This war began shortly before Frederick the Great’s victory at Mollwitz as part of his invasion of Silesia. Known as King George’s War in America, this war was precipitated by a decree that violated Salic law. For 10 points, name this war that ended with the retention of a certain throne by Maria Theresa. This war’s causes included objections to the Second Partition Treaty, and its loose ends were resolved at Rastatt. At its end, control of Nice NEES and Sicily passed to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy.
A later one saw the capture of Damietta by French forces but resulted in the capture of Louis IX. The defeat of Guy of Lusignan at the Battle of Hattin triggered one of these wars in which Richard I was victorious at the Siege of Acre but was unable to retake Jerusalem. For 10 points, name these religious wars in which Christians fought for the Holy Land.
In this city, the Marquis of Pombal supervised the rebuilding efforts after a 1755 earthquake. After this man’s wife died, an assassination attempt was made on his life by Italian anarchist Gennaro Rubino. Before dying, George Washington Williams wrote an open letter blaming this person for slaves being buried alive and being sold to be eaten. This king maintained control of his private army known as the Force Publique, and the accusations against him became known as the “rubber atrocities”.
Germaine of Foix FWAH succeeded one of these two monarchs; the other signed the second and third treaties of Blois. The parents of Joanna the Mad, these rulers hired Tomas de Torquemada and issued the Alhambra Decree after Granada surrendered to them. For 10 points, name this king-queen pair of Catholics who expelled Muslims and Jews during the Spanish Inquisition, the sponsors of Christopher Columbus.
The Wannsee Conference formulated a plan to solve the namesake “Question” of these people called the Final Solution. The Saville Commission investigated a 1972 incident on this island in which soldiers shot at unarmed civilians. This island, which was once ruled by High King Brian Boru, was later led by a man who supported the Home Rule bills and was disgraced by an affair with Kitty O’Shea.
For many years, that council was headed by Walter VAL-tair Ulbricht and then Erich Honecker. This country started as the occupation zone agreed to at the Yalta Conference under the control of the Soviet Union. Name this country that merged with its neighbor in 1990 following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
One holder of this office likened his power to two swords, with one sword subordinate to another. According to legend, another was dug up after death and tried posthumously at the “cadaver synod.” The Ultramontanists were a faction in support of this ruler, whose land holdings were expanded by the Donation of Pepin. Its medieval holders included Boniface VIII, and it had two competing claimants during the Great Schism. George Tenet testified that the bombing of the Chinese embassy in this country was accidental and intended for an arms depot. The Dayton Accords established the constitution of a constituent of this country, where Muslims were massacred at Srebrenica. The ICTY was set up to adjudicate war crime prosecutions here, and the last leader of this country died in the Hague after being charged with genocide.
