Absolute Monarchs: Chapter 5 Study Guide

What is an absolute monarch?

• A king or queen that has total power

• a noble person who has absolute power

• a butterfly

• the idea that a monarch is absolutely awesome

What strategies did Louis XIV use to control the French Nobility?

• He turned the nobles against each other

• He forced the nobles to wash the dishes

• He used intendants and forced nobles to live at Versailles

• He used manipulation to scare the nobles into submission

In what ways did Louis cause suffering to the French people?

• He ran up huge debts, fought in unpopular wars, imposed heavy taxes

• He made them eat french fries, he ran up huge debts, increased taxes

• He reduced healthcare, he increased taxes, he made the people dance in the streets

• He raised taxes, drafted sons for the wars, made the people build his palace.

Which one is NOT one of the 6 results of the Peace of Westphalia?

• Weakened Spain and Austria

• Made German princes independent of the Holy Roman emperor

• Levied heavy taxes on the French people.

• established the modern state system

Why did Maria Theresa and Frederick the Great fight two wars against each other?

• They just didn't like each other

• They were fighting over territory

• Maria called Frederick a name

• Frederick wanted to live in her palace.

Who was Maria Theresa's famous daughter?

• Marie Antoinette

• Mary Queen of Scots

• Queen Elizabeth

• Jane Seymore

What was Peter the Great's primary goal for Russia?

• to create a stable and healthy economy

• to westernize Russia so that the country could compete militarily and commercially with Eastern Europe

• To make Russian food a staples in all of Europe

• to build up an army

How did Parliament try to limit the power of the English Monarchy?

• Through telling the king he couldn't pass laws without their approval

• By dismantling the monarchy

• Through the English Bill of Rights

• By putting the king in jail

Select three answers:

What three actions demonstrated that Philp II of Spain saw himself as a defender of Catholicism?

• Fought the Muslim Ottoman Epire

• Sent an armada against the Protestant England

• Fought Protestantism in the Netherlands

• Went to Mass every Sunday

Which war was sparked by religious conflict?

• The Seven Year's War

• The Thirty Years War

• The War of the Spanish Succession

• The War of the Austrian Succession