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This is Ivan IV's nickname
What is "The Terrible"?
100
James I and Charles I wanted to establish this type of monarchy.
What is an absolute monarchy?
100
He was called the "Sun King"
Who was Louis XIV?
100
The lateen or triangular sail helps you do this.
What is fly into the wind?
100
The execution of Charles I featured this historic 'first'
What was the first public execution of a reigning monarch?
200
Russian nobles are called this.
What are boyars?
200
Parliament passed this to restrict the powers of Charles I.
What is the Petition of Right?
200
Louis XIV attempted to limit the power of this group that had originally rebelled against the crown in an event know as the "Fronde"
What is the nobility?
200
The Portuguese were a leading nation in exploration thanks to this prince.
Who was Henry the Navigator?
200
The Glorious Revolution created this type of government in Great Britain.
What is a Constitutional Monarchy?
300
Peter the Great wanted Russian to look more like this
What is Europe?
300
These sides fought the English Civil War.
What were the Cavaliers and the Roundheads.
300
Louis XIV built this to demonstrate the power and grandeur of his reign.
What is Versailles?
300
This explorer was the first to realize that "America" wasn't Asia.
Who was Amerigo Vespucci?
300
The first direct route to Asia from Europe went around this continent.
What is Africa?
400
The reason Peter wanted to build St. Peterburg
What is a warm water port?
400
In 1653 he declared himself the "Lord Protector" of England.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
400
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes and thus restricted the rights and freedoms of this group.
Who were the Huguenots? (French Calvinists)
400
This product was often traded for slaves in Africa.
What were guns?
400
The British Parliament was suspicious of James II because he was a devout believer in this religion
What is Catholicism?
500
Peter the Great taxed this facial feature
What is a beard?
500
This term refers to the defeat of James II and the ascension of William and Mary.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
500
The final war fought by French under the reign of Louis XIV.
What was the War of Spanish Succession?
500
Probably the most important food product as part of the Columbian Exchange that arrived in Europe during the 1500s
What was the potato?
500
He was the absolute monarch of Spain in the late 1500s.
Who was Philip II?
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