| A | B |
|---|
| Divine right | the belief that the king is chosen by God |
| Spain | the most powerful European country in the 1500s |
| France | the most powerful European country in the 1600s |
| Absolute monarchy | government where the king has all of the power |
| Loius XIV | the Sun King |
| Cardinal Richelieu | advisor of Louis XIII |
| Don Quixote | fictional character who fought windmills |
| Spanish Armada | fleet of ships defeated by England |
| Philip II | King of Spain who tried to invade England |
| Henry IV | passed the Edict of Nantes |
| warm water ports | why Russia wanted to expand to the Black Sea |
| Versailles | where Louis XIV built his palace |
| Louis XIV | ruled France for 72 years |
| Catherine the Great | gained part of Poland for Russia |
| Peter the Great | main goal was to westernize Russia |
| Maria Theresa | Hapsburg Empress |
| 30 Years War | a series of conflicts that involved most of Europe |
| Mercantilism | An economic system where the goal is to have more exports than imports |
| Edict of Nantes | guaranteed freedom of worship in France |
| Romanov | family that ruled Russia for 300 years |
| Courtiers | high nobles who followed strict rules of etiquette |
| El Greco | Famous painter patronized by Philip II |
| Bourbon | Henry IV was the first French King from this family |
| The Seven Years War | European fighting that spilled over into North America as the French and Indian War |
| Enlightened Despots | Monarchs who attempted to improve the lives of their subjects |
