Absolute Monarchs in Europe 2

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Across
  1. 4. leader of Prussia who sought to increase his territory
  2. 6. Peter fought a long war against _______ to gain land along the shores of the Baltic Sea
  3. 10. Prussia's ruling family
  4. 12. Peter built a grand new capital city called St. _______
  5. 13. use of Western Europe as a model of change
  6. 14. Peter brought in _______ as a new food in Russia
  7. 15. The Thirty Year's War made German ______ independent of the Holy Roman Emperor
  8. 16. equal, independent states, each with the power to set up an army and govern its people
  9. 18. ruler who added lands to Russia, gave it a code of laws, and also used his secret police to execute "traitors"
  10. 19. leader of the Holy Roman Empire
Down
  1. 1. this family ruled Austria, Hungary, and Bohemia
  2. 2. Peter the Great put the Russian _________ Church under his control
  3. 3. empress of Austria whose main enemy was Prussia
  4. 5. important leader of Russia who started westernization
  5. 7. The Thirty Year's War ended in 1648 with the Peace of ___________
  6. 8. ______ Year's War was a conflict over religion, territory, and power among European ruling families
  7. 9. Russian noble who owned land
  8. 11. Russian nobles chose Michael ______ began a new dynasty in Russia that ruled for about 300 years
  9. 15. Ivan the Terrible used secret ______ to hunt down enemies and kill them
  10. 17. _______ Year's War was a conflict in which the forces of Britain and Prussia battled those of Austria, France, Russia, and other countries