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1. In 1309, Pope Clement V moved the seat of the papacy from Rome to what city?
2. Which European city sponsored the Fourth Crusade?
3. The Renaissance began in which country?
4. During the Renaissance, what important financial institution was established, and still exists today?
5. During the Renaissance, armies tended to be made up of what kind of soldiers?
6. The late Renaissance is often referred to as the Age of ...
7. Along with France and Spain, what other country also declared war against England as a result of the American Revolution?
8. Before the 19th century, which two countries were made up of many small kingdoms and principalities?
9. At the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars, there was a royalist counter-revolution in France. Where did this occur?
10. Which battle in the Napoleonic Wars was considered the most complete French victory in the entire series of wars?
11. What British admiral defeated Napoleon's fleet at the Battle of the Nile in August 1798?
12. Everyone knows that the Duke of Wellington defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. But what Prussian general served just as important a role?
13. We're still at Waterloo. What was the Duke of Wellington called before he was made a duke?
14. During World War II, the Soviet Union fought what country along the Mannerheim Line?
15. While Germany was split in two, what was the capital of West Germany?
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