WorksheetsAbsolutism Vocab Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following best defines Absolutism?
A form of government where all peope have a say
A form of government where elected representatives voice the opinions and concerns of citizens
A form of government where a few people have power
A form of government where one person holds all the power
Which best defines the idea of Divine Right?
That the monarchs are chosen by the Pope
That the monarch gets their power to rule from the people
That monarchs were chosen to rule by God and are God's representatives on earth
Known as the leader of Russia
Czar
Versailles
Absolutism
Divine Right
This Russian ruler helped to modernize and "Westernize" Russia.
Tokugawa Ieyasu
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Louis XIV built this massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country.
Windsor Castle
Versailles
St. Petersburg
Fontainebleau
landowning nobles of Russia
thirty years war
7 years war
boyars
westernization
the idea that monarchs are God's representatives on Earth
Absolute monarchs
Divine Rights
Edict of nantes
Skepticism
a conflict in which a number of European countries fought to prevent the Bourbon family from controlling Spain and France
Intendents
30 Years War
7 Years War
War of Spanish Succession
a king or queen with unlimited power
Absolute monarch
Divine rights
Edict of Nantes
Boyars
a declaration in which French King Henry IV promised that protestants could live in peace in France
divine rights
Edict of Nantes
westernization
skepticism
french government officials appointed by a monarch to collect taxes and administer justice
intendents
boyars
skepticism
absolute monarchs
a philosophy based on the idea that nothing can be known for certain
divine rights
skepticism
westernization
boyars
The adoption of ideas, culture, and technology from Western regions such as the United States and Europe
Counter Terrorism
Refugees
Westernization
Terrorism
Louis XIV of France appointed which of the following to be his minister of finance?
Jean Baptiste Colbert
Claude le Peletier
Maximilien de Bethune
Cardinal Richelieu
