Europe’s Absolute Monarchs Unit Test

One reason why Absolute Monarchies rose in Europe was that (a)   .

• political legislatures lost influen
• the Church lost power after the ref
• a series of state coups gave all th
• poverty allowed the seizing of all

Spain’s King Phillip II (pictured below) claimed…?

• to be a servant to his people
• he was the smartest and most capable to rule
• divine right: his power came directly from God
• moral responsibility for his people

What did King Phillip II use in order to maintain power?

• force
• the bribery of a tax-free state
• The Catholic inquisition
• the threat of revolution

What is TRUE about England’s King Henry VIII?

• he broke with the Catholic Church in order to get a divorce
• He was married to 1 woman in his entire life
• He had many children
• He was a Hapsburg King

Who was called “The Sun King”?

• Henry VIII
• Phillip II
• Louis XIV
• King Leo II

Louis XIV (pictured below) built (a)   .

• The Louvre
• Les Invalides Hospital
• The Palace of Versailles
• Opera Garnier

Match the following rulers with the countries they ruled over.

• Queen Elizabeth I ruled over…?

• Greece

• Alexander the Great ruled over…?

• Russia

• Peter the Great ruled over…?

• France

• Louis XIV ruled over…?

• England

What did Peter the Great (pictured below) implement in order to Westernize his country?

• Gender equality
• a tax system
• banking
• a simpler alphabet

Louis XIV could best be described as a(n)

• heirless king of Frace
• absolute monarch of France
• constitutional monarch
• elected parliamentary leader of France

The French phrase “L’état, c’est moi” means (a)   .

• I am the ultimate ruler
• I am the state/ The state is me
• The State is under my rule
• The state above all