Review of Early History
This epidemic knocked out approximately 2/3 or more of the European population.
What is the bubonic plague
What is the Renaissance.
This persons beliefs in predestination set him apart from the Catholics.
Absolute Monarchs used this concept in order to keep each other in check.
What is balance of power.
This persons ideas are embedded in the founding documents of the United States and the revolutionary documents of the French Revolution.
Who is John Locke.
Deficit spending, unequal representation, crop failure, rebellious mobs, and continuous wars were the cause of this.
What is the French Revolution.
This percentage of people belong to the First and Second Estate?
What is 3%.
This person set up a comprehensive system of laws, established fairer tax code, and set up government-run public schools.
Who is Napoleon.
In response to the Continental System, this country organized its own blockade.
Who is Great Britain.
God, Glory, and Gold were the inspiration behind this.
What was the Age of Exploration.
This ancient civilization is best associated with the Nile River.
What is the Egyptian Civilization
This is known as the foundation of a Renaissance man.
What is humanism
This group of individuals left England due to the religious turmoil under the Tudor and Stuart dynasties.
Who are the Puritans.
Many monarch believed in this concept during the age of Absolutism.
What is divine right.
This person is known as the father of the American Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
Napoleon Bonaparte abolished this long standing region.
What was the Holy Roman Empire.
On July 14th a mob stormed a prison looking for weapons and gunpowder.
An important goal of this was to establish a balance of power in Europe.
What was the Congress of Vienna.
What was the Committee of Public Safety.
Religion, territory, and power among European ruling families were the cause of this.
What is the Thirty Years' War.
This ancient civilization is associated with the Tigris and Euphrates River.
What is Mesopotamia
This event ultimately sparked the age of the Renaissance.
What is the Crusades.
This invention officially ended the Middle Ages and is the single most important invention of the Renaissance.
What is the printing press.
The execution of this man demonstrated that no ruler could claim absolute power and ignore the law.
Who is Charles I of England.
This person greatly supported freedom of speech.
Who is Voltaire.
This mechanism was chosen as the method of execution during the French Revolution because it was a more humane method of beheading than the uncertain sword or ax.
What was the Guillotine.
Fraternity, equality, and liberty were the goals of this.
The proposed taxation to generate revenue led to the first meeting in 175 years.
What was the Estates-General.
What is the scorched-earth policy.
This country would not be unified for 200 years after of the Age of Absolutism.
Where is Germany.
This ancient civilization is associated with the Tiber River.
What is the Roman Civilization.
The Renaissance was all about spreading new ideas and refocusing on the individual. This ultimately led to the breakdown and rebuilding of this major power.
What is the Roman Catholic Church.
Martin Luther developed this document, igniting the Protestant Reformation.
What is the 95 Theses.
England was divided into these two groups during the English Civil War.
Who were the Roundheads and Cavaliers
This person believed that government decisions should benefit the whole of society rather than the elite few.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau.
During this event, the National Assembly vowed to meeting until a sound and justice constitution was written.
This stated that "Men are born free and remain free and equal in rights".
What is the Declaration of Rights of Man of Citizen.
Napoleon sold this because it was a way to raise money, cut his losses in America, and to increase America's power as a British Rival.
What was the Louisiana Territory.
This person believed in an absolute monarchy, people do not have the right to revolt, all humans are born wicked, and the social contract is between the people and the monarch.
Who is Thomas Hobbes.
Louis XIV revoked this document and caused 100,000 Huguenots to flee France.
What was the Edict of Nantes.
This was known as the top punishment that could be handed out by the church.
What is excommunication
This persons beliefs differed from the Roman Catholic Church. This person believed in having faith; did not believe in good worlds and most sacraments.
This best describes the religious profile of Europe in 1600 after the Protestant Reformation.
Where are Protestants North and Catholics South.
This city was known as the "window to the West"
Where is St. Petersburg
This individual argued that governmental power should be divided among separate branches and a system should ensure no one branch/person becomes too powerful.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu.
97% of France's population belonged to this estate.
Who was the Third Estate.
No one was safe from the guillotine during this time.
What was the Reign of Terror.
Napoleons decision to do this resulted in the greatest loss of human life.
What was the invasion of Russia.
Which group quickly gained control of the Spice Islands and had the most successful East India Trade Company?
Who were the Dutch.
Who is John Locke.