Absolute Monarchs!

The belief in "Divine Right" was used to support the concept of

• absolute rule

• freedom of religion

• separation of church and state

• waging war for religious purposes

After the northern Dutch gained their freedom from Spain, the United Provinces of the Netherlands established

• a republic

• a military dictatorship

• a constitutional monarchy

• an absolute monarchy

During the reign of Ivan the Terrible, which of the following suffered the greatest loss of power?

• the serfs

• the nobility

• the monarchy

• the Russian Orthodox Church

The edict of Nantes was issued in an effort to

• break the power of the French nobility

• increase the political power of the Huguenots

• increase the political power of the French Catholics

• Bring an end to the violent religious conflicts in France

For a period directly following the Thirty Years' War, the most powerful nations in Central Europe were

• Poland and Prussia

• Austria and Prussia

• Germany and Poland

• Germany and Austria

Who was the court painter for Philip IV

• Rembrant van Rijn

• Miguel Cervantes

• Rene Descartes

• Diego Velasquez

Which French King cancelled the Edict of Nantes?

• Louis III

• Louis IV

• Philip IV

• James II

Whose policies drove the French nobility to rebel against the child king he served?

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Maria Theresa

• Rene Descartes

• Oliver Cromwell

Who wrote the Spanish novel Don Quixote de La Mancha, about a poor nobleman who battled windmills?

• Diego Velazquez

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Miguel Cervantes

• Rene Descartes

Who defeated Austria territories seized by Prussia in the War of Austrian Succession?

• Maria Theresa

• James II

• Peter the Great

• William of Orange