World History Semester 2 Review

Famous conquistador who defeated the Incas.

The French estate made up of nobles and aristocrats.

Ironically named group that carried out the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France.

Religious relics and papers that could be purchased from the Catholic Church to absolve sins.

First leader of the Committee of Public Safety who killed people accused of helping the king.

Italian explorer who believed he could sail west to get to India and bumped into the New World.

Armory and prison in France that was stormed by an angry mob on July 14, 1789.

The name for when Martin Luther and others started Protestant Christian religions.

A global war that is best remembered in America as the French and Indian War.

Famous enlightened thinker who wrote "In Praise of Folly" that poked fun at the church.

The idea that there is no free will and all events in the universe are controlled by God.

1885 conference where the European powers divided up Africa.  No Africans were invited.

The idea that markets will take care of themselves and governments should stay out.

The largest estate in pre-revolutionary France that included peasants and the bourgeoisie. 

A type of stalemated warfare that became the hallmark of WWI.

An uprising against European influences in China by the Society of Harmonious Fists.

Famous explorer who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope on the Southern tip of Africa.

Famous conquistador who defeated the Aztecs.

He started the Protestant Reformation when he put his 95 Theses on the church door in 1517.

A supposedly humane means of execution that was used extensively during the Reign of Terror. 

Polish astronomer who formulated the heliocentric model of the solar system.

The French estate consisting of priests and other Catholic clergy.  

The Spanish term for adventurers who went out to gain new territories for the crown.

Famous Renaissance master best known for his relief sculptures.

French king who issued the Edict of Nantes that ended the Wars of Religion.

The name for the alliance between France, Britain, and Russia prior to WWI.

Famous Ancient Greek scientist and philosopher whose theories lasted about a thousand years.

"Enlightened" ruler of Russia who ultimately did nothing for serfs, but did expand territory.

The first explorer to lead a mission that circumavigated the globe.

Famous French military leader who overthrew The Directory and named himself emperor.

America is named after this famous Italian explorer.

A term that literally means "rebirth" and marks advances in science, the arts, and philosophy.

Popular English queen who had no children to continue the Tudor line of monarchs.

Portuguese explorer who completed an all water voyage around Africa to India.

The tragic segment of the Triangle of Trade that brought slaves from Africa to the New World.

His assassination in Sarajevo was the spark that led to WWI.

The battle that became Napoleon's final military defeat.

Known as "The Incorruptible," he led the Reign of Terror in an effort to eliminate enemies.

Famous 18 year meeting of the Catholic Church that basically reaffirmed church teachings.

Inventor who improved the steam engine that spurred the Industrial Revolution.

The system of laws that was implemented in France during the time of Napoleon.

Famous Italian political philosopher who said "The ends justify the means."

Famous French writer and philosopher who strongly advocated free speech.

Theory that said the Earth was in a fixed position and all the heavens revolved around it.

French king who, along with his wife Marie Antoinette, was executed during the revolution.

A solemn oath by the Third Estate to continue meeting until they drafted a new constitution.

Martin Luther's list of complaints that started the Reformation.

He invented the moveable-type printing press that helped spread the ideas of the Renaissance.

Founder of the Society of Jesus that spread Catholicism around the globe.

Author of Leviathan who advocated a very strong monarch empowered by a social contract.

A term to describe great thinkers during the Enlightenment.

Spanish author who wrote Don Quixote.

Famous Russian czar who attempted to modernize his country and make it more like the West.

Famous Italian scientist who confirmed heliocentrism but then had to recant to the Inquisition.

Geneva-based preacher who believed that destiny is already set and man cannot change it.

Robespierre's ideas to establish France as a peaceful, egalitarian society.

Famous American commodore who opened Japan to U.S. trade.

Famous astronomer who is best known for his laws of planetary motion.

Inventor who made the first commercially-successful steamboat.

Famous treaty that ended WWI and arguably led to WWII.

The small, corrupt group of leaders in the National Assembly that were overthrown by Napoleon.

Another term for the "Regime Ancien" that French revolutionaries tried to remove from society.

A term that means "a blow to the state," and is marked by the overthrow government leaders.

Document that became the preamble to the Constitution of 1791 in France.

A war for independence fought between American colonists and the British.  We won.

Famous document that greatly limited the powers of the king in France.

Term to describe the French middle class that included wealthy merchants, doctors, and lawyers.

Political philosopher who believed in natural rights including life, liberty, and property.

An intercepted German message that encouraged Mexico to attack the United States.

The name for the small group of rulers, led by Napoleon, that replaced The Directory.

Famous English king who decided to start his own church when the Pope denied him a divorce.

American auto maker who improved the assembly line to make his cars affordable to the masses.

As King of France, he was an absolute monarch who built Versailles and fought four losing wars.

Enlightenment scientist who discovered that blood is pumped by the heart in a closed system.

Famous Prussian king known as "The Great," who was admired for his military tactics.

The name for the Catholic Church's attempt to stop the spread of Protestantism.

President Wilson's ideas for securing "peace without victory," to end WWI.

Famous Deist who is best remembered for saying "I think, therefore I am."

The idea that a monarch's power comes directly from God.

Famous Portuguese prince who led a famous school for sailors and explorers.

Model of the solar system that has the Sun at the center with the planets rotating around it.

Powerful Spanish King and HRE who ultimately gave up his throne and divided his empire.

Powerful French religious figure who basically ran the country for Louis XIII.

A term to describe an order or a threat issued by one state against another.

Napoleon's attempt to isolate Great Britain and keep them from selling goods in Europe.

Ordinary citizens during the French Revolution who refused to wear fancy pants.

English mathematician who invented calculus and established many laws of physics.

Daughter of Henry VIII, who as queen tried to undo the Supremacy Act and reinstate Catholicism.

A meeting called by Louis XVI in an attempt to raise taxes on the Third Estate.

A term to describe having a belief that does not conform with church teachings.

The concept that the monarch is all-powerful and controls all affairs of the state.

A form of extreme patriotism and devotion to country that is a contributing cause of WWI.

The methods used by the Russians to defeat Napoleon's Grand Army.

He is regarded as the quintessential Renaissance man.

Famous Renaissance artist who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and sculpted La Pieta.

English scientist who is credited with developing the scientific method.

A famous unsuccessful rebellion by Indian soldiers against their British colonial masters.

Henry VIII's order that established the Anglican Church, separate from Rome's control.

Spanish explorer and conquistador who searched for the legendary fountain of youth in Florida.

The name for the booming trade network between the Old and New Worlds after Columbus.