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

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

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

What was the divine right of kings?

• Kings were descended from God.
• Kings were the head of the church/
• Kings received their authority from God alone.
• Only kings were able to decide what people believed.

Where did Louis XIV move France's palace?

• Lyon
• Gordes
• Versailles
• Dinan

Who was the clear winner of the Thirty Years War and gained territory in Spain and Germany?

• Austria

• Prussia

• France

• Germany

This Prussian leader would rather recite poetry and play the flute than study war strategies.

• Charles VI

• Frederick I

• Frederick Theresa

• Frederick II

By using his army to win victories over the great powers of Europe, Frederick II earned this nickname.

• Frederick the Great

• Frederick of Silesia

• Frederick the Conqueror

• Frederick the Bold

Why did Peter The Great set out on his voyage?

• To take down slave revolts

• To learn about western technology

• To patition Poland.

• to reorganize the government

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