| A | B |
|---|
| Charles V | Holy Roman Emperor; a Hapsburg; father of Philip II |
| Philip II | Spanish Hapsburg; a good and serious King |
| Philip III and Philip IV | weak Spanish Hapsburg Kings |
| Charles II | weak king; last of Spanish Hapsburgs |
| Catholic | religion of Spain, France, and Austria |
| Protestant | religion of England and Prussia |
| Greek (Eastern) Orthodox | religion of Russia |
| religion of Netherlands | Protestant |
| Cortes | legislature of Spain |
| Parliament | legislature of England |
| Imperial Diet | legislature of Austria |
| Estates-General | legislature of France |
| Hapsburg | dynasty of both Spain and Austria |
| "make marriage, not war" | slogan of Hapsburg family |
| Duma | legislature of Russia |
| Military state with no legislature | Prussia |
| Year of Spanish Armada | 1588 |
| Result of Spanish Armada | England gains control of sea travel/trade |
| Philip II's agenda | defeat Protestantism |
| Seven Years' War | fought in Asia, North American, & Europe |
| Tudor | dynasty of England under Henry VII and descendents |
| Stuart | dynasty of England beginning with James I |
| James I | English King; formerly from Scotland |
| Bourbon | dynasty of France |
| Hohenzollern | dynasty of Prussia |
| Romanov | dynasty of Russia |
| Louis XIV's nicknames | Sun King; Louis the Great |
| Versailles | home built by Louis XIV |
| Mazarin | regent for Louis XIV |
| Richelieu | regent for Louis XIII |
| regent | rules temporarily in name of young ruler |
| Huguenot | French Protestant |
| First Estate | clergy in France |
| Second Estate | nobility in France |
| Third Estate | bourgeoisie and peasants in France |
| Bourgeoisie | middle class townspeople in France |
| Henry IV | said "Paris is well-worth a Mass" |
| Louis XVI | lost head in French Revolution |
| Charles VI | Austrian Hapsburg; designed Pragmatic Sanction |
| Pragmatic Sanction | document to protect Maria Theresa as monarch |
| Frederick II | Prussian King; "Frederick the Great" |
| "Louis the Great" | Louis XIV of France |
| "Peter the Great" | Peter I of Russia |
| "Catherine the Great" | Catherine II of Russia |
| Prussia | military state |
| Maria Theresa showed baby son | to show her political prowess with lesser nobles |
| nation which recruited Protestant workers/farmers to emigrate | Prussia |
| Time of Troubles | civil wars in Russia |
| "Ivan the Great" | Ivan III |
| "Ivan the Terrible" | Ivan IV |
| Michael | began Romanov dynasty |
| "window on the west" | dream of Peter the Great of Russia |
| "warm water port" | dream of Catherine the Great (Russia) |
| St. Petersburg | imitated Versailles; city on Baltic Sea |
| Russian ruler who defeated Ottoman Turks | Catherine II (Great) |
| "the third Rome" | Moscow |
| Edict of Nantes | gave religious freedoms to Huguenots; later revoked |
| Elizabeth I of England | ruler of winning nation during Spanish Armada |
| Junker | Prussian nobleman |
| Taxes | paid only by poor in France, Prussia, and Russia |
