Absolute Monarchs

Type of government in which one ruler has supreme unlimited power that is not bound by any other written law.

• Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy
• Communism
• Oligarchy

What weakened the power of the catholic church?

• the counter-reformation
• the Protestant reformation
• the Judaic reformation
• the crusades

How did kings gain power as a result of the renaissance?

• by investing in trade
• by taking gold from colonies
• the 100 years war led to the advancement of weapons which kings used to take over land
• the new working class was taxed and kings could finance strong armies

What is Divine Right?

• a set of rules used by the greeks
• the God given right to rule
• Hitler's reason to exterminate Jewish people
• Machiavelli's theory on power

Which best describes the kind of ruler Louis XIV was?

• He was a kind king who worked in the best interest of the people
• He murdered his population and hated women especially
• He saw himself and the only source of power and built powerful armies and overspend on lavish wars and goods
• He tried to mimic the western world to modernize his country especially in material goods, fashion, and shipbuilding

Who modernized Russia bringing better shipbuilding, gov't, manufacturing, city planning, music, and fashion

• Louis XIV
• Catherine the Great
• Peter the Great
• Ivan III

When a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people.

• Absolutism
• Republicanism
• Socialism 
• Parliament-arianism

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Which type of government is shown in the cartoon?
 

• a socialist republic
• an absolute monarchy
• a communist dictatorship
• a democracy

What is divine right?

• The right to rule was given to the monarch by God
• a Birth right
• soldiers for hire
• a monarch for hire

Which is a basic characteristic of an absolute monarchy?

• All power is held by a king or queen
• There is an elected legislature
• People's liberties are guaranteed in a written constitution 
• There are many political parties