Louis XIV and Absolutism: April 23-28

True or False: King Louis XIV of France compared himself to the moon.

• True

• False

This palace is a symbol of royal power and absolutism:

• Buckingham Palace

• Windsor Castle

• Versailles Palace

• Winter Palace

In the late 1500s, France was torn apart by religious wars between Catholics and ___________________.

• Protestants called Huguenots

• Muslims

• Jews

• Calvinists

In the Edict of Nantes, Henry IV of France granted religious toleration to ______________________.

• Catholics

• Muslims

• Jews

• Protestants called Huguenots

Which French monarch is considered the best example of an absolute monarchy?

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Louis III

Who does a monarch claiming divine right receive their power from?

• Their mother

• The people

• God

• Parliament

Who does a monarch claiming divine right answer to?

• Their mother

• God

• Parliament

• The people

What monarch said, "Kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself are called gods"?

• Charles I

• Louis XIV

• James I

• Peter the Great

What event saw thousands of French Protestants (Huguenots) massacred?

• St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre

• St. Valentine's Day Massacre

• St. Patrick's Day Massacre

• St. Crispin's Day Massacre

By 1700, which country was considered to be the strongest in Europe?

• Spain

• France

• Netherlands

• Portugal