Early modern Europe trivia

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• Which Russian ruler pushed through Western-style reforms and built a new capital on the Baltic coast?Early modern Europe
• Which European conqueror brought down the Aztec Empire in 1521?Early modern Europe
• Which queen reigned over Britain at its 19th-century height, when it was called 'the empire on which the sun never sets'?Early modern Europe
• On which Mediterranean island was Napoleon Bonaparte born?Early modern Europe
• Which king of England was defeated by the Parliamentarians in the English Civil War and executed in 1649?Early modern Europe
• Which industry was the first to be mechanized in the British Industrial Revolution of the late 18th century?Early modern Europe
• Which British engineer greatly improved the steam engine and helped drive the Industrial Revolution?Early modern Europe
• What goods did Europeans on the voyages of exploration most want to obtain from India and Southeast Asia?Early modern Europe
• Which country sponsored Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic in 1492?Early modern Europe
• Which Austrian-born queen of France was executed during the French Revolution?Early modern Europe
• Columbus thought the land he had reached was a new continent unknown to Europe.Early modern Europe
• As the Industrial Revolution progressed, people left the cities and flocked to the countryside.Early modern Europe
• Henry VIII of England broke with the papacy in Rome over the annulment of his marriage to his queen.Early modern Europe
• The potato is a crop that reached Europe from the Americas after the voyages of exploration.Early modern Europe
• Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 ended in a great victory for the French army.Early modern Europe
• France's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was issued before the American Declaration of Independence.Early modern Europe
• Italy was not unified into a single kingdom until the second half of the 19th century.Early modern Europe
• Germany and Russia were the first countries to take the lead in the voyages of exploration in the 15th century.Early modern Europe
• The word 'Renaissance' means 'rebirth'.Early modern Europe
• After the French Revolution brought down the monarchy, a republic was established in France.Early modern Europe
• Who painted the Mona Lisa, the emblematic painting of the Renaissance?Early modern Europe
• Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?Early modern Europe
• Who crossed the Atlantic and reached the Americas in 1492?Early modern Europe
• Who lit the spark of the Reformation by publishing the Ninety-five Theses?Early modern Europe
• Which Enlightenment thinker wrote The Social Contract?Early modern Europe
• Which Scottish economic thinker wrote The Wealth of Nations?Early modern Europe
• What do we call the events of 1688 in which Parliament brought in William and Mary?Early modern Europe
• Which German figure advanced printing with movable metal type?Early modern Europe
• In which country did the Renaissance develop first?Early modern Europe
• Which king of France made Versailles the seat of royal power?Early modern Europe
• The Industrial Revolution began first in the United States.Early modern Europe
• The French Revolution began in 1789.Early modern Europe
• Columbus crossed the Atlantic and reached the Americas in 1492.Early modern Europe
• The Peace of Westphalia was the treaty that ended the Hundred Years' War.Early modern Europe
• The figure known as the Sun King was Henry VIII of England.Early modern Europe
• Copernicus argued for a sun-centered universe.Early modern Europe
• The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England strengthened the powers of Parliament.Early modern Europe
• The Enlightenment placed weight on reason and critical thought.Early modern Europe
• The Renaissance was a cultural movement that first flowered in England.Early modern Europe
• Martin Luther published the Ninety-five Theses in 1789.Early modern Europe