Who was the Hapsburg king that ruled Spain, Italy, and the

Netherlands from 1500 to 1588?

Charles V

Ivan the Terrible’s cruelty was aimed mainly at :

• Nobles

Who was the chief minister of Louis XIV?

• Cardinal Mazarin

What famous palace did Louis XIV spend billions of dollars on

• Palace of Versailles

What document allowed German princes to choose the religion for

their territory in 1555?

• Peace of Augsburg

Who were the Boyars in Russia?

• Land owning nobles

Which English king had a reputation for disbanning

Parliament?• Charles 1

Where did Phillip II of Spain send ships in 1571 to defeat the Ottoman

Navy?

• Battle of Lepanto

What was the name of the ruling family of Prussia?

• Hohenzollern

Which of these English kings was restored to the throne in the English

Restoration?

• Charles II

Who was the chief minister of Louis XIII?

• Cardinal Richlieu

Who was the most famous play write of Louis XIV?

• Moliere

Who did the English aid in their quest for independence from Spain

in 1588

• Spainish Netherlands

What is the idea that God created the monarchy as God’s

representative?

• Divine Right

What treaty granted Gibraltar to England?

• Treaty of Utrecht

Which English king had the King James Bible named after him?

• James I

Who were the protectors of the king in France?

• The musketeers

Why was the site for St. Petersburg chosen?

• Water routes to Europe

The War of the Austrian Succession was fought over the

possession of lands belonging to:

• Maria Theresa

Which English king was beheaded after the English Civil Wars?

• Charles I

What was the name of the landholding class in Prussia?

• Junkers

What document ended the Thirty Years Wars?

• Peace of Westphalia

Which artist of Spain painted distorted human figures expressing

emotion in his paintings?

• El Greco

Who wrote the book Don Quixote?

• Miguel de Cervantes

What event happened in 1572 after HenryIV became king of France?

• St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre