Absolute Monarchy

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

Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.

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

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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Where did Louis XIV move France's palace?

• Lyon
• Gordes
• Versailles
• Dinan

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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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A monarchy is...

• a government ruled by a president

• a government ruled by a mayor

• a government ruled by a king or queen

• a government ruled by Chuck Norris

What form of government includes a constitution which limits the king's power?

• Absolute monarchy

• Constitutional monarchy

• Republic

Which monarch was the Czar of Russia?

• King Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Phillip II

• Henry VIII

What is one reason why King Louis XIV built a palace in Versailles?

• because it was pretty

• to keep an eye on the nobles

• to be closer to family members

• to raise his family in a nice place