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WorksheetsAge of Absolutism
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is this magnificent specimen of humanity? (Hint: he called himself the Sun King.)
a)
Frederick the Great
b)
Louis XIV
c)
Richelieu
d)
Henry IV
2.
Why did France enter the Thirty Years War?
a)
To defend Catholicism
b)
To spread democracy
c)
To push back the Islamic Ottoman Empire
d)
To increase its own power and weaken the Habsburgs
3.
What were the French Protestants called?
a)
Huguenots
b)
Lutherans
c)
Russians
d)
Intendants
4.
What did the Edict of Nantes do?
a)
Ended the Thirty Years War
b)
Limited the power of English kings
c)
Gave religious freedom to French Protestants
d)
Took religious freedom away from French Protestants
5.
Who was the minister who expanded French royal power under Louis XIII?
a)
Henry Bourbon
b)
Francois Habsburg
c)
Cardinal Richelieu
d)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
6.
What was the name of the new Russian capital built by Peter the Great?
a)
St. Petersburg
b)
Berlin
c)
Versailles
d)
Moscow
7.
When Peter the Great westernized Russia, he also liberated the serfs.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Which event completes this diagram?
a)
Queen Elizabeth dies
b)
The Stuarts return to the throne
c)
Henry VIII ushers in the English Reformation
d)
The War of the Spanish Succession begins
9.
Peter the great came from which royal family?
a)
Habsburgs
b)
Bourbons
c)
Tudors
d)
Romanovs
10.
Most of the wars that Louis XIV fought were meant to do what?
a)
Conquer all of Europe
b)
Invade and conquer England
c)
Extend France's western border to the Rhine river
d)
Keep Russia weak.
11.
In what condition did the Holy Roman Empire emerge from the Thirty Years War?
a)
Weaker, smaller, and poorer
b)
Stronger, larger, and wealthier
c)
It disappeared
d)
It didn't change
12.
Which number on the map shows the kingdom that Louis XIV ruled?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
Which number on the map shows the kingdom that Peter the Great ruled?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
14.
What did the Treaty of Westphalia do?
a)
Gave independence to the Netherlands and Switzerland
b)
Ended the Thirty Years War
c)
Gave more territory to France
d)
All of the above
15.
Who led the Puritan army that overthrew the king in the English Civil War?
a)
Cardinal Richelieu
b)
Oliver Cromwell
c)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
d)
Charles Stuart
16.
Where was Louis XIV's royal palace?
a)
Paris
b)
St. Petersburg
c)
Versailles
d)
Berlin
17.
Which king was convicted of treason and executed by his own people?
a)
Louis XIV
b)
Charles I
c)
Charles II
d)
James II
18.
Who enforced the French king's will in the provinces?
a)
Huguenots
b)
Czars
c)
Puritans
d)
Intendants
19.
Which Catholic king was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution?
a)
Charles I
b)
Charles II
c)
James II
d)
Louis XIV
20.
What legal document gave England protection against absolutism?
a)
The Edict of Nantes
b)
The Treaty of Westphalia
c)
The Bill of Rights
d)
Pragmatic Sanction
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