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The approximate amount of silver the Spanish explorers brought back from the Americas from 1550 - 1650.
What is 16,000 tons?
100
The magnificent palace that was built for Louis XIV.
What is Versailles?
100
The female leader of the Austrian Empire.
Who is Maria Theresa?
100
The title that Ivan the IV started using in Russia that means caesar.
What is czar?
100
The name of the war between the Cavaliers vs. the roundheads or the Royalists vs. the Protestants.
What is the English Civil War?
200
The country whose Armada was defeated by the English.
Who is Spain?
200
The government agents that collected taxes and administered justice.
What are intendants?
200
The family name of the powerful ruling family of the Austrian Empire.
What is Hapsburg?
200
The name for Russian wealthy landowners.
What is boyars?
200
The person who captured Charles I, convicted him during a trial, and later had him executed.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
300
The religion that Philip II believed was his duty to defend which led to many wars.
What is Catholicism?
300
The name of the war that was waged to prevent the union of the French and Spanish thrones.
What is the War of the Spanish Succession?
300
What new event was started at the Peace of Westphalia that settled the Thirty Years' War.
What is a peace treaty?
300
The term for using western Europe as a model to make changes in Russia.
What is westernization?
300
The name given to the bloodless revolution when William and Mary took over the throne of England.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
400
The most famous Dutch painter of this era.
Who is Rembrandt?
400
The type of writing that was introduced by the skeptic writer Michel de Montaigne.
What is the essay?
400
The war that was fought for a long time that was mainly over land, power, and family heirs.
What is The Thirty Years' War?
400
The Russian czar who was the main person responsible for modernizing his empire.
Who is Peter the Great?
400
The law passed that gave prisoners more rights and made criminals the right to know the charges against them.
What is habeas corpus?
500
The two main economic reasons that Spain became weaker.
What is inflation and taxes?
500
The most powerful King in French history that came to be known as the Sun King.
Who is Louis XIV?
500
The war that was fought on 3 different continents: North America, Europe, and Asia.
What is The Seven Years' War?
500
The city that gave Russia a "window to the west."
What is St. Petersburg?
500
The type of government that split the powers between the King and the elected officials.
What is constitutional monarchy?