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18.3 Absolutism in Europe

Authored by Solomon Rose

History

8th - 11th Grade

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18.3 Absolutism in Europe
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1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

5 mins • Ungraded

[Preview] Which of these words would describe your house?

Grand & roomy

Luxurious & elegant

Moderate & functional

Small & cramped

Other

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

[p1] What is ABSOLUTISM?

The state of being stable, strong enough to endure.

A political system in which a ruler holds total power.

A new religion founded by Louis XIV, merging Catholicism & Calvinism.

A view of history that denies the United States conquered California from Mexico in 1848.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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[p2] Who served as Louis XIII's chief minister, and greatly strengthened the monarchy's power?

Cardinal Richelieu

Frederick William

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Stephen Colbert

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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[p2] Who took over supreme power in France after the death of his minister Cardinal Mazarin in 1661?

(a)  

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

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[p2] What title/myth did Louis XIV foster for himself as he sought to be the sole ruler of France?

The Sun King

The God-Man

The Leviathan

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

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[p3] For what purposes did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles? THREE of these are found in the textbook.

The personal household of the king (ie where he lived full-time)

The location of the chief offices of state (ie the government's capital)

The place where powerful subjects came to find favors & offices for themselves

The king's private hunting lodge, where he would not be bothered by anyone

A school where France's best minds gathered to teach the latest scientific theories

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

[p3] What economic philosophy did Louis' controller-general Jean-Baptiste Colbert follow in order to increase France's wealth & power?

Capitalism

Mercantilism

Socialism

Absolutism

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