Absolute Monarchs

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

Philip II sent the ________ to DESTROY England in 1588.

• Spanish Armada

• The Conquistadors

• Pizarro and Cortez

• Spanish Inquisition

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The Spanish Armada was defeated by smaller, faster English ships led by _______.

• Francis Drake
• Henry Morgan
• Blackbeard
• Jack Sparrow

Who built St. Petersburg to establish a closer city to Western Europe in order to modernize?

• Frederick the Great

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.

• Mercantilism
• Westernization
• Balance of Power
• Trickle down economics

Who was the monarch of England when Phillip II went to war with his Spanish Armada and lost?

• Mary of Scots
• Elizabeth I
• James I
• Charles I

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Who said, "I am the state?"

• Louis XIV
• Peter the Great
• The State Legislative
• Bloody Mary

Where did Louis XIV move France's palace?

• Lyon
• Gordes
• Versailles
• Dinan

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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 wives and brought about a new religion

• 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

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

• Absolutism
• Republicanism
• Socialism 
• Parliament-arianism

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