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Catholic queen of a largely Protestant England, she is known to history as "Bloody Mary."
Who was Queen Mary I?
100
Movement that believed strongly in predestination and became a powerful Protestant faith in its own right:
What is Calvinism?
100
A reaction to the scientific developments of the day, this movement favored the Middle Ages, childhood, and love and emotion:
What was Romanticism?
100
Developed the movable type printing press in the mid-fifteenth century:
Who was Johann Gutenberg?
100
Destructive war in the Holy Roman Empire between Catholics and Protestants that lasted from 1618 - 1648:
What was the Thirty Years' War?
200
Spanish king who sent the Armada to defeat in 1588:
Who was Philip II?
200
These were French Protestants, targets of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre in 1572:
Who were the Huguenots?
200
A movement in England that tried to improve workers' rights by issuing a list of demands, including male suffrage and secret ballots:
What was Chartism?
200
Famous indulgence seller who angered Martin Luther with his sales "pitches" to ordinary people:
Who was Johann Tetzel?
200
Conflict between France and England over control of North America:
What was the French and Indian War?
300
Swedish king who led his forces in the Thirty Years' War, but was killed in battle:
Who was Gustavus Adolphus?
300
This placed the church in France under the control of the National Assembly during the French Revolution:
What is the Civil Constitution of the Clergy?
300
A movement that stressed a scientific view of the universe based on observation and experiment:
What was the scientific revolution?
300
French philosophe who made many enemies, admired England, and lived for a time with Frederick the Great:
Who was Voltaire?
300
Conflict that broke out in 1914 as a result of a complex alliance system and rising nationalism in Europe:
What was World War I (the Great War)
400
Leader who attempted to "westernize" Russia (when he wasn't personally beheading a few Streltsy...)
Who was Peter the Great?
400
The clergy made up this estate during the Old Regime in France:
What is First Estate?
400
Renaissance movement that championed secular values, the ancient world classics, and the dignity of human beings:
What was humanism?
400
Radical Jacobin leader who presided over the Reign of Terror but was himself later executed on the guillotine:
Who was Robespierre?
400
Conflict that resulted from Bismarck's desire to unify the newly joined German states by beating up on another country:
What was the Franco-Prussian War?
500
He unified Germany through "Iron and Blood."
Who was Otto Von Bismarck?
500
The belief that a rational God created the universe and then let it function without his interference is called
What is deism?
500
Movement toward strong, controlling leadership, supported by such works as Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan:
What was absolutism?
500
Led the Congress of Vienna to a successful settlement that gave Europe almost unbroken peace for nearly 100 years:
Who was Metternich?
500
This battle proved to be Napoleon's ultimate defeat and led to his exile on St. Helena:
What was Waterloo?