What is the Catholic King who built the palace at El Escorial and sent the Spanish Armada to attack protestant England.
100
Henry IV
What is French King who came to the throne in 1589 from the House of the Bourbons and issued the Edict of Nantes.
100
Henry VIII
Established himself as the head of the Church of England when the Pope would not grant a divorce.
100
Romanovs
What is name of the family that controlled Russia for 300 years.
100
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Helped King Louis XIV promote economic development and build trade and industry. He also helped France raise a powerful Army and Navy.
200
William of Orange
What is the Calvinist Dutch leader who led a revolt against Philip using a technique called guerrilla warfare.
200
Edict of Nantes
What is the order that guaranteed freedom of worship and political rights and ended religious wars.
200
Elizabeth I
What is the greatest Monarch in England's history. She turned England into a world power
200
Peter the Great or Czar Peter I
This ruler was ruthless in his own way, but also a led Russia into a period of modern westernization. He improved the military, secured a water port, built a new city.
200
Balance of Power
Where countries have equal strength in order to prevent any one country from dominating the others.
300
Charles V
What is the Spanish King who also became the Holy Roman Emperor that had to divide its lands when it became too large to rule.
300
Cardinal Richelieu
What is the political genius who helped King Louis VIII of France become strong and worked to take power away from the nobles. He also encourage trade and industry.
300
Mary Queen of Scots or Mary Stuart
Elizabeth I had no children, her closest heir was a catholic and planned to take over the throne, but was arrested and finally beheaded.
300
St. Petersburg
What is the name of the capital city created by Peter the Great?
300
Puritans
What is religious group in England that wanted to purify the church for allowing some catholic practices.
400
Habsburgs
What is the family from Germany in which Charles V belong.
400
Intendants
What is officials who represented the King.
400
Parliament
What is a group of representatives that had the power to pass laws and taxes and also checked the English Monarchy.
400
Catherine the Great
What is ruler of Russia that supported art, science, literature, and theatre. She extended serfdom and most common people remained poor. Her greatest contribution was further expansion of land and foreign policy.
400
I am the State
What is L'etat, c'est moi ?
500
Growing population
Loss of a middle class
Inflation of prices
No Industry
List 2 reason why Spain's Empire declined.
500
Louis XIV
Who was know as the Sun King?
500
James I
After the death of Elizabeth I, the new King was intelligent and educated but lacked the diplomatic sense to rule England effectively. He was from the family line of Stuarts and not the Tudors.
500
service nobility
What is a noble's rank based on the performance of government service?
500
Catholic
What religion did Mary Tudor (Bloody Mary) want to change England back to?