Question

social crises, war, and revolution
directions: fill in the blanks below as you read section 2.
from 1560 to 1650, europe experienced an economic slowdown. spain’s econ - omy, dependent on imported (1) ____________, was failing. a growing popu - lation demanding land and food led to (2) __________. spain’s economy was seriously falling by the 1640s due to (3) __________ producing less silver, fleets subject to (4) __________ attacks, and the loss of muslim and jewish (5) __________ and (6) ____________.
during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, more than a hundred thousand people were charged with (7) ____________. under intense torture, accused witches usually (8) __________ to a number of practices. by 1650, people were finding it (9) ____________ to believe in the old view of a world haunted by evil spirits.
(10) ____________ played an important role in the outbreak of the thirty years’ war, as well as (11) __________ and (12) __________ motives. the peace of (13) ____________ stated that all german states, including the calvinist ones, could determine their own religion.
at the core of the english revolution was the struggle between king and (14) ____________ to determine what role each should play in governing england. james i of england believed kings receive their (15) __________ from god and are responsible only to him. parliament proved victorious due largely to the new model of army of (16) ____________.
dutch leader william of (17) ____________ and his wife (18) __________ raised an army and invaded england in 1688. with almost no bloodshed, england had undergone a “(19) __________.” as william and mary took the english throne, they accepted a bill of rights setting forth (20) ____________ right to make laws and levy taxes.

Explanation:

This is a historical - knowledge - based fill - in - the - blanks exercise. The content covers economic, social, and political events in Europe from the 16th to 17th centuries including economic slowdowns in Spain, witch - hunts, the Thirty Years' War, the English Revolution, and the Glorious Revolution. Knowledge of historical events, causes, and key figures is required to fill in the blanks.

Answer:

(1) silver
(2) social unrest
(3) declining silver production
(4) pirate
(5) merchants
(6) artisans
(7) witchcraft
(8) confessed
(9) difficult
(10) Religion
(11) political
(12) territorial
(13) Westphalia
(14) power struggle
(15) authority
(16) Oliver Cromwell
(17) Orange
(18) William III
(19) Glorious Revolution
(20) Parliament's