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100
The beginning of the 15th Century saw Italy dominated by five powers, being Florence, Venice, Milan, Naples, and these states.
What are the Papal States?
100
This Christian Humanist wrote "The Praise of Folly" in 1509 as a criticism of the Church.
Who is Desiderius Erasmus?
100
This war is often referred to as the last of the religious wars.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
100
This philosophe wrote "Treatise on Toleration" in 1763, after being involved in the Calas affair.
Who is Voltaire?
100
This is the name of the system Napoleon used to prevent goods from reaching England, which ultimately failed.
What is the Continental System?
200
This was the most important literary movement of the Italian Renaissance.
What is humanism?
200
Luther retained two of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church, baptism and this.
What is the Lord's Supper?
200
This French cardinal was the first to use the intendants to help centralize government.
Who is Cardinal Richelieu?
200
She is credited by many as the founder of modern feminism, and published "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" in 1792.
Who is Mary Wollstonecraft?
200
The largest German trade unions by the end of the 19th century were associated with this political belief system.
What is socialism?
300
While Northern Renaissance art used great detail and religious feeling, Italian art usually portrayed this.
What is the human form?
300
This group of radical reformers believed in complete separation of church and state, and were persecuted by both Catholics and Protestants.
Who are the Anabaptists?
300
This tsar gave women increased freedoms as part of his reforms to westernize Russia.
Who is Peter the Great?
300
During the French Revolution, two Jacobin clubs that dominated the National Convention were the Girondins and this.
What is the Mountain?
300
This French musician was the founder of program music, and composed Symphonie Fantastique to appeal to emotions and passions.
Who is Hector Berlioz?
400
This was used by Italian states during the 15th Century to prevent any state gaining more power at the expense of the others, later seen during the Congress of Vienna and the Concert of Europe.
What is a balance of power?
400
This system, used by the Spanish in the New World, allowed Spaniards to collect tributes from natives in return for supposed protection and payment.
What is the encomienda system?
400
Charles I accepted this document in 1628, but refused to let Parliament meet afterwards so he could continue taxing at will.
What is the Petition of Right?
400
Of the major Enlightened absolutists, this ruler was the only one who pursued radical, Enlightened reforms.
Who is Joseph II?
400
This was the name of the compromise of 1867 that created the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary.
What is the Ausgleich of 1867?
500
This man was burned at the stake in 1415, starting a war in Bohemia that lasted until 1436.
Who is John Hus?
500
The Netherlands was split in 1579 to form the Spanish Netherlands and this state.
What is the Union of Utrecht?
500
She was the most prominent female artist of the Baroque movement, and worked mostly in Florence.
Who is Artemisia Gentileschi?
500
Banks in this country were the first to issue government bonds.
What is England?
500
The first Public Health Act of Britain was passed largely due to this man, who also advocated efficient sewers and piped water.
Who is Edwin Chadwick?
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