European History Study Guide

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the Ottoman Empire 5x 20.0% stumper $1,120 avg J:2 DJ:3

J $800 2025 Cervantes fought in the Battle of Lepanto, part of a conflict that saw Venice, Spain & the papacy facing this eastern power

DJ $1,000 1990 When Russia's Nicholas I referred to the "sick man" of Europe, he was talking about this empire

J $800 2017 In 1571's Battle of Lepanto, a coalition defeated this empire's navy, saving Europe from invasion

Portugal 4x 25.0% stumper $1,250 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 2014 During the last 17 years of his reign, Spain's King Philip II also ruled as this neighboring country's King Philip I

DJ $600 1995 In 1580 Spain's King Philip II became King Philip I of this country

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 In 1961 the Indian military forced this country out of its possessions of Goa, Daman & Diu

Luxembourg 4x 50.0% stumper $500 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $200 1996 This grand duchy was founded in 963 when Siegfried, Count of Ardennes, gained control of the area

DJ $600 1996 In 1890 this grand duchy ended its political ties to the Dutch royal family

DJ $400 1994 Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in 1964 & her son, Prince Jean, became this country's Grand Duke

Hungary 4x $600 avg DJ:4

DJ $400 1991 From about 970 to 1301, descendants of Arpad, chief of the Magyars, ruled this country

DJ $600 1993 The 1st Communist government of this country was established in 1919 when Bela Kun became dictator

DJ $600 1990 From 1848 - 1916 Franz Joseph I was emperor of Austria & king of this

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Sweden 3 Monaco 3 Louis XIV 3 Garibaldi 3 El Cid 3 the Hapsburgs 3 the Hanseatic League 2 the Crimean War 2 the Council of Trent 2 Switzerland 2 Serbia 2 Paris 2 Oliver Cromwell 2 Napoleon 2 Mussolini 2 Louis XVI 2 Kosovo 2 heresy 2 Gutenberg 2 Erasmus 2 the Thirty Years' War 2 Protestants 2 the Protestant Reformation 2 the Easter Rebellion 2 Lorenzo 2 Ferdinand and Isabella 2

World War I

8 answers | 32 clues

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Italy 7x 14.3% stumper $600 avg J:1 DJ:6

J $200 1998 This country's 19th C. unification was impeded by the Papal states which physically divided it

DJ $800 1993 This country was ruled by Umberto II for about a month in 1946

DJ $2,000 2021 In 1919 this country gained South Tyrol & Trieste from Austria-Hungary

Yugoslavia 6x $467 avg J:2 DJ:4

J $200 2025 Marshal Tito, born Josip Broz, was president of this country for 27 years; 11 years after his death it began to partition

DJ $600 1993 In 1991 Slovenia declared its independence from this country

DJ $1,000 1994 Under the 1920 Rapallo Treaty, most of the Dalmatian region became part of this country

Norway 5x $520 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $200 2013 In 2012 the mass killer of 77 people in this Scandinavian country got the maximum sentence--21 years

J $500 1996 After the German invasion of 1940, Vidkun Quisling declared himself head of this country's government

DJ $1,000 1995 The city of Trondheim was founded in 997 & once served as this country's capital

Otto von Bismarck 5x 20.0% stumper $800 avg DJ:5

DJ $200 1989 As chancellor of Germany from 1871-90, he forged an empire

DJ $600 1999 In 1862 this Prussian said that "The great questions of the day" would be decided "by iron and blood"

DJ $1,200 2016 In 1890 Wilhelm II forced the resignation of this notorious OVB, who was not Prussian around much after that

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Czechoslovakia 3 Germany 2 Austria-Hungary 2 Alexandra 2

Ancient

12 answers | 30 clues

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Romania 4x 50.0% stumper $1,050 avg J:1 DJ:3

J $400 2004 A protest at a church in Timisoara began the rebellion that ended Ceausescu's rule in this country

DJ $800 1996 In 1861 the principalities of Walachia & Moldavia united to form this nation

DJ $1,000 DD 1992 In 1944 Ion Antonescu was overthrown as this nation's leader & it joined the Allies

Greece 4x 50.0% stumper $500 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $200 2004 When it became independent in 1829, it was half its current size, but added Thessaly in 1881, Epirus in 1913...

DJ $600 1990 In 1833, Bavarian Prince Otto became the 1st king of this Balkan country after its liberation from Turkey

J $1,000 DD 2020 Helped by Lord Byron, in 1830 it became the first of the Ottoman Empire's subject nations to achieve independence

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Holy Roman Empire 3 Holy Roman Emperor 3 the Franks 2 Rome 2 Philip 2 Nero 2 Macedonia 2 Crete 2 the Peloponnesian War 2 Marathon 2

Medieval

8 answers | 18 clues

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Iceland 3 Martin Luther 3 the Jacobins 2 serfs 2 Genoa 2 Charlemagne 2 the Crusades 2 Charles Martel 2

Cold War

3 answers | 11 clues

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France 6x 16.7% stumper $417 avg J:1 DJ:5

DJ $200 1994 Jean Le Bon, king of this country, was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356

DJ $1,200 2007 The Soviets chose June 1940 to take over the Baltics; world attention was elsewhere, as this country fell the same week

DJ $200 1985 In 1793, this country's Committee of Public Safety instituted the Reign of Terror

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the Warsaw Pact 3 Khrushchev 2

Civil War

2 answers | 6 clues

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Spain 4x $450 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1996 During this country's civil war, 1936-1939, an autonomous Basque state was established by the republic

DJ $800 2006 The 1568 martyrdom of the Comte d'Egmont began the Dutch revolt against Philip II of this country

J $400 1991 After King Alfonso XIII fled this country in 1931 it became a republic

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the Spanish Civil War 2

Colonial / Exploration

2 answers | 6 clues

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Gibraltar 4x $475 avg J:1 DJ:3

DJ $200 1991 As a result of the War of Spanish Succession, Britain received Menorca & this rocky colony

DJ $600 1994 In 1967 this colony voted to reject Spanish rule & remain under British sovereignty

J $300 1992 Britain captured this strategic Iberian promontory in 1704

Worth Knowing (1)

Alfred Dreyfus 2

World War II

2 answers | 6 clues

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Prussia 3 Belgium 3

Revolutionary Era

1 answers | 2 clues

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Alexander 2

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