SS final exam

43.He formulated a theory of gravity

44.The Italian Renaissance was centered in this City

45.In the 1600s, Robert Boyle’s work transformed the field of

46.What year were the 95 theses written

47.Has Genghis Khans tomb ever been found

48.What is another term for a chain of islands

49.The holy book of Islam is the ______.

50.This Venetian Traveled to China during the Time of Kublai Khan

51.The trade route that transported African slaves to the Americas

52. The most important Aztec emperor

53.People who take financial risk to make profits

54.The Spanish who vanquished the Americas

55.A system used to force Native Americans to labor under brutal conditions

56.Those who ruled Spain’s colonies in the name of the Spanish monarchs

57.An economic policy based a nation exporting more goods than it imports

58.An explorer who fought and subdued the Aztecs

59.Claimed much of present-day eastern Canada for France

60.Pirates who operated with the approval of European governments

61.To conquer the Aztec empire, Hernán Cortés made alliances with whom

62.The conquistador who added the lands of the present-day countries of Peru, Ecuador, and Chile to the Spanish empire was

63.At the top of Spanish colonial society were the

64.This European country explored the coasts of Africa in the 1400’s and 1500’s

65.The Great Lakes and Michigan were first visited by Europeans from what country

66.Aztecs thought Cortes was what

67.What was the first leg of the triangular trade route

68.slaves were brought to the New World to grow which cash crop?

69.This man’s voyage was the first to circumnavigate the globe

70.Most European exploration came as an attempt to get access to what

71.Raiders who would try to hijack Spanish treasure ships bound for Europe were called what

72.What was the attitude of the Spanish to conquested native religions?

73.What year did Constantinople fall to the Ottoman Turks

74.This City was termed the “Third Rome” by its rulers

75.What year did the Hundred Years War End

76.What Tsar (czar)“Europeanized” Russia

77.Who Wrote Don Quixote

78.Who was French Sun King

79.What was the title of the German princes who chose the Holy Roman emperor

80.These French Protestants freedoms were protected by Henry IV

81.Versailles is in what country

82.Who Led England during the commonwealth

83.What Greek painter was a master of the Spanish style of painting

84.What is the term for soldiers for hire

85.What was the name of the royal officials who carried out the policies of Louis XIV

86.Year did Columbus reach the “New World”

87.Philip II of Spain was briefly married to

88.How many Pillars are there in the Islamic Faith

89.Who was France’s most powerful Monarch

90.What Year did the French Revolution Begin

91.What type of government was created in England by the Glorious Revolution

92.The Powerful Monarch of Prussia known for military brilliance was who

93.This Monarchy was the Hapsburg-controlled Rival of Prussia

94.What was Peter the Great’s main reason for waging war against Sweden

95.What happened to Germany after the 30 Years War

96.What was the beautiful Palace built by Phillip II of Spain

97.What Year was the Spanish Armada

98.What Year was the Magna Carta Signed

99.Which French King was be-headed