Age of Absolutism (Ernst))

The divine right theory is the belief a ruler has absolute power since s/he was established by ________________.

• God

• The people

• The pope

• Destiny

French Protestants are known as the ____________________.

• Sea Dogs

• Huguenots

• Roundheads

• Regimers

What did King Louis XIV build that became a symbol of French wealth, power, and cultural influence?

• The Palace of Versailles

• The Eiffel Tower

• The Louvre

• The French Armada

Who led the Roundheads in the English Civil War?

• Philip II

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles I

• Armand Richelieu

What is the event when William & Mary of Orange took the English throne from James II without violence?

• The English Civil War

• The Thirty Years' War

• The Battle of Hastings

• The Glorious Revolution

Louis XIV was known by what name?

• The Sun King
• The Moon King
• King of all Europe
• King of the Franks

Huguenots were Protestants from which country?

• England
• France
• Austria
• Sweden

Which czar modernized Russia by building a navy and adopting western customs?

• Ivan the Terrible
• Igor the Proud
• Nicholas IV
• Peter the Great

Who was the king during the English Civil War?

• Peter the Great
• Martin Luther
• Oliver Chromwell
• Charles I

Who was Louis XIV?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

• This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.