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Across 4. made the Netherlands and Switzerland independent countries, strenghtened France 5. title of Frederick William, the first great Hohenzollern ruler 10. capital city of Russia after Moscow, Russia's "window on the west" 11. Russian for "caesar" 12. finance expert, encouraged industry and trade in France 13. Empress of the Holy Roman Empire, mother of Marie Antoinette 15. to divide an area into sections 19. the countries of Europe switch their allies after the War of the Austrian Succession 22. the religion of Russia 23. document created by HRE Charles VI so that his daughter could inherit the Hapsburg lands 24. moved the capital of France from Paris to Versailles 25. the belief that god picked kings to rule people 26. this czar strangled his own son and probably his wife too 27. this gave Huguenots freedom of worship - but not in Paris 28. weakened the Holy Roman Empire and the Hapsburgs 30. joined the Catholic church so he could be the king of France 31. when countries become allies so that no one country has more strength 32. tried to Westernize Russia but was not very successful 33. ugly and insane this czar was murdered on his wife's orders

Down 1. enemies 2. caused France to lose its North American colonies to England 3. his large and powerful family ruled Russia for over 300 years 6. commoners who represented the French king in different regions 7. made the king the supreme authority and power in France 8. having no land on any gulf, sea, or ocean 9. ruler who doubled the size of the Prussian army and made it the best army in Europe 11. the alphabet system used for writing Russian 14. fought with Maria Theresa over the area called Silesia 16. performance of government service and loyalty to the Czar were demanded 17. this person's greatest contributions to Russia were in foreign policy and winning land from the Turks 18. an area in what is today northern Germany 20. this said that Spain and France could never be united as one country 21. it's called the French and Indian War in the North American colonies 29. peasants who are bound to the land - gone from Europe except for Russia