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Vocabulary
Religion
Kings and Queens
War! Treaties! And More!
Potpourri
100

A ruler that has all the power and can do whatever they want!

Absolute Monarch

100

Pulled a Karen and wrote down 95 complaints he had with the Catholic church!

Martin Luther


100

This man wanted an heir to the throne so he created a new religion to be able to divorce!

Henry VIII

100

This war resulted in the execution of Charles I, but 11 years later they put his son on the throne. 

English Civil War

100
Beautiful building that housed French royalty and where world leaders brought WWI to an end!

Palace of Versailles

200

The belief that God granted you the power to do whatever you want!

Divine Right

200

The main religion of the Holy Roman Empire! 

Catholic

200

This husband and wife sponsored Columbus' voyage to the Americas

Ferdinand and Isabella 

200
Only AFTER 3 million people died in religious wars in France did they sign 'this document' promising religious tolerance. 

Edict of Nantes

200

We call it The French and Indian War but historically its....

The 7 Years War

300

Skip the line in purgatory and buy a fast pass to heaven!

Indulgences 

300

Thought that Calvinism was a little too strict, so over in Scotland he created a spin off

John Knox

300
Didn't win "Greatest Father of the Year," when he killed his own son due to paranoia. 

Ivan the Terrible

300

The fleet of ships that showed up on England's shore looking for a fight!

Spanish Armada

300

Say this word correctly (-:


"Protestantism" 

praa·tuh·stuhn·ti·zm


400

Everyone was able to read Martin Luther's thoughts thanks to this invention!

The Printing Press

400
Calling it ____, this country exiled Jews and Muslims in an attempt to keep their people Catholic

The Spanish Inquisition

400

He lost his head when he found out how much taxpayer money his wife Marie spent on parties and dresses!

Louis XVI

400

This treaty stated that princes and rulers could be whatever religion they wanted! (as long as they were Lutheran or Catholic)

Peace of Augsburg

400

This was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church

Protestant Reformation


Double your points: Who inspired it?

500

The form of government that limits the king/queen's powers

Constitutional Monarchy

500

Believed that other religions were straying away from the actual requirements of the Bible and focusing too much on fancy services

Puritans

500

British monarch that sent the country into the Golden Age and didn't need no man, but could have used a trip to Sephora

Elizabeth I

500

Peter the Great went on a tour called ____, hoping to make alliances and strengthen Russia

Grand Embassy

500

Ended the Thirty Years War

Peace of Westphalia