Absolute Power!
What is a form of monarchical power is unrestrained by any other institution, such as churches, legislatures or social elites?
Absolutism
The king of France at the time of the French Revolution
Louis XVI
What new form of execution was invented during the French Revolution?
Guillotine
Who was called the father of astronomy and invented the telescope?
Galileo
In the late 1600s, townspeople in Salem accused each other of what dark art?
Witchcraft
Who was the influential French king known as the Sun King, who established French dominance over Europe and was the longest ruling monarch in European history?
Louis XIV
What was the pledge by the Third Estate to continue to meet until a new constitution was formed
Tennis Court Oath
Who was the lawyer and politician who went on to be both the leader of the Reign of Terror and its last victim?
Maximilian Robespierre
Who came up with the heliocentric theory that the sun is the center of the universe?
Copernicus
What were the reasons Europe explored the seas
God, Gold, Glory
What is the belief that a monarch’s authority to rule came directly from God called?
Divine Right
The queen of France during the revolution, who famously said "let them eat cake"?
Marie Antoinette
This secret police, operated by Robespierre, was responsible for investigating and arresting traitors?
Committee for Public Safety
Who is credited with the foundation of the scientific method
Francis Bacon
_______________ is the policy of a country exporting more than it imports. This was typically seen with European nations during the Age of exploration.
Mercantilism
What Russian leader modernized the country by modeling it after Western European countries by enforcing modern dress and customs and altering Russia’s calendar to match Europe’s?
Peter The Great
This prison was stormed by the third estate, resulting in the freeing of political prisoners and the stealing of the weapons inside. The day this happened is also celebrated as France's independence day
Bastille
This group gains influence in 1792 and wanted radical change to a democracy, leading to the Reign of Terror
Jacobins
Who believed one of governments main roles is to protect the natural rights of the people
John Locke
In the 1400s, which disease decimated the population of Europe?
The Bubonic Plague
This family ruled over the area containing and surrounding Austria for hundreds of years following the division of the Holy Roman Empire
Hapsburgs
6000 women marched on which building to protest the king and queen living there, food prices, and bread shortages?
Palace of Versailles
Who was the French military leader who declared himself Emperor following the Revolution and Reign of Terror
Napoleon Bonaparte
Who is credited with discovering gravity and the laws of motion
Isaac Newton
Following the European discovery of the Americas, this mass exchange of goods, people, and ideas between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres occurred
Columbian Exchange