| A | B |
|---|
| King Philip II | Spanish king who persecuted non Catholic |
| golden age of Spain | great wealth led to schools supporting the arts and achivements |
| Absolutism | unlimited power in the monarch and his or her advisers |
| divine right | Political idea that monarchs recieve ther power directly from God and are responsible to God alone for their actions |
| Armada | A fleet of warships organized to carry out a mission |
| Don Quixote | A novel about a landowner who imagines himself a knight called to perform heroic deeds. |
| Inflation | an abnormal increase in currency resulting in sharp price rises |
| Louis XIV | Most powerful Bourbon monarch, known as the Sun King |
| Edict of Nantes | policy of tolerance for Protestants by Henry IV of France |
| Hapsburg | Spanish ruling family |
| Mercantilism | made the kings of Europe very wealthy through restricted trade |
| Versailles | Hunting lodge that exemplifies the power of the absolute monarch |
| Maria Theresa | Absolute monarch of Austia (part of Hapsburg Family) |
| Fredrick William | Absolute Monarch of Prussia |
| Balance of Power | competition between monarchs and kingdoms for domination |
