Chapter 3 Introduction

• Geschiedenis
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Chapter 3 recap

Nachtwacht

The actual name of the painting by Rembrandt is: De compagnie van kapitein Frans Banninck Cocq en luitenant Willem van Ruytenburgh maakt zich gereed om uit te marcheren

Chapter 3 Science and Changing Politics

• 3.1 A Republic of Regenten
  
• 3.2 A world economy: The VOC and WIC
• 3.3 Absolutism
  
• 3.4 The Scientific Revolution
• 3.x - Art or Curacao
  

1600-1700

Age of regents and monarchs

1. What was the official name of the Dutch state in the 1600s?

1. The United Netherlands
2. The kingdom of the Netherlands
3. The Republic of the seven United Netherlands
4. The Dutch Republic

2. During the 1600s the Republic was ...

1. Poor and weak
2. Rich and weak
3. Poor and strong
4. Rich and strong

The name of the daily government of a province in the Republic led by regenten.

1. Provincial States
2. representatives
3. stadtholders
4. States General

How do we call the regenten the Provincial States would send to the States General?

1. reformers
2. representatives

How do we call the assembly of the three estates during the Ancien Régime?

1. parliament
2. Provincial States
3. States General

What's the name of the "gewesten"

1. Government
2. Provincial States
3. Second Chamber
4. Republic

The Provincial States was the ...

1. Daily government of a city
2. Daily government of a province
3. Daily government of the Netherlands
4. General meeting of the Estates

3. Who painted The girl with the pearl earring?

1. Johannes Vermeer
2. Jan Steen
3. Rembrandt van Rijn
4. Frans Hals

4. What does the abbreviation VOC stand for?

1. Varende Oost Coörperatie
2. Verenigde Oost Coörperatie
3. Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
4. Varende Oostindische Compagnie

5. The Dutch Revolt started in 1568. In what year was the peace with Spain signed?

1. 1621
2. 1638
3. 1642
4. 1648

What was the peace treaty between Spain and the Netherlands called?

1. Golden peace
2. Treaty of Madrid
3. Treaty of Münster
4. Treaty of München

In which year was the Peace of Munster signed?

1. 1612
2. 1621
3. 1648
4. 1672

Which of the following statements is true: (1p)

1. The embargo on Dutch trade was during the Twelve Years’ Truce.
2. Van Oldenbarnevelt succeeded in defeating Maurice of Orange.
3. The reason for the Twelve Years’ Truce was a lack of soldiers on the Spanish side.
4. The Peace of Munster recognised the Dutch Republic as a sovereign state.

6. The most powerful city in the Republic during the 1600s was...

1. Amsterdam
2. Dordrecht
3. Rotterdam
4. Utrecht

Which statement is correct?

1. Republic owes Golden Age to spice trade by The Dutch East India Company (VOC)
2. The Republic owes its Golden Age to trade in timber and grain with the Baltic Sea (Mother Negotiation)

The Triangle Trade was done by the...

1. Baltic Sea Trade
2. VOC
3. WIC

What isn't a cause for the growing trade in Amsterdam (1450-1540)?

1. Baltic trade
2. Commercial agriculture
3. French protestant refugees

What doesn't match Baltic trade?

1. pepper and coffee
2. grain and wood
3. moedernegotie
4. Poland

Who had the monopoly on the Baltic Trade?

1. No one.
2. VOC
3. WIC
4. What's Baltic Trade?

7. How many slaves did the Dutch trading companies transport to America?

1. 120,000 slaves (1% of the total)
2. 360,000 slaves (3% of the total)
3. 600,000 slaves (5% of the total)
4. 1,200,000 slaves (10 % of the total)

8. Stadtholder William III of Orange invaded and became the king of which countries?

1. Denmark and Sweden
2. England, Scotland and Ireland
3. Belgium and France
4. Luxembourg and Belgium

9. What was the self given nickname of Louis XIV of France?

1. Divine king
2. Boy king
3. Dance king
4. Sun king

what does the 'divine right of kings'
mean?
(also known as Driot Divin)

1. Lone ruler of France
2. being king by birth
3. being appointed by the pope to be king
4. the godly right to rule

How did Louis XIV attempt to increase his power?

1. appointing civil servants
2. divine right of kings
3. raised his own army
4. all answers are correct

Wat is mercantilism ?

1. The divine right to rule
2. Taxes in France
3. The way Louis XIV ruled 17th century France
4. An economical strategy

10. What is not true about the famous year 1672-1673?

1. The Republic was attacked by 4 states
2. The Republic became a monarchy with a king
3. Michiel de Ruyter stopped an English invasion by sea
4. The most powerful person in the Republic was murdered

1672 is called the Disaster Year because:

1. The Netherlands lost Amsterdam as the staple market of the world.
2. The Netherlands were attacked by France, England, Cologne and Münster.
3. The Netherlands were attacked by Germany, Russia and Italy.
4. The Netherlands seemed to lose the religious war against the Roman Catholic Church.

What was an indirect cause for the disaster year?

1. The French king Louis XIV wanted to end the power of the Republic.
2. Johan and his brother Cornelis de Witt were killed in The Hague by an angry mob
3. Louis XIV together with the king of England and the bishops of Cologne attacked the Republic in 1672.
4. William III became king of England, and England and the Netherlands fought France together.

After the Disaster Year, William III booked some military successes. Which year would have been his most succesful? (1p)

1. 1650
2. 1672
3. 1679
4. 1688

[3.4] Gaining knowledge by doing research without experiments is called...

1. Empirical thinking
2. Geocentrism
3. Rationalism
4. Scientific Revolution

Use the four statements (A-D).
Write down the letters of the statement that best fit the scientists of the scientific revolution.
The scientists....

1. primarily came from the Republic.
2. did not doubt the accuracy of the Bible
3. wanted to understand the world by observing and experimenting
4. didn't have the oppurtunity to work and study with eachother

In which century did the scientific revolution take place?

1. 15th
2. 16th
3. 17th
4. 18th

Which two ways of doing research led to the Scientific Revolution?

1. empirical thinking and the Renaissance
2. empirical thinking and rationalism
3. positivism and the Renaissance
4. positivism and rationalism

The ..A.. is a cause for ..B...

1. A. Enlightenment B. Scientific Revolution
2. A. Scientific Revolution B. Enlightenment

The scientific revolution had a .... impact on the lives of ordinary people

1. small
2. huge

Why does art is the Republic different than art from other European countries in the 17th century?

1. the church was the largest client of artists
2. the house of orange was the largest client of artists
3. The high nobility was the largest client of artists
4. citizens were was the largest client of artists

So what do we do now?

Read Section 1 and start working on your wordlist