Absolutism Vocabulary Quiz

What is absolutism?

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A fleet of warships

• The title for the emperor in Russia and other Slavic nations

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

What is an armada?

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A fleet of warships

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

• The title for the emperor in Russia and other Slavic nations

What is a constitutional monarchy?

• A fleet of warships

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• The title for the emperor in Russia and other Slavic nations

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

What is a czar/tzar?

• The title for the emperor in Russia and other Slavic nations

• A fleet of warships

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

What is the divine right of kings?

• A political and religious belief that God gives the royal family, and the king in particular, the right to rule

• A fleet of warships

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

What is a dynasty?

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• The title for the emperor in Russia and other Slavic nations

• A fleet of warships

• A sequence of rulers from the same family, usually in the context of a monarchical system

What is the Edict of Nantes?

• An edict issued by French King Henry IV that ended the French Wars of Religion by granting official tolerance to Protestantism

• A fleet of warships

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

What is the Glorious Revolution?

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A fleet of warships

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

• The term for the largely peaceful transition to power of William and Mary of Orange in Great Britain

What is a monarchy?

• A fleet of warships

• A system of government that is ruled by a King or Queen

• The title for the emperor in Russia and other Slavic nations

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

What is the Petition of Right?

• A 1628 document in England that helped citizens gain rights and limited some of the power of the English monarchy

• A monarchy that exists alongside and as part of a set of written laws

• A belief that a monarch should control everything about a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms

• A fleet of warships