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Tried to invade England in 1588
Who was Phillip II
100
The Sun King
who was Louis XIV
100
The name for the Russian kings
What is Czar
100
War from 1618-1648
What is the 30 Years War
100
King who was executed in the Civil War
Who was Charles I
200
Huge fleet of ships used to try and invade England
What is the armada
200
Palace of the French royal family
What is Versailles
200
The leader who tried to westernize Russia
who was Peter the Great
200
Family name for the rules of Austria-Hungary in the 18th century
What is Hapsburg
200
Only non-king to rule England
who was Oliver Cromwell
300
Most famous painter of the Spanish Golden Age
who was El Greco
300
Translation of the Sun King's famous line, "L'etat, c'est moi"
What is "I am the state"?
300
Russian peasants had no rights. They were called ....
What is serfs
300
A-H ruler who had 16 children.
Who is Maria Theresa
300
Wrote Leviathan arguing against rebelling lest the country fall into a state of nature
who was Thomas Hobbes
400
Author of Don Quixote
Who is Cervantes
400
French parliament that never met (at least from 1614-1789)?
What is the Estates General?
400
This item was taxed by the czar of Russia in an attempt to make his people more Western
What are beards
400
Became known as Frederick the Great
Who was Frederick II of Prussia
400
This event of 1688 brought in the English Bill of Rights and secured parliament's superiority over the monarchy
What is the Glorious Revolution
500
spain fought Protestant rebels in this area of Europe
What is the Netherlands
500
The ritual involving helping the king start each day
What is the "levee"?
500
Russian leader who finally managed to conquer Azov, giving the country its first warm water port
Who is Catherine the Great?
500
Frederick the Great seized this area from Austria in 1740
What is Silesia
500
This rule that stated that no person could be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime was established in England in 1688
What is habeas corpus