Absolutism

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

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to

• Develop better relations with muslim rulers

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of political farms

• Increase human rights for citizens

Louis XIV built this massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country.

• Windsor Castle

• Versailles

• St. Petersburg

• Fontainebleau

He introduced newspapers, shaved beards, and encouraged western fashion 

• Louis the XIV
• Peter the Great
• Both

Who was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution?

• Louis XIV
• Charles I
• James II
• William and Mary

Who was king during the English Civil War?

• James I

• Charles I

• James II

• Charles II

Peter the Great changed Russia by

• abolishing all social class distinctions.

• preventing wars with neighboring nations.

• introducing new western ideas and customs.

• becoming a constitutional monarch.

When Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles I in the English Civil War, the King of England was ________.

• executed by chopping off his head with an axe
• imprisoned
• fired
• drawn and quartered

What body in England placed limits on the powers of the monarchs?

• The Church
• Parliament
• Universities
• Foreign governments

This absolute monarch was the first to Westernize Russia

• Catherine the Great

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Elizabeth I