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WorksheetsUnit 3 - Age of Absolutism
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who traveled to Western Europe in disguise to learn about European culture?
a)
Peter the Terrible
b)
Ivan the Conquerer
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Queen Elizabeth I
2.
Where do Absolute Monarchs say they get their power from?
a)
God
b)
The People
c)
Parliament
d)
Their army
3.
The adorable twin photographer grandpas in the Abundance room at the Palace of Versailles was a camera glitch.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
Why was Spain mad at England leading up to the Spanish Armada?
a)
Spain was Catholic and England was Protestant
b)
England was helping pirates raid the spanish treasure ships
c)
The English helped the Dutch fight Spain for their independence
d)
all of the above
5.
Which absolute monarch fought with parliament and was eventually beheaded for it?
a)
Peter the Great
b)
King Philip
c)
Louis XIV
d)
Charles I
6.
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
a)
He led the Spanish Armada
b)
He was an English sailor
c)
He was a pirate
d)
He was a Spanish priest
7.
Who was the cousin of Queen Elizabeth who plotted to kill her and was then beheaded?
a)
Philip I
b)
Mary Tudor
c)
Catherine Howard
d)
Mary Queen of Scots
8.
What led to the demise of Spain?
a)
The Spanish Armada
b)
Inflation
c)
Inbreeding
d)
All of the above
9.
Why did the Spanish Armada fail?
a)
England's naval army was bigger and more powerful
b)
The Spanish used pirates instead of sailors and they weren't loyal
c)
England was warned ahead of time
d)
All of the above
10.
Who has power in an absolute monarchy?
a)
The monarch
b)
The monarch and nobles
c)
The monarch, nobles, and the army
d)
The monarch, nobles, army, and the people
11.
Why was Mary Tudor nicknamed "bloody mary"
a)
She was beheaded
b)
She murdered non-catholics when she was queen
c)
She killed her cousin
d)
she murdered catholics when she was queen
12.
What is one reason why Queen Elizabeth was so well liked by her people?
a)
She built the Palace of Versailles
b)
She allowed for freedom of religion in her country
c)
She was married to King Philip I
d)
She never killed anyone
13.
What is one negative effect Louis XIV had on France?
a)
He created a powerful army
b)
he encouraged manufacturing within France
c)
He taxed his people in order to build the Palace of Versailles
d)
He participated in the fur trade with native americans
14.
Which monarch was the last of the Habsburg Dynasty in Spain?
a)
Charles I
b)
Charles II
c)
Philip I
d)
Peter the Great
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