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The Arts
100
John Locke's Second Treatise on Government was written to justify this.
What was the Glorious Revolution?
100
His assassination started World War I.
Who is Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
100
Henry of Navarre's wedding was ruined by this act of religious intolerance.
What is the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
100
He built the palace at Versailles as a symbol of his greatness.
Who was Louis XIV?
100
Although he considered himself a sculptor, he painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and designed the Dome of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.
Who is Michelangelo?
200
He was the leader of the Mountain.
Who was Robespierre?
200
This war started over Louis XIV's attempt to get a throne for his nephew.
What is the War of the Spanish Succession?
200
He turned Geneva into a theocracy.
Who is John Calvin?
200
He toured Europe to learn new skills to bring back to modernize his realm.
Who is Peter the Great?
200
Its "founders" are usually considered to be Monet, Renoir, Cezanne and Pissaro.
What is Impressionism?
300
Toussaint L'Oeverture
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
300
Marie Therese fought her cousin Frederick in this war.
What is the war of the Austrian Succession?
300
The Catholic Church met at this to plan its reaction to the Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
300
She corresponded with Voltaire and collected art for the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.
Who is Catherine the Great?
300
His most famous painting 'The Persistence of Memory', which features 'melted' clocks, is in this style.
What is Surrealism?
400
They were the most radical of the supporters of the French Revolution.
Who were the sans-culottes?
400
This act is usually seen as the start of the Thirty Years War.
What is the defenestration of Prague?
400
The Pilgrimage of Grace was a protest against this.
What is Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries?
400
Most absolute monarchs based their power on this belief.
What is the divine right of kings?
400
It was born out of the disillusionment that followed World War I and rejected reason and logic.
What is Dada?
500
This king's support of a revolution led to his own overthrow.
Who is Louis XVI?
500
It ended the Thirty Years War.
Who is the Treaty of Westphalia?
500
Luther and Zwingli failed to settle their differences over transubstantiation at this meeting.
What is the Colloquy of Marburg?
500
An atheist, he was one of the few monarchs to allow freedom for all believers (or non-believers) in his land.
Who is Frederick the Great of Prussia?
500
He is famous for his paintings of the French Revolution and a triumphant Napoleon
Who is David?
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