Absolute Rulers

One of Louis XIV’s major accomplishments was

• Building the Palace of Versailles.
• Building the Buckingham Palace.
• Controlling the Baltic Sea.
• Controlling most of India.

How did Louis XIV maintain absolute rule in France?

• He had an alliance with Nazi Germany.
• He was allies with Martin Luther. 
• He weakened the power of the nobles by forcing them to be his servants. 
• None of the above. 

This Russian ruler helped to modernize and "Westernize" Russia.

• Tokugawa Ieyasu

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

What is absolutism?

• A system of government in which rulers are elected by the people and have limited powers

• An economic system in which the peasant class pays taxes to the church.

• A system of government in which rulers inherit the throne and rule with complete power

• An economic system in which the church supports the peasant class

Who was Louis XIV's financial advisor?

• Sebastian du Vauban
• Cardinal Mazarin
• Pierre Paul Riquet
• John Baptiste Colbert

Absolutism means

• the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church.

• ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.

• subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state.

• no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics.

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 XV

• Amusement - Just want to have fun and mistresses
• After us, the Deluge
• 1715 - 1774
• All of the Answers are correct

Sun King, "I am State", Palace Versailles, Longest European Monarch 72 years, 

• Henry VIII
• Louis XIV
• Louis XIII
• Jean Baptiste Colbert

9yr old king, liked wigs and fashion, just/fair

• Louis XIII
• Louis XiV
• James III
• Jimmy Nix