ABSOLUTE MONARCHS
UNIT VOCAB
THE HISTORY
HISTORIC EVENTS
MISC. FACTS
FINAL JEOPARDY
200
KING PHILIP II
SPAIN
200
L'ETAT C'EST MOI
I AM THE STATE
200
MAJOR RUSSIAN CITY THAT WAS BUILT ON A NORTHERN PORT THAT HELPED TO WESTERNIZE THE EMPIRE.
ST. PETERSBURG
200
IT WAS CAUSED BY THE DEATH OR SUSPECTED MURDER OF IVAN'S WIFE.
BAD PERIOD
200
FRENCH CARDINAL WHO HAD A SECRET NETWORK OF SPIES
CARDINAL RICHELIEU
200
MONARCH WHO BELIEVED THAT HE SHOULD BE A 'FATHER' FIGURE TO HIS EMPIRE.
FREDERICK THE GREAT
400
PETER THE GREAT
400
BELIEF THAT GOD PUT A MONARCH IN CHARGE
DIVINE RIGHT
400
THE RELIGIOUS GROUP VICTIMS OF THE ST. BARTHOLOMEW DAY MASSACRE.
PROTESTANTS
400
EUROPEAN RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT THAT CAUSED COUNTLESS CONFLICTS THROUGHOUT THE 1500S AND 1600S.
THE (PROTESTANT) REFORMATION
400
CAUSED THE PROTESTANT UNION AND CATHOLIC LEAGUE TO FORM IN OPPOSITION TO IT.
CALVANISM
600
THE FIRST RESIDENT OF THE PALACE OF VERSAILLES
KING LOUIS XIV
600
THE RICH ELITE OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE
BOYARS
600
KINGS AND QUEENS HAD TO GO THROUGH IT TO NEGOTIATE AND WORK WITH THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT.
CABINET
600
THEIR DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THE BRITISH CAUSED MUCH EMBARRASSMENT FOR THEIR KING AND NATION IN EUROPE IN 1588.
SPANISH ARMADA
600
DOCUMENT EXTREMELY SIMILAR, DOWN TO THE NAME, OF THE AMERICAN VERSION.
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
800
EMPRESS MARIA THERESA
AUSTRIAN EMPIRE
800
FRENCH PROTESTANTS
HUGUENOTS
800
'ENEMY' OF THE PROTESTANTS IN THE THIRTY YEARS WAR.
CATHOLICISM
800
WAR THAT ENDED WITH NO LAND WON OR GAINED IN EUROPE BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
THE SEVEN YEARS WAR
800
FIRST ENGLISH DOCUMENT THAT HAD THE CENTRAL THEME THAT MONARCHS ARE NOT ABOVE THE LAW.
PETITION OF RIGHTS
1000
'MONARCH' WHO FAMOUSLY COMMITTED REGICIDE.
OLIVER CROMWELL
1000
LATIN TERM FOR PROTECTION AGAINST UNLAWFUL/ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENT
HABEAS CORPUS
1000
THESE TREATIES ENDED THE THIRTY YEARS WAR AND EFFECTIVELY DAMAGED THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE (GERMANY) FOR CENTURIES.
PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
1000
CITY THAT WAS ATTACKED LEADING TO THE WAR OF AUSTRIAN SUCCESSION.
SILESIA
1000
TREATY THAT ENDED RELIGIOUS WARS IN FRANCE PRIMARILY IN FAVOR OF THE HUGEUNOTS
EDICT OF NANTES