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This chief minister of Louis XIII laid the foundation of an absolute monarchy in France .
Who is Richelieu?
100
This treaty ended the 30 Years War.
What is the Treaty of Westphalia
100
In Renaissance Italy, it was described as a secular view of man and nature.
What is humanism?
100
A Swiss Reformer, whose church was based in Zurich
Who is Zwingli?
100
This metaphor by Winston Churchill was used to describe the division of Europe after 1945.
What is the "Iron Curtain"?
200
This war occurred to check the Bourbon king Louis XIV’s expansionism into the Spanish Empire.
What is the War of Spanish Succession?
200
This series of wars led to the ascendancy of the Tudors in England.
What is the Wars of the Roses
200
In the years following the Napoleonic Wars, these British workers were known for smashing industrial machinery and farm equipment.
Who are the Luddites?
200
During the holy sacrament, the bread and wine literally become the blood and body of Christ.
What is Transubstantiation?
200
This economic system, dominant in early modern Europe, held that the prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver.
What is Mercantilism?
300
In 1890, this Hohenzollern emperor of Germany "dropped the pilot,” ie, fired Otto von Bismarck.
Who is Wilhelm/William II?
300
The Thirty Years' War was significant in: a) developing a more modern state system b) aiding in the breakup of the Holy Roman Empire c) moving the focus of wealth from central to western Europe d) promoting greater religious diversity e) all of the above
e) all of the above
300
This philosophical movement believed that God created the universe, but acted as an absentee landlord in its day-to-day maintenance.
What is Deism?
300
This meeting was called during the Catholic Reformation in response to the Protestant Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
300
*DAILY DOUBLE!* This system, formulated by Napoleon I, called for the boycotting of all British goods.
What is the Continental System?
400

This queen was the empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796. She came to power after a coup d'etat against her husband, Peter III. Her long reign helped Russia thrive. She is also known as an "enlightened monarch." 

Who is Catherine the Great?

400

In 1521, Martin Luther was summoned to defend his theological ideas at this meeting

What is the Diet of Worms? 

400
He said... "Tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to; and this is making use of the power any one has in his hands, not for the good of those who are under it, but for his own separate advantage."
Who is John Locke?
400
In 1572, Catherine de' Medici and her son Charles IX had 2000 Huguenots killed at this event.
What is the Saint Bartholomews Day Massacre?
400
This British group of the 1830s and 1840s called for universal male suffrage.
Who are the Chartists?
500
This enlightened despot composed music, encouraged farmers to grow tobacco and said he would build a mosque for Muslims.
Who is Frederick the Great (II)?
500
Napoleon Bonparte first gained political power in France during this fourth phase of the French Revolution.
What is the Consulate?
500

He wrote this to describe the State of Nature: "In such condition, there is no place for industry; because the fruit thereof is uncertain: and consequently no culture of the earth; no navigation, nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea; no commodious building; no instruments of moving, and removing, such things as require much force; no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time; no arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death."

Who is Thomas Hobbes?

500
This provided a legal basis for the existence of Lutheranism in the Holy Roman Empire.
What is the Peace of Augsburg (1555)?
500
He came to power in the Revolutions of 1848 in France.
Who is Louis Napoleon?