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Absolute Monarchs In Europe

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Divine Right?

a)

a set of rules used by the greeks

b)

the God given right to rule

c)

Hitler's reason to exterminate Jewish people

d)

Machiavelli's theory on power

2.

Which monarch was the Czar of Russia?

a)

King Louis XIV

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Phillip II

d)

Henry VIII

3.

Phillip II of Spain believed it was his duty to defend this branch of Christianity.

a)

Calvinism

b)

Catholicism

c)

Protestantism

d)

Baptism

4.
Who was the monarch of England when Phillip II went to war with his Spanish Armada and lost?
a)
Mary of Scots
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
James I
d)
Charles I
5.

The "Sun King" - "I am the state."

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Henry VIII

6.

Led the "Roundheads" in the English Civil War

a)

Oliver Cromwell

b)

John Locke

c)

Sir Isaac Newton

d)

William Harvey

7.
What was restored in England during the Restoration?
a)
Parliament
b)
Catholics
c)
Charles I
d)
monarchy
8.

William and Mary ruled England with this type of government...

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

dictatorship

c)

republic

d)

constitutional monarchy

9.
What body in England placed limits on the powers of the monarchs?
a)
The Church
b)
Parliament
c)
Universities
d)
Foreign governments
10.
Louis XIV built this palace as a symbol of Frances wealth and power.
a)
Taj Mahal
b)
Buckingham Palace
c)
Versailles
d)
Huguennots
11.

What is one reason why King Louis XIV built a palace in Versailles?

a)

because it was pretty

b)

to keep an eye on the nobles

c)

to be closer to family members

d)

to raise his family in a nice place

12.
Who modernized Russia bringing better shipbuilding, gov't, manufacturing, city planning, music, and fashion
a)
Louis XIV
b)
Catherine the Great
c)
Peter the Great
d)
Ivan III
13.
Peter the Great moved the capital city of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg to:
a)
Be closer to Western Europe in order to open up trade through the Baltic Sea
b)
Move away from the famine and plague that killed thousands
c)
Move away from invading Mongols and other east Asian invaders
d)
Be closer to the great iron reserves of northern Russia