Absolute Monarchs in Europe

What is Divine Right?

• a set of rules used by the greeks

• the God given right to rule

• Hitler's reason to exterminate Jewish people

• Machiavelli's theory on power

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Which monarch was the Czar of Russia?

• King Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Phillip II

• Henry VIII

Phillip II of Spain believed it was his duty to defend this branch of Christianity.

• Calvinism

• Catholicism

• Protestantism

• Baptism

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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

The "Sun King" - "I am the state."

• Louis XIV

• Thomas Hobbes

• Peter the Great

• Henry VIII

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William and Mary ruled England with this type of government...

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• republic

• constitutional monarchy

What body in England placed limits on the powers of the monarchs?

• The Church
• Parliament
• Universities
• Foreign governments

Louis XIV built this palace as a symbol of Frances wealth and power.

• Taj Mahal
• Buckingham Palace
• Versailles
• Huguennots

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

Who modernized Russia bringing better shipbuilding, gov't, manufacturing, city planning, music, and fashion

• Louis XIV
• Catherine the Great
• Peter the Great
• Ivan III