Unit 1: Absolutism & French Revolution

Who was known for modernizing Russia through westernization and served as Tsar from 1682-1725?

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles-Louis de Montesquieu

What was the term for the Russian social class of hereditary nobles who opposed Peter the Great's reforms?

• Serfs

• Huguenots

• Boyars

• Merchants

Which city was built by Peter the Great as Russia's 'Window to the West'?

• Moscow

• Kiev

• Warsaw

• St. Petersburg

What term describes a system where peasants are legally bound to the land they work?

• Feudalism

• Democracy

• Mercantilism

• Serfdom

Which French king was known as the 'Sun King' and exemplified absolute monarchy?

• Charles X

• Henry IV

• Louis XIV

• Philip II

What was the name of Louis XIV's elaborate palace outside of Paris?

• Louvre

• Palace of Versailles

• Tuileries

• Fontainebleau

Which French Protestant group faced persecution under Louis XIV?

• Huguenots

• Jacobites

• Puritans

• Calvinists

What concept justified absolute monarchs' claim that their power came directly from God?

• Constitutional monarchy

• Social contract

• Divine Right of Kings

• Natural law

What was the period called when Charles I ruled England without Parliament?

• The Great Remonstrance

• The Restoration

• The Commonwealth

• Eleven Years' Tyranny

Who led the Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War?

• William of Orange

• Charles II

• Oliver Cromwell

• James II