Renaissance and Exploration
Who wrote the Book of the Courtier?
Baldassare Castiglione
Where was Martin Luther called to recant or affirm his beliefs to the Holy Roman Emperor?
Diet of Worms
This Peace in 1648 involved a series of treaties among the Holy Roman Empire that brought peace by ending the Thirty Years' War.
Peace of Westphalia
What was the political philosophy that emphasizes the rights of the individual and the idea that the government should have a limited role in the everyday lives of its citizens
liberalism
What doctrines provided economic support to help European countries rebuild and become economically stable to prevent them from falling under communist influence
Marshall Plan
Truman Doctrine
What family were major patrons of the Italian Renaissance and ran the city of Florence?
The Medici Family
After he published the Institutes of Christian Religion, the leaders of Geneva invited him there to live and preach.
John Calvin
Which King was beheaded during the English Civil War?
Charles I
Jeremy Bentham believed that every law could be measured by how much good it accomplished. His idea became known as what?
What was the Soviet's military alliance with it's satellite nations?
WARSAW Pact
What art form brought together Renaissance traditions and strong religious feelings? It was used by the Catholic Church to appeal to the senses.
Baroque
Ignatius Loyola established this order that spread Christianity in the American and Asia
Jesuits
Name one of either Cardinals that aided Louis XIII and Louis XIV in maintaining an absolute monarchy in France.
Cardinal Richelieu
Cardinal Mazarin
Who united Germany, using the tactic of realpolitik?
Otto Von Bismark
Name one of the several policies to 'dethaw' the Cold War?
glasnost
perestroika
detente
SALT I and SALT II
The Doge (chief magistrate) of this Adriatic city was commonly selected from the elder citizens
Venice (A type of aristocracy, Venice was governed by a doge for a thousand years, until the last one was deposed by Napoleon in 1797)
The Act of Supremacy
Who was considered the most enlightened despot? He abolished serfdom and provided freedom of religion and press.
Joseph II of Austria
Giuseppe Mazzini, Count Cavour, and Giuseppe Garibaldi all helped to unite Italy into one country. What were Garibaldi's followers/rebel army called?
The Red Shirts
What nation that is a part of the EU does not use the Euro, like the other members?
Britain, pound
Who cut off the land trade to Asia, thus forcing the Europeans to go around Africa and to the New World?
Ottomans
There were four different phases of the Thirty Years' War. Name one.
Bohemian Phase
Danish Phase
Swedish Phase
French Phase
William of Orange and Mary
English Bill of Rights
Name one movement included in modern art
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Expressionism
Fauvism
Cubism
Who became the first female prime minister of Britain in 1979? She became the face of the conservative party in England.
Margaret Thatcher