Renaissance and Reformation
This intellectual movement focused on human potential and achievements during the Renaissance.
What is Humanism?
This French monarch famously declared, “L’état, c’est moi.” "I am the State"
Who is Louis XIV?
He believed in natural rights and the idea that government should protect life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This revolution led to major advances in manufacturing, transportation, and urbanization.
What is the Industrial Revolution?
This was the immediate cause of World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
He nailed his 95 Theses to a church door in 1517, sparking the Protestant Reformation.
Who is Martin Luther?
This revolution in 1688 established a constitutional monarchy in England.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
This Enlightenment thinker supported the separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
This German chancellor unified Germany through “blood and iron.”
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
This 1917 revolution overthrew the Russian tsar and led to Bolshevik rule.
What is the Russian Revolution?
This council reaffirmed Catholic doctrines in response to the Reformation.
What is the Council of Trent?
He built up Prussia’s military and was considered an Enlightened Despot.
Who is Frederick the Great?
This revolution began in 1789 and led to the end of the French monarchy.
What is the French Revolution?
These workers protested against industrialization by destroying machines.
Who were the Luddites?
This treaty ended WWI and blamed Germany for the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This English king broke from the Catholic Church to form the Church of England.
Who is Henry VIII?
This Russian tsar modernized his country and built a new capital on the Baltic Sea.
Who is Peter the Great?
This military leader crowned himself emperor and spread revolutionary ideals across Europe.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This political ideology favors tradition, monarchy, and social hierarchy.
What is Conservatism?
This leader created a fascist dictatorship in Italy in the 1920s.
Who was Benito Mussolini?
This agreement allowed German princes to choose the religion of their territory in 1555.
What is the Peace of Augsburg?
The English Civil War ended with the execution of this monarch.
Who is Charles I?
This congress met after Napoleon’s defeat to restore the balance of power.
Who is the Congress of Vienna?
This economic theory by Karl Marx argued for a classless society.
What is Communism?
The Cold War began after WWII between these two superpowers.
What are the United States and Soviet Union?