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The Reign of Louis XIV
Spain's Empire and European Absolutism
Central European Monarchs Clash
Absolute Rulers of Russia
Parliament Limits the English Monarchy
100
This was the nickname of Louis XIV
What is the Sun King?
100
This was the main religion of Spain?
What is Catholicism?
100
Frederick William was the father of this future emperor.
Who is Frederick the Great?
100
He was the "terrible" czar of Russia
Who is Ivan?
100
This man had Charles I beheaded
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
200
This is the philosophy that states that "nothing can ever be known for certain."
What is skepticism?
200
The Spanish Armada fought battles against what European power?
What is England?
200
She was one of the few female absolute monarchs and empress of Austria.
Who is Maria Theresa?
200
These were the Russian landowning nobles
Who were the boyars?
200
These two rulers agreed to an English Bill of Rights in 1689
Who were William and Mary?
300
One of the two skeptics?
Who is Michel de Montaigne or Rene Descartes?
300
He was the author of Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Who is Miguel de Cervantes?
300
This was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War.
What is the Peace of Westphalia?
300
As part of this process, Peter hoped to build an industrialized and forward moving Russia
What is westernization?
300
This is Latin for "to have the body"
What is habeas corpus?
400
He was Cardinal Richelieu's successor and a minister for Louis XIV?
Who is Cardinal Mazarin?
400
He was the son of Charles V and inherited Spain, the Spanish Netherlands, and Spain's American colonies when his father died
Who is Philip II?
400
Gustavus Adolphus was the king of this country.
What is Sweden?
400
This was how Peter envisioned St. Petersburg
What is a "window on Europe"?
400
This was the nickname of those fighting on the side of Parliament in the English Civil War
What are Roundheads?
500
The War of the Spanish Succession pitted these two European powers against the rest of Europe.
What is Spain and France?
500
This country's seven northern regions separated from Spain in 1579.
What is the Netherlands?
500
The Seven Years' War benefited this European power.
What is England?
500
Eastern Orthodox Russians believed people in the west were these
What are heretics?
500
This was the period in which the son of Charles I -- Charles II -- returned to England to rule
What is the Restoration?