Absolutism

Louis XIV of France built this as a symbol of his power and wealth?

• Brandenburg Gate

• Arc De Triumph

• Palace of Versailles

• Eiffel Tower

Which country used St. Petersburg as its capital during the Age of Absolutism?

• England

• Spain

• Russia

• France

Which monarch tried to remake his country in the image of England and the Netherlands during the Age of Absolutism?

• Louis XIV

• Charles I

• Phillip II

• Peter the Great

Who ruled France during the Age of Absolutism?

• Elizabeth I

• Charles I

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

The Dutch revolted in the Spanish controlled Netherlands in response to

• Calvinist preachers had raised an army

• The taxes were raised to an unbearable limit

• Phillip II’s enforcement of anti-Protestant laws

• Persecution of catholic caused a rebellion

What was one reason Ivan IV was called Ivan the Terrible?

• He organized a police force that murdered people he considered traitors.

• He made the nobility dependent on him and gave power to the middle class.

• He was in debt to several countries and had to declare bankruptcy.

• He poisoned his wife Anastasia because she was from a boyar family.

These were the people affected by the Edict of Nantes (French for Protestant)

• Huguenots

• Lutherans

• Calvinists

• Anglicans

The Spanish Armada was sent by Phillip II to England primarily because of

• Politics

• a divorce

• Conquest

• Religion

Which war was sparked by religious conflict and resulted in the increased power of

France, the weakening

• the Seven Years' War

• the War of Spanish Succession

• the War of the Austrian Succession

• the Thirty Years' War

Which czar tried to westernize Russia and make it into a European Power?

• Catherine the Great

• Peter the Great

• Frederick the Great

• Ivan the Terrible