| A | B |
| Spain | most powerful nation in the world 1400-1500 |
| Rodrigo Diaz "El Cid" | Spanish hero fought Muslims |
| Moors | Spanish Muslims |
| Reconquista | (Reconquest) Spanish Knights crusade against Muslims |
| Granada S. Spain | Muslim control |
| Queen Isabella of Castile & Ferdinand of Argon | marriage that united Spain |
| Christopher Columbus | Spain financed his Journey |
| Spanish Inquisition | expelled Muslims & Jews |
| Hapsberg | leading Family of Europe |
| Martin Luther | Protestant Reformation |
| Peace of Augsburg | Religious freedom Lutherans |
| Spain vs France | Italian Wars |
| Philip II | The Prudent King |
| Madrid | Capital of Spain |
| El Escorial | Palace & Royal Court |
| Spanish Armada | Invasion of England (60,000 soliders 168 ships sailed up the English Channel) |
| Sea Dogs | English Pirates |
| Francis Drake | English Admiral-destroyed Spanish Armada |
| Cervantes | Wrote "Don Quuiote"-Tale of a Spanish Knight |
| Elizabeth I | "The Virgin Queen"/"Good Queen Bess" said " I will have but one Mistress England & no master" |
| Mary Stuart | Queen of Scotland..Tower of London where she was imprisoned and Beheaded |
| James I | King James translated the Bible into English |
| Stuart | Ruling family of Scotland |
| Gunpowder Plot | Catholic Rdicals attempt to blow up Parliment & James I w/ 20 barrels gunpowder in cellar |
| Guy Fox | Leader of Catholic Radicals |
| Union Jack | National Flag |
| Jamestown, Virginia | 1st Eng. Colony in N. America |
| Petition of Rights | King could not levy taxes w/o consent of parliment. Could not house soldiers in private homes |
| Star Chamber | Secret cour-trials for enemies of the King |
| Long Parliment | 20yrs taxes to fight Scotland, limit kings power/ abolish star chamber. |
| English Civil War | Royalist vs Parliment |
| Cavaliers | Kings Calvary |
| Royalist | Supported the King |
| Burgesses | Middle Class |
| Round Heads | Supporters of parliment |
| The Common Wealth | English Republic formed by Cromwell-Strict Puritan Rules |
| Oliver Cromwell | "Lord Protector" Dictator |
| Rump Parliment | 60 members-abolished Monarchy & Charles I beheaded |
| Charles II | Merry Monarch |
| Habeas Corpus Act | Prisoners brought before Judge & hear charges |
| Tories | Supported the King |
| Whigs | supported Parliment |
| London Plague | 100,000 died Great Fire of London |
| rock-a-bye Baby | Lullaby based on the birth of James II Son |
| Glorious Revolution | Queen Mary & King Wm of Orange invited by Parliment to Rule Eng. Bloodless Rev. James II fled to France |
| Sir Robert Walpole | 1st Prime Minister of England |
| Prime Minister | Chief Adviser to King |
| Cabinet | advisers to King dept. of Gov. |
| "Let sleeping dogs lie" | Walpole referring to Eng. colonies |
| King George III | American Revolution during his Reign |
| King Henry IV | 1st Bourbon Kings -ruling Family of France |
| Hugenots vs. Catholics | French wars of Religon |
| Edict of Nantes | freedom to Huguenots |
| Duke of Sully | Minister of Finances " A Chicken in Every Pot" |
| Louis XIII | 10 years old took Throne |
| Cardinal Richeliu | Chief Advisor to Louis XIII (one of greatest European Rulers made King Supreme in France & world power |
| Thirty Year War | France vs. Holy roman Empire (France wins) |
| Louis XIV Symbol | Sun! (Divine as God & Sun) |
| Palace of Versaille | Center of Gov. and French Culture |
| Jean Baptist Colber | French Finance Minister |
| Merchantilism | Export more than Import |
| Peace of Utrecht | No uniting of Spain & France |
| Ferdinand II | Holy Roman Emperor- tried to restore Catholic Church |
| Thirty Year War | Last of Great Religious War -Protestants vs. Catholics |
| Peace of Westphalia | Ends 30 year war-Protestants gain religious freedom |
| Gustavus Adolus | "Lion of the North" King of Sweden |
| Berlin | Capital of Prussia |
| Junkers | Noble Landlords pledged allegiance/Army Officers |
| King Fredrick II | One of greatest military & political leaders-Prussia became World Power |