Absolutism Recap

The French king that called himself the "sun king" was______________.

• Edward I

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

The Spanish Armada was defeated by ___________

• England

• France

• Russia

• Germany

One of the ways that Peter the Great westernized Russia was by making men shave their beards.

• True

• False

The belief that monarchs receive their power directly from God and must only answer to God is called______________

• heavenly rule

• predestination

• divine right

• absolute divinity

After the 30 years war the Holy Roman Empire was split into a Catholic country and a Protestant country. What is the name of the Catholic country?

• Switzerland

• Prussia

• Russia

• Austria

After the 30 years war the Holy Roman Empire was split into a Catholic country and a Protestant country. What is the name of the Protestant country?

• Switzerland

• Prussia

• Russia

• Austria

Who was the first “czar” of Russia who came before Peter the Great and was known for harshly suppressing his opponents?

• Phillip II

• Vladimir Lenin

• Ivan the Terrible

• Louis XIV

_________________is a type of government where the monarch (king/queen) has total control.

• Absolutism

• Democracy

• Communism

• Fascism

Peter the Great created a new capital in ____________________Russia.

• Moscow

• Petrograd

• Kiev

• St. Petersburg

Louis XIV controlled his nobility by forcing them to live at the palace of Versailles.

• True

• False