Absolutism (3.1-3.4) Flashcard

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Which absolute monarch referred to himself as the “Sun God”?

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King Louis XIV

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King Carlos V was born as the ruler of the __________ Empire, and inherited the ___________ Empire.

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Spanish / Hapsburg

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Who was the finance minister for the French Empire responsible for the growth of the empire under King Louis XIV?

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Jean-Baptiste Colbert

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___________, a Protestant group from France, was massacred during the St. Batholomew’s Day celebrations.

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Huegonots

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King Carlos V’s son, ____________, inherited the Spanish Empire after Carlos stepped away from the crown.

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King Phillip II

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How did the English Bill of Rights limit the power of the monarch? Options: The monarch was forbidden to suspend laws without the consent of Parliament., The monarch was given the exclusive power to raise an army., The king and queen were executed., All royal lands were given to the third estate.

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The monarch was forbidden to suspend laws without the consent of Parliament.

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Who was Peter the Great?

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This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European.

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Who was Louis XIV?

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This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility.

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The English Bill of Rights

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created a constitutional monarchy.

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The economic theory based on a country's ability to export more goods than import which contributed to the rise of absolutism was

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mercantilism.