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1
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For what is the Medici family famous?

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For being rich supporters of the art

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What was the first full sized book Gutenberg printed?

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The bible

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I what way did Leonardo da Vinci represent the Renaissance Man?

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He was a painter, sculptor, inventor, and scientist.

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Who decided himself the head of the English Church?

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Henry VIII

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What was one of John calvin’s teachings?

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Predestination

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Who was the important Catholic reformer who founded the Jesuit order?

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Ignatius of Loyola

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What kind of person represented the idea of the “Renaissance Man”?

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Someone who excelled in many areas of study

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What was an important effect of the invention of the printing press?

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It increased literacy and the use of the vernacular

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What was the main reason for Henry the VIII’s split with the Roman Catholic Church

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His desire for a son

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10
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The period of European history known as the Renaissance roughly covers the time from?

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1300 to 1600

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The best synonym for secular

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Worldly

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12
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To become known as an important patron, one most needed to be?

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Wealthy

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13
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The technique known as perspective is most useful int he creation of?

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Three-dimensional art

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A person who works “in the vernacular” is one who?

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Writes in a local, rather than a classical, language

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In Greek, the word utopia means?

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No place

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16
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The printing press was invented by?

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Johann Gutenburg

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17
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The council of Trent agreed that?

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The church’s interpretation of the bible is final

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18
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Who was the last of Henry VIII’s children to rule?

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Elizabeth I

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Who was the wife of the King of England, the mother of the queen of England, and the aunt of the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire?

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Catherine of Aragon

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Which term was originally referred to a German prince who was not loyal to the pope?

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Protestant

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21
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What means “to take backs statement”?

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Recant

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22
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Who was the first of Henry VIII’s children to rule?

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Edward VI

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23
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Which term refers to a pardon that releases a sinner from a penalty for committing a sin?

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Indulgence

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Who was beheaded for not being able to produce a male Heir for Henry VIII?

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Anne Boleyn

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25
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What refers to a marriage that never happened?

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Annul

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26
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Who Conquerd the Aztec Empire?

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Hernando Cortez

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27
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Why did the Europeans see Africans as a better source of labor then the native Americans?

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Africans had animist to all diseases, so they wouldn’t die off.

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What was the porous of most joint stock companies of the 1500s and 1600s?

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Funding colonies in the Americas

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29
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Where in the Americas did Christofer Columbus land first?

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An island in the Caribbean sea

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30
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What did the encomienda system provide for New Spain?

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A cheep labor source

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31
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Which European was the first to import Africans to the Americas?

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Portugal

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32
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As part of the Colombian Exchange, which of the following was carried west across the Atlantic?

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Livestock

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33
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How did the middle passage get its name?

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It was the second part, or the middle part, of the triangular trade

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34
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What helped to increase the slave trade in Africa during the seventeenth century?

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The spread of Islam to Africa

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35
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What was the result of the loss of native lives to all disease?

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A severe shortage of labor in the colonies

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36
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How was Africa affected by the Atlantic space trade?

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Many cultures lost their fittest members and families were torn apart

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37
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What concept was the belief of “Divine right” used to support?

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Absolute rule

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38
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What is the renaissance the rebirth of?

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Art and learning

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39
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Who inherited the Austrian throne after Charles VI had the other European powers sign an agreement declaring they would recognize the heir?

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Maria Therisa

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40
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Who did the glorious revolution brig to England’s throne?

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William and Mary

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41
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By the end of the 1600s what had England’s stream of government become?

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A constitutional monarchy

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42
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What was the cause of the eight civil wars that where caught in France between 1562 and 1598?

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Religious differences

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43
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In Russia the boyars were?

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Landowning nobles

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44
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Peter the greats main reason for visiting the east was to?

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Learn about the western customs an technology

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45
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Why did Peter the great build the city of St. Petersburg?

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He wanted a city on a seaport that would make it easier to travel to the west

46
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What was edict of Nantes issued in an effort to do?

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Bring an end to violent religious conflicts in France

47
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What political purpose did the spell did palace at Versailles serve?

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To show the power of Louis XIV and around the envy of other monarchs

48
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What did the restoration ‘restore’ power to England?

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The monarchy, as an institution

49
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What did Fredrick the great believe a ruler should be?

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A father to his people

50
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What was Peter the great the first Russian ruler to make an effort to do?

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Westernize Russia

51
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What was the thirty years war a conflict over?

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The alliance of Maria Therisa and the French kings

52
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What was one reason Ivan IV was called Ivan the Terrible?

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He organized a police force that murdered people he considered traitors.

53
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Under Maria Theresa, Austrian greatest enemy was?

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Prussia

54
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Fredrick II cane to power as the?

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King of Prussia

55
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The first Russian ruler to adopt the title ‘czar’, meaning ‘Caesar’ was?

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Ivan the Terrible

56
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Ivan the terrible’s cruelty was aimed mainly at?

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Nobels

57
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The magnificent palace built for Louis XIV

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Versailles

58
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Government agents who collected taxes and administers justice

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Intendants

59
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Fought against Catholics in eight wars in France between 1562 and 1598

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Huguenots

60
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A declaration of religious tolerance issued by Henry IV and canceled by Louis XIV

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Edict of Nantes

61
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Began when Charles II took throne

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Restoration

62
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King of England put to death

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Charles I

63
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Catholic King of England replaced by William and Mary

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James II

64
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Parliament’s financial power was an obstacle to this type of government

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Absolute monarchy

65
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Puritan leader abolished the monarchy and ruled as a military dictator

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Oliver Cromwell

66
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Document made clear the limits on Royal power after the Glorious Revolution.

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Bill of rights

67
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King of England came to power as a result of the glorious revolution.

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William

68
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King of Scotland inherited Elizabeth I’s throne as well as her conflicts with parliament

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James I

69
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Prevented monarch from jailing people purely for political reasons and from indefinitely holding prisoners without trial

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Habeas Corpus

70
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Adopted to prevent disagreements between the monarchy and parliament from bringing government to a standstill

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Cabinet

71
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The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by?

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Nicolas Copernicus

72
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Isaac Newton explained the?

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Law of universal gravitation

73
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European art of the 1600s and early 1700s was dominated by a grand, ornate style called?

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Baroque

74
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The Declaration of Independence was written by?

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Thomas Jefferson

75
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What happened after the American Revolution?

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Constitutional convention

76
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A major reason for the colonists victory over Britain was?

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A stronger motivation to fight

77
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What did the enlightenment promote?

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A belief in progress
A more secular look
Faith in science

78
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Composed classical music

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Frank Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Bethoven

79
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Ruled Russia as an enlightened despot

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Joseph II

80
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Ruled Prussia as an enlightenment despot

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Fredrick the great

81
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Ruled Austria

A

Catherine the great

82
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Edited and published the encyclopedia

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Denis Diderot

83
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What percent of France’s population beloved to the third estate?

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97

84
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What happened of July 14, Bastille day?

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A mob stormed a prison looking for gunpowder

85
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During the reign of terror, who was safe from the guillotine?

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No one

86
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What was Napoleon able to accomplish during peace time?

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Set up public schools
Set in up a set law system
Established a fairer tax code

87
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What was a important goal of the congress of Vienna

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Establish a balance of power in Europe

88
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Who was the most influential leader in the congress of Vienna

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Prince Ilene’s Von Metternich of Austria

89
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The action of napoleon’s that caused the greatest human losses?

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The invasion of Russia

90
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About what percent of France’s population belongs to the first and second estate?

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3

91
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Which group strongly embraced the ideals and principals of the enlightenment

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Bourgeoisie

92
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Which group exposed the reign of terror?

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The committee of public safety

93
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Which group finally forced Robespierre from power?

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His fellow revolutionaries

94
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Who paid most of the taxes in the years processing the French Revolution?

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The third estate

95
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What does plebiscite mean?

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A vote of the people

96
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What strategy did Alexander I use to defeat napoleon in Russia

A

Scorched earth policy

97
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The social and political system used in France in the 1700s

A

Estates-General

98
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A financial crisis brought on in part by excessive spending and huge gambling losses by who, resulted in forcing Louis XVI to call estates gender all into session for the first time in 175 years?

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Marie Antoinette

99
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Which estate felt they should have as much to say in decision making and the others combined?

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First estate

100
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A pledge made by the third estate to continue their meeting in tilt why had a new constitution drawn up.

A

Tennis court oath

101
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What wand the second estate made up of?

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Noblemen and the clergy

102
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When Louis XVI called up mercenary groups is caused a rebellion that fueled widespread emotional reaction called the what?

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Great fear

103
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In 1806, Napolean attempted to make Europe more self-sufficient through the use of what termed the what?

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Continental system

104
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Great Britain responded with a what against France?

A

Blockade

105
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What where the first and second island Napolean was exiled to?

A

St. Helena

Elba

106
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Where was napoleons last bid for power?

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The battle of Waterloo

107
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What was napoleons last bid for power called?

A

The hundred days

108
Q

Supported self government.

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John Locke

109
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Fought for freedom

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Voltaire

110
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People are naturally wicked

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Thomas Hobbes

111
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Natural goodness. Civilization corrupts it

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Jean Jacques Rousseau

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