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