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48 Cards in this Set
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Who painted the Last Supper?
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Leonardo de Vinci
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What country did the Hapsburg rule in
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Austria
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What country did the Bourbon rule in
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France
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What country did the Hohenzollern rule in
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Prussia
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Which empire has the capital named Isfahan
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Safavid
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Who was Emperor Akbar and from which emperor was he
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he enlarged the empire greatly
Mughal |
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Who founded the Mughal empire and where did he expand the empire to as well
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Babur
established empire in Afghanistan and India after invading |
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Who brought the Safavid to their height of power
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Shah Abbas
many victories vesus the Ottomans |
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What did Mehmet II do and which empire was he from
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took Consantinople ad claimed it the center of Easter Christianity
made Constantinople (Istanbul) his capital soliders raided city/killed people for 3 days turned cathedrals into mosques "The Conqueror" Ottoman |
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What did Shah Jahan do and which empire is he from
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brought the Mughal empire to the height of its power
golden period of Muslim art/architecture |
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Who was Sultan and from which empire is he from
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Orhan I, Osman's son
2nd Ottoman ruler declared himself Sultan (ruler) |
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What is Delhi and from which empire is it from
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a city
Muslim's new covernment was based on Delhi (Delhi Sultanate) Mughal |
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What did Suleyman do and for which empire?
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extended the Ottoman empire to the East and West
reformed the tax system and improved court system/legal code new laws to reduce corruption "The Lawgiver" |
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What is Reichstag and from which country
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housed the Imperial Diet
Germany |
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Where is Shakespeare from
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England
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Who developed the theory opposite of geocentric and what is this theory called
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heliocentric theory: Earth revolves around the sun
Nicolaus Copernicus |
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Who wrote The Prince and what is it about
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LOOK UP
Niccolo Machiavelli |
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Who wrote Praise of Folly and what is it about
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Erasmus
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Coutnry for Warsaw
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Poland
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Country for Pisa
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Italy
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Country for Vienna
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AUSTRIA
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Country for Borodino
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Russia
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Country for St. Petersburg
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Russia
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Where is De Gama from and what did he do
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Portugal
settled in West coast of Africa Cape of Good Hope |
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Where is Magellan from and what did he do and for which country did he do it for
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Portugal
attempted to go around the world but died Spain |
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Where is Kremlin and what is it
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Russia
historial complex in Moscow |
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What is St. Basils and where is it
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cathedral
Russia Ivan the Terrible melted the bell |
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Where is Notre Dame
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France
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Philip II
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"most Catholic King"
leader of the counter-reformation in Europe Spanish Armada |
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Isabella
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Spain
her and King Ferdinand paid for Christopher Columbus's voyage |
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Henry IV
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escaped death by denying his religion and became a Catholic to take the thrown
"Paris is well worth a ass" improved France's financial situation former Huguenot France |
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Henry VIII
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wanted to annul his marriage
broke with the Roman Catholic Church established Church of England England |
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Otto Von Bismarck
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leading force behind German unification
main goal was for Prussia to gain power over Austria Prussia |
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Peter I
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Czar of Russia
transformed Russia into a modern state absolute monarch brought W. Europe ideas to Russia Russia |
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Louis XIII
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France
weak Cardinal Richelieu took over "Puppet king" starved Huguenots at La Rochelle |
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Louis XIV
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France
declared himself lone ruler at 18 "sun king" absolute power demolishes Huguenot power Treaty of Utrecht war over lost territory becomes very costly |
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Louis XVI
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France
king at 21 married Mary only interested in food |
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Jean Colbert
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France
minister of finances for King Louis XIV raised him money to build Versailles |
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Charles I
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Spain
I = King of Spain V = Holy Roman Empire Edict of Worms on Martin Luther Peace of Augsburg divine rights rule |
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Elizabeth !
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England
last Tudor monarch restored Protestant supremacy in England |
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Richelieu
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France
King Louis XIII dominant strengthen monarchy fight Huguenot resistance |
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Guseppe Garibaldi
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Italy
united the S. and N. Italy to form the united Kingdom of Italy |
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Oliver Crowell
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England
commonwealth "Lord Protector" |
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3 branches of government
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Montesquieu
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What is The Social Contract and who wrote it
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an ideal society he people write the laws
Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
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"I may not agree..."
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Voltaire
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Wrote Wealth of Nations and what is it
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Adam Smith
free markets should govern economies, less government influence |
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Four main Japanese islands
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Kyushku
Shikoku Honshu Hokkaido |
