Which emperor tried to roll back the reformation by using force?
What is Ferdinand
100
What was the name of the dude who tried to modernize Russia?
What is Peter the Great
100
Who wrote the encyclopedia?
What is Diderot
100
A port that never freezes over
What is warm-water port
100
Who was the French philosopher that was known for his sarcasm and a mouth that landed him in prison multiple times
What is Voltaire
200
What was the name of the treaty that ended the Thirty Years War?
What is Peace of Westphalia
200
What is one of the stranger things that Peter the Great made nobles do when he got back from traveling?
What is made them shave their beards
200
What does laissez-faire mean?
What is hands off
200
A reduction in population
What is depopulation
200
What is the term for adopting western ideas and culture?
What is westernization
300
Who was the military king of Prussia?
What is Frederick the Great
300
What was the name of Peter the Great's capitol city?
What is St. Petersburg
300
An agreement where people give up their freedom for an organized society is called what?
What is social contract
300
The term for dividing something up is what?
What is partition
300
At this point in history, how many European nations out of five had absolute monarchs?
What is four
400
What does the word defenestration mean?
What is the beautiful art of throwing a person from a window
400
Who was Russia's "enlightened" ruler?
What is Catherine the Great
400
A time of a revolution in the way of thinking was called what?
What is enlightenment
400
What was the name of the really powerful and rich family that united their lands to create Prussia...they also had that bomb castle we looked at
What is Hohenzollern
400
Which country went mostly untouched by the Renaissance and the Reformation?
What is Russia
500
A soldier who fights for money and not for a country?
What is mercenary
500
Who finally won the warm-water port for Russia?
What is Catherine the Great
500
What was the nickname given to the famous French philosophers?
What is the Philosophes
500
Who came up with the idea of supply and demand?
What is Adam Smith
500
The man, the myth, the legend. The greatest history teach that ever walked the face of this earth. The man who's room you are currently lucky to even be allowed to sit in