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Which of these statements is an example of the absolutist power of BOTH Louis XIV of France and Tsar Peter the Great of Russia?

• They invaded foreign countries to expand their empire.
• They demanded their closest advisors live in official estates.
• They allowed peasant or coerced labor to exist within their kingdom.

According to the concept of absolutism

• people have absolute power in government.
• government had absolute power and could not be disobeyed.
• there is no absolute authority in society.
• people have the right to overthrow absolute monarchies.

Who was the primary target of Peter the Great’s "Westernization" policies?

• Merchants
• European nobles
• Peasants
• Christians

The statement made by King Louis XIV where he declared "I am the state" is evidence that he was considered to be a/an

• czar
• Limited monarch
• Absolute monarch
• Benevolent dictator 

Which was NOT a common policy pursued by absolute monarchs King Louis XIV of France and Peter the Great of Russia

• Control over the economy
• Engaging in wars for more lands
• forcing nobles to westernize
• building palaces to glorify power

The French monarch who declared "I am the State"

• Charles V

• Henry IV

• Louis XIV

• Marie Theresa

The economic system being depicted is

• mercantilism

• capitalism

• militarism

• socialism

The war that was fought to prevent the thrones of Spain and France from uniting?

• Thirty Years War

• Seven Years War

• The Barbary Wars

• War of Spanish Succession

Which of the following were causes of France weakening at the end of Louis XIV's reign?

• poor harvests

• constant warfare

• revolt by the Huguenots

• increased taxes

What country is this?

• Russia

• Germany

• Ukraine

• France