Ch. 18 Absolutism Vocab

A political system in which a ruler holds total power

• Absolutism

• Communism 

• Capitalism

• Realism

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The belief that a ruler’s authority comes directly from God  

• Divine Right of Kings

• Cabinet  
• Czar (Tsar)
• Oligarchy

a Russian noble

• Boyar
• Czar

• Monarch

• peasant

Russian for caesar; the title used by Russian emperors

• Czar (Tsar)
• Emperor

• Monarch

• Autocrat

One who does not conform to established doctrine

• heretic

• boyar

• czar

• monarch

A fleet of warships

• canoes

• caravels

• armada

• schooner

A rapid increase in prices

• inflation

• price gap

• interest rates

• salary

A government by a sovereign ruler such as a king or queen

• anarchy

• oligarchy

• monarchy

• theocracy

The independence of a state combined with the right and power of regulating itself without foreign interference

• national sovereignty

• freedom

• democracy

• independence

Supporters of King Charles I in the English Civil War

• Flatheads

• Whigs

• Roundheads

• Cavaliers