Rules of Jeopardy
1. Everyone will work in pairs or groups of 3, with one recording paper for each
group.
2. Your recording paper should have your names at the top and a table that
contains , the category of the question, the point value, the answer and the
total point for the team. (see example) This table must be turned in at the
end of class as your ticket out…
3. The team with the most points wins…. A fabulous weekend getaway
4. If anyone should shout out an answer then everyone in the class will not be
eligible to receive the points for the question.
5. How the points add up
 Correct answers add the assigned point value to your total score,
incorrect answer add nothing to your score but do not subtract either…
Question
Category
Point value
Answer
Total Group
score
Powerpoint Jeopardy
Absolute Rulers
Conflicts and
Conundrums
Living in
Luxury
Where are we?
Terms
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This Ruler had his own son
Executed and named a city
after himself.
Who is….
Category 1 – 10 points
This ruler wanted to defend and
Expand the Catholic Reformation
Category 1 – 20 points
This ruler hired royal intendants
to work in the government to
check the power of the nobility
Category 1 – 30 points
This ruler had 16 children, which
may have been why laws were
passed making education
mandatory for children from ages
6 -12.
Category 1 – 40 points
This ruler attacked his main
Rival on the soon after she
became queen.
Category 1 – 50 points
This country gained it’s
Independence from Spain after
fighting a decades-long war
Category 2 – 10 points
Russia attacked Sweden during
The Great Northern War so that Peter
the Great would be able to build this
city.
Category 2 – 20 points
This war resulted in the
a vacuum of power forming in
Central Europe.
Category 2 – 30 points
This European Country was the
Only Catholic country to side with
The Protestant German states during
The thirty years’ war.
Category 2 – 40 points
As a result of this Treaty
France gained land from
Spain and some of the German
States.
Category 2 – 50 points
This palace was built to
demonstrate the wealth and power
of the Sun King.
Category 3 – 10 points
This Palace contains a lot of the
Gold from the Americas in its
décor and demonstrates the Hapsburgs
commitment to Catholicism.
Category 3 – 20 points
This building project was a
Demonstration of Peter’s
Absolute power over Russia.
Category 3 – 30 points
This is the title given to the artistic and
literacy Renaissance in Spain that
flowered under the rule of Phillip II.
Category 3 – 40 points
This finance minister helped make
France the wealthiest state in Europe
by imposing mercantilist policies.
Category 3 – 50 points
The political and cultural
center of this country was
Versailles.
Category 4 – 10 points
This country was attacked
by the Spanish Armada.
Category 4 – 20 points
The lands of Spain, Netherlands,
Southern Italy, Austria, and Hungary
were originally ruled by this family.
Category 4 – 30 points
This country ended up divided into
more than 300 independent states or
regions following the 30 years war.
Category 4 – 40 points
This country lost land during the Great
Northern War to their neighboring
Romanov Absolute Ruler.
Category 4 – 50 points
This is another word for
French Protestants
Category 5 – 10 points
This theory proposed that
Monarchs were instruments
of God’s justice, power and will.
This theory was also used to justify
Absolutism.
Category 5 – 20 points
These soldiers would fight for
Foreign generals and armies.
Category 5 – 30 points
Wars were fought in Europe to
maintain this in order to ensure
that no one country would
dominate Europe.
Category 5 – 40 points
Russia expanded its territory
under both Catherine the Great and
Peter the Great but they refused to
improve the lives of this social group.
Category 5 – 50 points