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36 Cards in this Set
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A RULER WHO HAS COMPLETE AUTHORITY OVER GOVERNMENT AND THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE
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ABSOLUTE MONARCH
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THE BELIEF THAT THE AUTHORITY TO RULE COMES DIRECTLY FROM GOD
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DIVINE RIGHT
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A DISTRIBUTION OF MILITARY AND ECONOMIC POWER THAT PREVENTS ANY ONE NATION FROM DOMINATING
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BALANCE OF POWER
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PRINCIPLE STATING THAT A PERSON CANNOT BE HELD IN PRISON WITHOUT BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME
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HABEAS CORPUS
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GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A CONSTITUTION OR LEGISLATIVE BODY LIMITS THE MONARCH'S POWER
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LIMITED MONARCHY
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AUTHOR OF DON QUIXOTE
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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
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FRENCH CARDINAL WHO STRENGTHENED THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BY DESTROYING THE POWER OF THE NOBLES
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RICHELIEU
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FIRST STUART KING OF ENGLAND
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JAMES I
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FIRST WOMAN TO RULE THE HAPSBURG LANDS
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MARIA THERESA
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EMPRESS OF RUSSIA WHO BEGAN STATE-SUPPORTED EDUCATION FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
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CATHERINE THE GREAT
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KING OF SPAIN WHO ADVANCED CATHOLIC POWER THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
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PHILIP II
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QUEEN OF ENGLAND WHO ENCOURAGED SEA CAPTAINS TO PLUNDER SPANISH TREASURE SHIPS
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ELIZABETH I
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FRENCH KING WHO BUILT A PALACE AT VERSAILLES
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LOUIS XIV
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FRENCH ACTOR-PLAYWRIGHT WHO PRODUCED COMEDIES THAT MADE FUN OF FRENCH SOCIETY
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MOLIERE
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LEADER OF THE ROUNDHEADS IN THE ENGLISH CIVIL WAR
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OLIVER CROMWELL
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KING OF PRUSSIA WHO USED THE ARMY TO STRENGTHEN THE NATION'S POWER
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FREDERICK THE GREAT
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RULER OF RUSSIA WHO CARRIED OUT SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC REFORMS TO MODERNIZE THE COUNTRY
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PETER THE GREAT
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RULER OF RUSSIA WHO SEIZED TERRITORY FROM POLAND
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CATHERINE THE GREAT
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS PORTRAITS OF SPANISH NOBLES DURING SPAIN'S GOLDEN CENTURY?
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EL GRECO
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BY THE EDICT OF NANTES IN 1598, HENRY IV OF FRANCE GRANTED RELIGIOUS TOLERATION TO
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HUGUENOTS
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BASED ON FIGURE 17-1, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAPPENED FIRST?
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LOUIS XIV BECAME KING OF FRANCE
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ACCORDING TO FIGURE 17-1, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE RULED DURING THE SAME TIME AS LOUIS XIV?
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PETER THE GREAT
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ACCORDING TO FIGURE 17-1, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING EVENTS HAPPENED FIRST?
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LOUIS XIV BECAME KING OF FRANCE
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ACCORDING TO FIGURE17-1, OLIVER CROMWELL BECAME HEAD OF ENGLAND DURING THE SAME TIME THAT
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LOUIS XIV RULED FRANCE
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING RESULTED FROM THE THIRTY YEAR'S WAR?
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THE NETHERLANDS AND SWITZERLAND BECAME INDEPENDANT STATES
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DURING THE 1700'S, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES BATTLED FOR CONTROL OF THE GERMAN STATES?
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PRUSSIA AND AUSTRIA
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PETER THE GREAT FORCED RUSSIANS TO ACCEPT SOCIAL REFORMS THAT WOULD MAKE THEIR CULTURE MORE LIKE THAT OF
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WESTERN EUROPEANS
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AS A RESULT OF PETER THE GREAT'S WAR AGAINST SWEDEN, RUSSIA GAINED
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LAND ALONG THE BALTIC SEA
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE MOCKED THE TRADITIONS OF SPAIN'S FEUDAL PAST IN HIS NOVEL DON QUIXOTE?
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MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
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IN THE LATE 1500'S FRANCE WAS TORN APART BY RELIGIOUS WARS BETWEEN CATHOLICS AND
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HUGUENOTS
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FRENCH STYLES OF ART, CULTURE, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS BECAME THE STANDARD FOR EUROPEAN TASTE AS A RESULT OF THE REIGN OF
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LOUIS XIV
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THE STUART KING'S CLAIMS TO ABSOLUTE POWER WERE CHALLENGED BY
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PARLIAMENT
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WAS DIVIDED INTO MANY SMALL STATES AS A RESULT OF THE THIRTY YEAR'S WAR?
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GERMANY
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WHY DID PRUSSIA BATTLE AUSTRIA DURING THE 1700'S?
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TO GAIN CONTROL OF GERMAN STATES
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PETER THE GREAT FOUGHT THE OTTOMAN TURKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF
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GAINING A WARM-WATER PORT ON THE BLACK SEA
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WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS DESCRIBES WHAT HAPPENED TO POLAND IN 1795 AS A RESULT OF ACTIONS BY RUSSIA, AUSTRIA, AND PRUSSIA?
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POLAND DISAPPEARED FROM THE MAP OF EUROPE.
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