English Civil War/Restoration
What was the name given to supporters of Parliament?
Roundheads
What was the name given to French writers, thinkers and social critics during the Enlightenment era?
Philosophes
What is the name of the extravagant palace built by King Louis XIV of France?
Versailles
What country practiced a scorched-earth policy against Napoleon?
Russia
What Great Awakening preacher founded Methodism?
John Wesley
What king lost his throne and his head during the English Civil War?
Charles I
What Frenchman is considered the leading figure of the Enlightenment?
Voltaire
What Russian absolutist ruler engaged in a program of modernization?
Peter I (the Great)
What is considered Napoleon's most important and enduring achievement?
Code Napoleon
What philosophy teaches that God created the world, but is not involved in human activities?
Deism
What was the name of Oliver Cromwell's government?
The Protectorate
The theory of tabula rasa is most closely connected with which Enlightenment philosopher?
John Locke
In which country was absolutism defeated?
England
What were the lists of grievances brought before the Estates General called?
Cahiers
What figure of the Great Awakening was a pioneer preacher who ministered in both Great Britain and the American colonies?
George Whitefield
What document was Charles I compelled to sign in order to receive needed funds?
Petition of Right
What Enlightenment philosopher authored The Social Contract?
DAILY DOUBLE
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What political philosophy, popular amongst many seventeenth- and eighteenth-century European rulers, held that a ruler’s power should be unrestrained?
Absolutism
What event was symbolic of the end of the Old Regime in France?
DAILY DOUBLE
Storming of the Bastille
What was the name of the famous sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards during the Great Awakening?
DAILY DOUBLE
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
When William and Mary became king and queen during the Glorious Revolution of 1688, what document were they required to sign?
Bill of Rights
What form of reasoning uses specific cases to create a general conclusion?
Inductive reasoning
What German ruler was known for being both absolutist and a friend of the philosopher Voltaire?
What important document from the French Revolution drew inspiration from the Enlightenment, American Constitution, and the English Bill of Rights?
Declaration of the Rights of Man
What German nobleman founded a Moravian community on his estate?
Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf