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This Italian family was famous for being rulers and supporters of the arts during the Renaissance.

3. Question
The Medicis

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Martin Luther protested the selling of these, pardons that released people from performing penalties for their sins

5. Question
Indulgences

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He split from the Catholic Church because of his desire to annul his marriage

7. Question
Henry VIII

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The treaty helped to decrease conflict over the claiming of new lands between Spain and Portugal

9. Question
Treaty of Tordesillas

10. Answer
The Glorious Revolution removed James II from the throne and replaced him with

11. Question
William and Mary

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This, issued by Henry IV in France helped to bring an end to violent religious conflict by granting religious rights to Huguenots

13. Question
The Edict of Nantes

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This palace demonstrated the power of Louis XIV and worked to arouse envy in other European monarchs

15. Question
Versailles

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Charles II making Louis XIV’s grandson his heir, adding to Bourdon power led to this conflict

17. Question
The War of Spanish Succession

18. Answer
He explained the law of universal gravitation

19. Question
Isaac Newton

20. He developed the scientific method
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He developed the scientific method

21. Question
Francis Bacon

22. Answer
On July 14, 1789, a mob stormed this prison in France

23. Question
The Bastille

24. Answer
After the downfall of Napoleon, this bodies most important goal was to establish a balance of power in Europe

25. Question
Congress of Vienna

26. Answer
This group carried out “the Reign of Terror”

27. Question
The Committee of Public Safety

28. Answer
He was the leader of the Red Shirts during Italian Unification

29. Question
Giuseppe Garibaldi

30. Answer
He was the leader of the Congress of Vienna

31. Question
Klemens von Metternich

32. Answer
He was the leader of Italian Unification

33. Question
Camillo di Cavour

34. Answer
He wrote the Wealth of Nations, defending the free-market system of capitalism

35. Question
Adam Smith

36. Answer
This economic policy let owners of industry set working conditions without government interference

37. Question
Laissez-faire

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He wrote The Communist Manifesto which later inspired revolutionaries such as Russia’s Lenin

39. Question
Karl Marx

40. Answer
Russia’s want for land on the Black Sea to gain access to the Mediterranean Sea led to this war

41. Question
Crimean War

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His assassination in Sarajevo led to the start of WWI

43. Question
Franz Ferdinand

44. Answer
Between 1934 and 1939 this was a campaign to eliminate opposition to Stalin’s power

45. Question
Great Purge

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He was an officer in the French army unjustly accused of selling military secrets

47. Question
Alfred Dreyfus

48. Answer
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

49. Question
The stock market crash

50. Answer
This is the British and French decision to give into aggression to keep peace prior to WWII

51. Question
Appeasement

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What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?

53. Question
The invasion of Poland

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This German military strategy surprise and overwhelming force

56. Question
Blitzkrieg

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The other half of glasnot, Gorbachev’s policy to revive the Soviet economy

58. Question
perestroika

59. Answer
Yeltsin's “_______" plan required the Russian government to dramatically reduce its involvement in the economy.

60. Question
shock therapy

61. Answer
Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues during this.

62. Question
Kristallnacht