Which Enlightenment-Era composer wrote The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni?
Mozart
Akbar the Great was emperor of what dynasty?
Mughal
Joseph II was emperor of what kingdom?
Austria/Holy Roman Empire
Who was allied with Austria in the War of Austrian Succession?
Britain
The British Stamp Act of 1765 was imposed on who?
The colonies
Which Swiss-French political philosopher wrote about the general will?
Rousseau
Abbas the Great was the shah of what dynasty?
Safavid
Peter III was overthrown by which Russian Empress?
Catherine the Great
Who was allied with Austria in the Seven Years' War?
France
Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during the Seven Years' War?
William Pitt the Elder
Which French Enlightenment philosopher said, “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it?”
Voltaire
Which Shogunate did Ieyasu found?
Tokugawa
Who enlarged the Prussian army to twice the size of his father and gave limited freedoms of the speech and press, along with more religious toleration?
Frederick the Great
The battles of Lexington and Concord kicked off which war?
The American Revolution/War of Independence
What is a territorial unit called in Tokugawa Japan?
Han
Which Enlightenment-era feminist wrote the Vindication of the Rights of Woman?
Mary Wollstonecraft
What version of Islam was the Ottoman Empire?
Sunni
When the Austrian emperor Charles VI died without a male heir, who did he select as his successor?
Maria Theresa
General Wolfe's victory against the French in Canada ended which war?
The Seven Years'/French and Indian War
Who built the Taj Mahal?
Shah Jahan
Who wrote the Wealth of Nations (1776), promoting free-market economics?
Adam Smith
Which Mughal emperor memorized the entire Koran?
Aurangzeb
After Queen Anne of the house of Stuart died, who took over the monarchy in Great Britain?
The Hanover Dynasty (George II)
Which treaty officially ended the Seven Years' War?
The Treaty of Paris
Who were the soldiers in the elite guard of the Ottoman Turks?
Janissaries