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European Leaders

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This Tudor “New Monarch” kept the nobles in check by forbidding noble armies and using the Star Chamber.

a)
Henry VIII
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Edward VI
d)
Henry VII
2.

This Tudor “New Monarch” created the Church of England.

a)
Henry VII
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Edward VI
d)
Henry VIII
3.

Also known as “Bloody Mary,” she reimposed Catholicism in England.

a)
Mary I
b)
Anne Boleyn
c)
Victoria
d)
Elizabeth I
4.

This Tudor Monarch imposed Calvinism on England during his short reign.

a)
Edward VI
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Mary I
d)
Henry VIII
5.

This Tudor Monarch defeated the Spanish Armada and established religious tolerance in England.

a)
Queen Elizabeth I
b)
Queen Mary I
c)
King Henry VIII
d)
Queen Victoria
6.

This Stuart Monarch dissolved Parliament twice and was ultimately beheaded during the English Civil War.

a)
King Henry VIII
b)
King Edward VI
c)
King James I
d)
King Charles I
7.

This Stuart Monarch claimed divine right.

a)
James I
b)
Charles I
c)
Henry VIII
d)
Elizabeth I
8.

This Lord Protector of England established a Puritan Dictatorship during the English Civil War.

a)
Oliver Cromwell
b)

Charles I

c)

Charles II

d)

Robespierre

9.

This Stuart monarch was restored to the throne and acknowledged Parliament’s sovereignty.

a)
Charles II
b)
James II
c)

Charles I

d)

James I

10.

This Stuart monarch was forced to abdicate the throne.

a)
James II
b)

James I

c)

Charles II

d)
Charles I
11.

These joint sovereigns were the first Constitutional Monarchs in England.

a)
Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn
b)
George III and Queen Charlotte
c)
Edward VI and Lady Jane Grey
d)
William III and Mary II
12.

This final Stuart monarch was in power during the Act of Union, which created Great Britain.

a)
Queen Anne
b)
Queen Elizabeth I
c)
King Charles II
d)
King James II
13.

This Hanover monarch was King during the American Revolution.

a)
King George II
b)
King George IV
c)
King George V
d)
King George III
14.

This British monarch oversaw much of the expansion of the empire and British reforms during the 1800s.

a)
Queen Elizabeth II
b)
Queen Victoria
c)
King Henry VIII
d)
King George III
15.

This Tory politician and British Prime Minister helped expand voting rights and guarantee reforms for the working class.

a)
Margaret Thatcher
b)
Benjamin Disraeli
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Tony Blair
16.

This Whig politician stood against imperialism and was in favor of the expansion of reforms.

a)

William Gladstone

b)

Benjamin Disraeli

c)

David Lloyd George

d)

Clement Attlee

17.

This former Minister of Finance was the first liberal Prime Minister in Great Britain.

a)
Tony Blair
b)
Margaret Thatcher
c)
Winston Churchill
d)

David Lloyd George

18.

This British Prime Minister vowed to never surrender in World War II.

a)
Neville Chamberlain
b)
Winston Churchill
c)
Margaret Thatcher
d)
Tony Blair
19.

This British Prime Minister was a member of the Labor Party and worked to expand social welfare.

a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Clement Attlee
c)
Margaret Thatcher
d)
Tony Blair
20.

This was first female British prime minister.

a)
Margaret Thatcher
b)
Queen Elizabeth II
c)
Theresa May
d)
Angela Merkel
21.

This Valois monarch was known as the Spider King and put down a rebellion in Burgundy after the Hundred Years War.

a)
Charles VII
b)
Francis I
c)
Henry II
d)
Louis XI
22.

This Valois New Monarch passed the Concordat of Bologna, giving him the power to choose bishops in the Catholic Church.

a)
King Francis I
b)
King Henry IV
c)
King Louis XIV
d)
King Charles IX
23.

This French Queen regent carried out the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.

a)
Catherine de' Medici
b)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
c)
Joan of Arc
d)
Marie Antoinette
24.

This French Bourbon monarch and politique passed the Edict of Nantes.

a)
King Louis XIV of France
b)
King Louis XVI of France
c)
King Louis XIII of France
d)
King Henry IV of France
25.

This French Bourbon monarch was the quintessential absolute monarch.

a)
Marie Antoinette
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Louis XIV
26.

This Minister of France and politique aided the Protestants in the 30 Years War.

a)
Henry IV
b)
Louis XIII
c)
Cardinal Richelieu
d)
Cardinal Mazarin
27.

This Minister of France put down the Fronde.

a)
Cardinal Mazarin
b)
Napoleon Bonaparte
c)
Louis XIV
d)
Cardinal Richelieu
28.

This French King was put to death in the French Revolution.

a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Charles de Gaulle
c)
Joan of Arc
d)
Louis XVI
29.

This French Queen was put to death in the French Revolution.

a)
Catherine de Medici
b)
Joan of Arc
c)
Eleanor of Aquitaine
d)
Marie Antoinette
30.

This French Jacobin and his Committee of Public Safety led during the Reign of Terror.

a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Louis XVI
c)
Marie Antoinette
d)
Maximilien Robespierre
31.

This French leader rose to prominence in the military, but ultimately caused economic turmoil in France due to his failed war in Spain, Invasion of Russia, and Continental System.

a)

Louis XVI

b)

Louis Philippe

c)
Napoleon III
d)
Napoleon Bonaparte
32.

This French Bourbon king was placed on the throne after Napoleon’s defeat and exile.

a)
Louis XVI
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Louis XVIII
d)
Louis XIII
33.

This Bourgeois king was placed on the throne during the 1830 revolution in France.

a)
Napoleon Bonaparte
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Louis Philippe I
d)
Charles X
34.

This king turned emperor was elected President of France in 1848.

a)

Louis Philippe

b)
Louis XVIII
c)
Charles X
d)
Napoleon III
35.

This French President was one of the Big Four at the Paris Peace Talks after WWI.

a)
Jacques Chirac
b)
Emmanuel Macron
c)
François Hollande
d)
Georges Clemenceau
36.

This military leader of the Free French in WWII turned president was ousted from office in 1968.

a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Charles de Gaulle
37.

These Spanish Monarchs carried out the Spanish Inquisition in 1492.

a)
Philip II and Joanna of Castile
b)
Charles V and Isabella I
c)
Ferdinand II and Joanna of Castile
d)
Isabella I and Ferdinand II
38.

This Spanish Monarch and Defender of the Faith sent his Armada to attack England in 1588.

a)
Queen Isabella
b)
King Ferdinand
c)
King Charles V
d)
King Philip II
39.

This Spanish Hapsburg gave the empire to the Bourbons, sparking the War of Spanish Succession.

a)
Philip II
b)
Ferdinand II
c)
Isabella I
d)
Charles II
40.

Napoleon Bonaparte made this man king of Spain, which led to the Peninsular War.

a)
Joseph Bonaparte
b)
Louis Bonaparte
c)
Charles IV
d)
Ferdinand VII
41.

This Fascist Dictator of Spain came into power during the Spanish Civil War

a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Francisco Franco
42.

This man ruled Florence during part of the Renaissance.

a)
Galileo Galilei
b)
Michelangelo
c)
Leonardo da Vinci
d)

Lorenzo de' Medici

43.

This was the first King of a unified Italy.

a)
Victor Emmanuel II
b)

Cosimo de Medici

c)

Guiseppe Garibaldi

d)

Guiseppe Mazzini

44.

This Italian Prime Minister and realpolitik helped to unify Italy.

a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Leonardo da Vinci
c)

Camilo di Cavour

d)

Guiseppe Mazzini

45.

This Fascist leader of Italy came into power after WWI.

a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Joseph Stalin
46.

This Holy Roman Emperor took a stance against Protestantism, but ultimately passed the Peace of Augsburg.

a)
Philip II
b)
Henry VIII
c)
Louis XIV
d)
Charles V
47.

This Soldier King of Prussia expanded the military, education, and religious tolerance.

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Frederick William the Great Elector

c)

Frederick William IV

d)

Frederick William I

48.
  1. This Enlightened Prussian King fought the Austrians in the War of Austrian Succession and Seven Years War.

a)

Frederick William IV

b)

Frederick William I

c)
Frederick the Great
d)

William I

49.

This Prussian king rejected the crown of a unified Germany in 1848.

a)
Frederick William I
b)
Frederick William II
c)
Frederick William IV
d)
Frederick William III
50.

This Prussian King sparked the movement for a unified Germany.

a)
King Frederick William IV
b)
King Frederick William III
c)
King William I
d)
King Frederick II
51.

This Prussian/German chancellor used “Blood and Iron” to unify Germany.

a)
Angela Merkel
b)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
c)
Otto von Bismarck
d)
Frederick the Great
52.

This German King gave the Austrians a “blank check,” helping spark WWI.

a)
Kaiser Wilhelm II
b)
Frederick the Great
c)
Otto von Bismarck
d)
Adolf Hitler
53.

This German Field Marshal was made President of the Weimar Republic after WWI.

a)
Paul von Hindenburg
b)
Karl Dönitz
c)
Heinz Guderian
d)
Erwin Rommel
54.

This Fascist German leader ignored the Treaty of Versailles as he grew the German Empire leading up to WWII.

a)
Winston Churchill
b)
Adolf Hitler
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Joseph Stalin
55.

This Austrian Hapsburg leader passed the Pragmatic Sanction to ensure his empire remained intact and passed to his daughter.

a)
Philip II
b)
Ferdinand I
c)
Maximilian I
d)
Charles VI
56.

This Austrian Enlightened despot passed numerous reforms and ultimately ignored Austria’s military and borders.

a)
Joseph II
b)
Francis II
c)
Leopold II
d)
Maria Theresa
57.

This Austrian Enlightened despot assumed the throne via the Pragmatic Sanction and passed some reforms for her people.

a)
Catherine the Great
b)
Frederick the Great
c)
Maria Theresa
d)
Louis XIV
58.

This man’s assassination sparked World War I.

a)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Winston Churchill
d)
Adolf Hitler
59.

This Enlightened Despot’s policies largely only benefited the nobility.

a)
Peter the Great of Russia
b)
Frederick the Great of Prussia
c)
Louis XIV of France
d)
Catherine the Great of Russia
60.

This Russian leader’s goal was westernization and was realized when he won his warm water port from Sweden.

a)
Ivan the Terrible
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Nicholas II
61.

This Russian czar ended serfdom with the Emancipation Act in 1861.

a)
Nicholas II
b)
Ivan the Terrible
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Alexander II
62.

This Russian czar stressed Autocracy, Orthodoxy, and Russification.

a)
Nicholas II
b)
Alexander III
c)
Ivan the Terrible
d)
Peter the Great
63.

This Russian czar violently put down the Decembrist Revolt in 1825.

a)
Peter the Great
b)
Nicholas I
c)
Ivan the Terrible
d)
Alexander I
64.

This Russian czar lost the Russo-Japanese War and led his country into more turmoil during WWI.

a)
Nicholas II
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Ivan the Terrible
d)
Alexander I
65.

This Russian communist led the Communist Revolution in late 1917 and eventually took over the government.

a)
Leon Trotsky
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Vladimir Lenin
66.

This Communist dictator in Russia invaded Poland with Germany and refused free elections in Europe at Potsdam in 1945.

a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Fidel Castro
c)
Mao Zedong
d)
Vladimir Putin
67.

This Russian leader was a reason for the Cuban Missile Crisis and construction of the Berlin Wall.

a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Mikhail Gorbachev
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
68.

This Russian leader’s doctrine enforced communism across the Eastern bloc.

a)
Nikita Khrushchev
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Vladimir Putin
d)

Leonid Brezhnev

69.

This Russian leader’s policies of glasnost and perestroika helped put an end to the Cold War.

a)
Vladimir Putin
b)
Mikhail Gorbachev
c)
Joseph Stalin
d)
Nikita Khrushchev
70.

This Swedish King helped the Protestants during the Thirty Years War.

a)
Carl XVI Gustaf
b)
Charles XII
c)
Gustavus Adolphus
d)
Eric XIV
71.

This Belgian King ruled the Belgian Congo with an iron fist.

a)
Albert I
b)
Philippe I
c)
Leopold II
d)
Charles II
72.

This was the Communist leader of Yugoslavia during the Cold War era.

a)
Josip Broz Tito
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Kim Jong-un
d)
Mao Zedong
73.

This Dutch Protestant led a revolt against Philip II’s Catholic Inquisition on the Netherlands.

a)
William of Orange
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Anne Boleyn
d)
Henry VIII
74.

This man served as President of Poland between 1990 and 1995.

a)
Gabriel Narutowicz
b)
Bronisław Komorowski
c)
Lech Wałęsa
d)
Andrzej Duda