting over two months, resulting in the deaths of between 5,000 and 25,000 people.
Act of Uniformity - correct answer ✔✔act of parliament that reasserted the book of common
prayer with some catholic alterations as the chief book of the anglican church. The Acts of
Uniformity of Edward VI in 1552 and of Elizabeth I in 1559 required all persons to attend
worship on Sunday, the latter imposing a fine for neglect to do so. The Church of England's
Canons of 1604 (number 13) make similar provision.
Revocation of the Edict of Nantes - correct answer ✔✔part of Louis XIV's efforts to have France
have only one religion, he closed huguenots churches and schools, banned all their public
activities, and exiled those who refused to embrace the state religion. On October 18, 1685, the
Edict of Nantes was revoked and French Huguenots could either convert to Catholicism, face life
in a prison or convent, or flee the country. At this time, there were about 800,000 Huguenots in
France and nearly one-fourth of them left the country.
Versailles - correct answer ✔✔A palace built by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis
XVI and Marie Antoinette. Embellished by several generations of architects, sculptors,
decorators and landscape architects, it provided Europe with a model of the ideal royal
residence for over a century. Also the principal residence for French Kings.
, "Ivan the Terrible" - correct answer ✔✔Ivan IV Vasilyevich, commonly known as Ivan the
Terrible, was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533, and Tsar of all Russia from 1547
until his death in 1584. He was the first Russian monarch to be crowned as tsar.
Peter the Great - correct answer ✔✔Peter I, commonly known as Peter the Great, was Tsar of all
Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death in 1725. He
reigned jointly with his half-brother Ivan V until 1696. From this year, Peter was an absolute
monarch who remained the ultimate authority.
The Janissary Corps - correct answer ✔✔A Janissary was a member of the elite infantry units
that formed the Ottoman Sultan's household troops and the first modern standing army in
Europe. The corps was most likely established under sultan Orhan, during the Viziership of
Alaeddin.
The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth - correct answer ✔✔Union of Poland and Lithuania in
1385; struggled with inability to create a strong, centralized government; monarchy elected by
nobility who often chose a foreign prince.
The English Civil War - correct answer ✔✔Conflict from 1640 to 1660; featured religious
disputes mixed with constitutional issues concerning the powers of the monarchy; ended with
restoration of the monarchy in 1660 following execution of previous king.
The Peace of Westphalia (Treaty of Westphalia) - correct answer ✔✔was signed to end the 30
years war(1648) because it was literally killing everyone. (No one won this war people just gave
up). Germany was left with 300 different feudalistic kingdoms that were politically weak.
"Two Treatises of Government" - correct answer ✔✔Two Treatises of Government is a work of
political philosophy published anonymously in 1689 by John Locke.
The Copernican Revolution - correct answer ✔✔The realization, toward the end of the 16th
century, that Earth is not at the center of the universe. Articulated by the Polish astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th century. Changed astronomy completely as we now know it.
