Age of Absolutism

Louis XIV was known by what name?

• The Sun King
• The Moon King
• King of all Europe
• King of the Franks

Huguenots were Protestants from which country?

• England
• France
• Austria
• Sweden

Oliver Cromwell created what type of government after the English Civil War?

• Democracy
• Monarchy
• Commonwealth
• Oligarchy

Which czar modernized Russia by building a navy and adopting western customs?

• Ivan the Terrible
• Igor the Proud
• Nicholas IV
• Peter the Great

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute

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

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

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