Unit 5 Absolute Monarchs Target B

Which English Queen ruled for 45 years and solidified England as a Protestant nation?

• Mary I
• Elizabeth I
• Maria Theresa
• Catherine the Great

Who was the Spanish king who sent the Spanish Armada to England?

• Louis XVI
• Philip II
• Peter the Great
• Louis XIV

Who had the Palace of Versailles built as a demonstration of wealth and power? ( Hint look at his roman numerals)

• Louis XVI
• Catherine the Great
• Louis XIV
• Maria Theresa

Which absolute monarch emphasized military power in Prussia?

• Peter the Great
• Catherine the Great
• Maria Theresa
• Frederick the Great

______ saw himself as the “Sun King” of France and the most powerful ruler in the world during the 17^th century (1600s):

• Cardinal Richelieu
• Louis XIII
• Louis XIV
• Frederick the Great

Peter the Great moved the capital city of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg to:

• Be closer to Western Europe in order to open up trade through the Baltic Sea
• Move away from the famine and plague that killed thousands
• Move away from invading Mongols and other east Asian invaders
• Be closer to the great iron reserves of northern Russia