Absolute Monarchs

What political purpose did the splendid Palace of Versailles serve?

• To aid the artists of the time by displaying their works for others to see

• To show the power of Louis XIV and arouse envy of the other monarchs

• To reflect the religious faith of Louis XIV and give the appearance of strength and virtue

• To reflect Louis XIV’s ideas of westernization and his desire to modernize his country

A contributing factor to Louis XIV power was:

• Creating a standing army

• Granting power to the nobles

• Creating peace

• Lose control of policymaking

How did the Ottomans deal with different cultures and religions within their empire?

• They created a legal code that emphasized the separation of church and state.

• They banned the practice of non-Muslim religions in the empire and drove out

  those who would not convert.

• They were generally tolerant and allowed separate communities to manage their own religious affairs.

• They worked to convert people in the empire to Catholicism but allowed Jews to

  maintain separate communities.

An absolute monarch justified their power with the theory known as—

• balance of power

• Divine right

• pragmatic sanction

• regiment of grants

How did the Ottoman Empire come to an end?

• It gradually declined over many centuries.

• It suddenly broke apart due to violent peasant revolts.

• It was conquered by the Byzantine Empire.

• It was destroyed by the bubonic plague.

The strong legal code developed under the sultan Suleyman the Magnificent was

based on-

• Hebraic law

• the Justinian Code

• the Napoleonic Code

• Islamic law

What country is Catherine “the great” associated with?

• Germany

• France

• Russia

• Spain

What king became France’s most powerful ruler and boasted “I am the State” and

was called the ‘Sun King’

• Henry II

• Henry IV

• Louis IX

• Louis XIV

The czar who built a new capital that became known as the “window to the west”

and endorsed western European customs was-

• Peter I

• Michael Romanov

• Ivan IV

• Louis XIV

People living in the Ottoman Empire under Akbar's rule experienced

• A decline in royal patronage of the arts

• Political harmony between religions

• Equal treatment among the classes

• Religious tolerance and artistic achievements