Studied by 0 peopleOne 19th century historian labeled the Baroque period the end of the
Renaissance
Jan Vermeer painted all of the following except
Woman Weighing Pearls, Girl Interrupted at Her Music, Girl with the Red Hat, The Glass of Wine, Girl Asleep at Table, Soldier and a Laughing Girl, Woman with a Jug, The Milkmaid, Girl with a Pearl Earing
This king founded the Anglican Church in 1534
Henry 8 (VIII)
The Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494 divided the new world between which two European powers?
Spain and Portugal
The following it was not a Spanish conquistador
Chabotto
Which of the following was not a Baroque artist
Hans Holbein
Which of Henry VIII's wives was responsible for helping bring about the protestant reformation in England?
Catherine of Aragon
What explorer led the 1st successful attempt to circumnavigate the globe in 1519
Ferdinand Magellan
Who composed Canon in D?
Johann Pachelbel
Who painted the Jewish Bride, Bathsheba, and The Syndics of the Cloth Guild?
Rembrandt
Who painted The Judgment of Paris, The Three Graces, and Venus at the Mirror?
Rubens
Claimed the Isthmus of Panama for the Spanish
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
Claimed and named Florida for the Spanish
Juan Ponce de Leon
First European to cross the Mississippi
Hernando De Soto
Personally financed an attempt to settle Virgina in the 16th century for English
Sir Walter Raleigh
All of these women were influential in France during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries except?
Catherine de Medici
Marie de Medici (probs)
Plessis de Richelieu (man)
Concino Concini (man)
Cardinal Richelieu was important because he helped
laid the foundation for France to become an absolute monarchy
They king of England from 1485 to 1509, 1st of the Tudor dynasty
Henry 7
King of England from 1660 to 1685, Called the merry monarch
Charles 2
King of France from 1589 to 1610, 1st of the bourbon dynasty
Henry 4
King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor from 1516 to 1556
Charles 5
King of Spain from 1556 to 1598
Phillip 2
Ruled England as Lord protector from 1653 to 1658
Oliver Cromwell
The gunpowder plot of 1605
A failed assassination attempt against King James; headed by Guy Fawks
Which of the following Henry's was not involved in the war of the 3 henries
Valois, Guise, Navarre
Which of the following was NOT a stage in the 30 years war?
Bohemian, Danish, Swedish, Swedish-French
Who ruled Sweden during the 30 years war?
Gustavus Aldolphus
The French became involved in the 30 years war because
they wanted to check the power of the Hapsburgs in Europe
The peace if Westphalia marked the end to the
30 years war
Called the Great elector of Prussia
Fredrick Willam
French philosopher famous for the phrase, I think, therefore I am
Rene Descartes
English philosopher who wrote Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Englishman famous for his theory of gravity
Issac Newton
French philosopher who argued that republics cannot exist over a large territory
Charles Lous de Montesquieu
French philosopher who wrote on the social contract; loved during the french revolution
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Frenchman who published and contributed to the encyclopedia
Montesquieu
personal physician to James 1 and Charles 1
William Harvey
Scottish economist often called the father of capitalism
Adam Smith
who wrote the hymn Amazing grace?
John Newton
who was not an enlightened monarch?
Louis XVI
Who defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo?
Duke of Wellington
The French and Indian War is also known as the ____________ in Europe.
Seven Year's War
Napoleon s system of laws designed to keep the government stable and maintain order were called
Napoleonic Code
"On July 14, 1789, violence erupted in Paris, and ended with the storming of"
Bastille
Who was King of Great Britain during the American War for Independence?
George 3
Which French king was called Louis the Beloved ?
Louis XV (15)
Which Frenchman was called the Hero of Two Worlds ?
Layayette
Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705; called the Hogmouth.
Leopold 1
Czech composer who wrote the Brave New World symphony.
Antonin Dvorak
British intellectual who wrote On Liberty.
John Stuart Mill
Which industrialist is credited with inventing the first modern steam locomotive?
James Watt ( or Richard Trevithick)
British intellectual who coined the phrase survival of the fittest.
Herbert Spencer
Feminist leader who wrote Vindication of the Rights of Women.
Mary Wollstoncraft
American painter famous for the Voyage of Life series.
Thomas Cole
Feminist leader who wrote Herland.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
French painter famous for Liberty Leading the People.
Eugene Delacroix
Which industrialist is responsible for the production of alternating current delivery systems?
George Westinghouse
Who was called the Beating Heart of Italy?
Giuseppe Mazzini
Which French king was known as the Citizen King ?
Louis Philippe I
American painter famous for The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone.
Thomas Moran
Which German said that German unification had to be accomplished with blood and iron ?
Otto von Bismarck
French painter famous for the Raft of Medusa.
Theodore Gericault
Which of the following paintings was NOT painted by Albert Bierstadt?
The Teton Range
Totalitarian communist leader of Russia.
Stalin
This treaty brought an end to WWI in 1919.
Treaty of Versailles
Which of the following was NOT part of the Dreikaiserbund?
France
Who was considered the head of the Bolshevik Party in Russia?
Lenin
What was the name of the Soviet Protection Pact developed in 1955?
Warsaw Pact
Adolf Hitler s autobiography is titled
Mein Kampf
"On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded this country, thus beginning World War II."
Poland
Fascist leader of Italy
Benito Mussolini
The Axis powers during World War II were
Germany, Italy, Japan
Last Tsar of Russia
Nicholas II
Last Emperor of Germany
Wilhelm II
Creation of the Third Reich
"Third Reich" was often used to describe the Nazi regime in Germany
Annexation of Austria
March 1938
Munich Conference
1938 conference at which European leaders attempted to appease Hitler by turning over the Sudetenland to him in exchange for promise that Germany would not expand Germany's territory any further.
England and France chose appeasement rather than action at the Munich Conference of 1938
Pact of Steel
May 1939 - Italy and Germany; turned the Rome-Beline axis into a full scale military and political alliance, an aggressive agreement
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
when Germany took over the Sudetenland (western part of Czechoslovakia) after annexing Austria because of claims that many Germans still lived there
Blitzkrieg
"Lighting war", typed of fast-moving warfare used by German forces against Poland in 1939
Battle of Britain
Battle of British and German air forces fought over Britain during 1940-1941
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII
Holocaust
A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled.
Operation Barbarossa
Codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
The program under which the US supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, China, France and other Allied nations with vast amounts of war material between 1941 and 1945.
Pearl Harbor
United States military base on Hawaii that was bombed by Japan, bringing the United States into World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941.
Tripartite Pact (Axis Powers)
Signed between the Axis powers in 1940 (Italy, Germany and Japan) where they pledged to help the others in the event of an attack by the US
Allied Powers (WWII)
Great Britain, Russia, France, US
Siege of Stalingrad
Turning point in Germany's assault on Soviet Union in 1942; despite massive losses, Russians successfully defended the city; over one-third of German army surrendered.
Bataan Death March
Japanese forced about 60,000 of Americans and Philippines to march 100 miles with little food and water, most died or were killed on the way
Operation Overlord
the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day
Operation Market Garden
plan to use paratroopers and tanks to capture bridges leading to Germany
Battle of the Bulge
A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.
Manhattan Project
A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Assumes power in the Soviet Union in 1985
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