Modern France
This event is considered the “start” of the French Revolution.
What is the Storming of the Bastille?
This man is considered the last prophet of God in Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
This document was issued by English nobles to King John, and is known for establishing a foundation for the civil rights of the people (such as protecting against taxation without representation).
What is the Magna Carta?
This event was the immediate trigger for the Thirty Years’ War.
What was the Defenestration of Prague?
This is the belief in the absolute authority and divine right to rule of the king of a given state (especially in France and England).
What is absolutism?
This moment during the French Revolution featured thousands of executions by guillotine by order of Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety.
What is the Reign of Terror?
The primary feud in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe was between these two dynastic families.
Who are the Habsburgs and the Bourbons?
This document, adopted on August 26, 1789, by the National Assembly, explicitly protected the freedom of speech, press, and religion.
What is the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen?
This war occurred in phases as a civil war within the Holy Roman Empire over religious and political issues.
What is the Thirty Years' War?
As the religious wars in France dragged on, this new group emerged, focused on a nation ruled by law and order rather than religion.
What are the politiques?
Napoleon met his final defeat at this battle.
What is the Battle of Waterloo?
After ___ ascended the throne of Wessex and conquered the Danes, he became the first king of a unified England.
Who is Ælfræd the Great?
In the Peace of Augsburg (1555), “Cuius regio, eius religio” was adopted. This means...
"Whose realm, his religion."
These “holy wars” were fought by the European Catholic kingdoms between 1110 and 1300, primarily against the Islamic Caliphates.
What were the Crusades?
This is the right to appear before a court to determine if one’s imprisonment is legal.
What is habeas corpus?
This term refers to the old French society that comprised three incredibly unequal classes.
What is the Ancien Régime?
This English king solidified the idea of a “Modern Parliament”.
Who is King Edward I?
This document, drafted by the Prophet Muhammad, outlined the rights and responsibilities among Muslims, Jews, and other groups in Medina.
What is the Constitution of Medina?
William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwin at this battle, solidifying the Norman Invasion.
What is the Battle of Hastings?
This political concept holds that one should place the interests of the nation above moral or religious ideology.
What is realpolitik?
Napoleon’s government, which he established after forcing legislators from their chambers, was a republic called the ___.
What is the Consulate?
The first four caliphs of the Islamic Empire were called the ___.
Who are the Rashiduns?
This document argued that it is better for a ruler to be feared than to be loved.
What is The Prince?
This caliphate spread the Islamic empire to its furthest extent.
What is the Umayyad Caliphate?
Clause 39 of the Magna Carta (No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, or dispossessed, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or the law of the land) deals with this important political concept.
What is Due Process?