Monday, November 24, 2008

HW 11/24 Ch. 21

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The Homework for Chapter 21 for Period 7 is listed below, Period 8 should scroll down

PERIOD 7:

Read Chapter 21 Section 2 in your textbook and answer the following questions. Answers should be in blue or black ink or typed and printed.

Due: Tuesday, 11/25

1. Define:
a. Edict of Nantes
b. skepticism
c. Louis XIV
d. intendents
e. Jean Baptiste Colbert

2. What impact did the French religious wars have on French thinkers?

3. What was Jean Baptiste Colbert's plan for creating economic growth in France?

4. Many historians think of Louis XIV as the perfect example of an absolute monarch. Agree or disagree with the statement using evidence to support your position. Do not speak from first person ("I believe, I think, my opinion"--historians don't care about your opinion).


PERIOD 8

Read Chapter 21 Section 4 in your textbook and answer the following questions. Answers should be in blue or black ink or typed and printed.

Due: Tuesday, 11/25

1. Define:
a. Ivan the Terrible
b. boyar
c. Peter the Great
d. westernization

2. How did Ivan the Terrible deal with his enemies during his "bad period?"

3. Who was more of an absolute monarch, Peter the Great or Ivan the Terrible? Explain your answer using evidence fromt the text-- do not give your opinion (I, me, my).

4. Which class of Russian society probably did not benefit from Peter's reforms? Why?

5. How might Peter's attempts at westernization have affected his people's opinion of Christian's in western Europe?