Absolutism/Enlightenment

What does it mean for a King to have Divine Right? 

• Rules by the power and blessing of God. 
• Rules by the suggestions of the people.
• Rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.
• The King is not really in power at all. 

What is an absolute monarchy? 

• A system where the King or Queen rules by listening to what the public has to say.
• A King or Queen rules, but laws or ideas must be accepted by the majority of the nation.
• A system where the King or Queen has complete authority over the government and people.
• The King or Queen has absolutely no power.

_____ of Spain ruled as an absolute monarch for 42 years.

• Philip II

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Elizabeth I

_____ of France ruled as an absolute monarch for 72 years.

• Philip II

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Elizabeth I

_____ of Russia ruled as an absolute monarch for 43 years (1682-1725).

• Philip II

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Elizabeth I

The Spanish ____ was defeated by faster English ships and a savage storm in 1588.

• armada

• versailles

• chinampas

• caravel

Louis XVI built a palace called ____ for himself that housed up to 10,000 people, and put France into massive debt.

• Versailles

• Estates General

• Armada

• St. Petersburg

The title Czar means….

• King
• Caesar
• Emperor
• Boyar

Peter the Great built a new capital called ____ that was designed to be closer to the West (Europe).

• Versailles

• Moscow

• Great Petersburg

• St. Petersburg

Peter the Great wanted to modernize Russia based to the ideas of Western Europe, this was called ____.

• westernization

• easternization

• Czar

• Europa