absolutism quiz

Question 1

absolutism

Answer 1

the monarch reigns with complete power over his subjects
sovereignty of the king over the nation
justification of the divine rights of kings

Question 2

what ended in 1610 due to the assassination

Answer 2

henry IV’s attempt to control the nobility

Question 3

who took over for henry IV

Answer 3

Louis XIII

Question 4

who was Louis XIII under the guidance of

Answer 4

cardinal Richelieu

Question 5

what did Louis XIII

Answer 5

destroyed the novels castles
replaced them in court with professionals
broke the power of the huguenots (autonomy)

Question 6

what rebellion broke out in paris

Answer 6

the fronde

Question 7

what was the fronde

Answer 7

aristocratic rebellion

Question 8

who was guiding france when the fronde broke out

Answer 8

Cardinal mazarin

Question 9

when did louis XIV take the throne

Answer 9

age 5 upon his fathers death

Question 10

who did Louis XIV marry

Answer 10

Maria Theresa of Spain

Question 11

what did louis spent his life doing

Answer 11

making sure that the rebellion thing didn’t happen again

Question 12

what was louis XIV taught to do and who was he taught by

Answer 12

taught to rule strongly by his mother and advisors

Question 13

who was the sun king

Answer 13

Louis XIV

Question 14

what was louis XIV “motto”

Answer 14

i am the state!

Question 15

what did louis revoke

Answer 15

the edict of nantes

Question 16

what was the edict of nantes

Answer 16

granted huguenots substantial rights in a nation that was essentially still Catholic

Question 17

how many huguenots fled because of Louis XIV

Answer 17

200,000

Question 18

what did Louis XIV ban

Answer 18

protestantism

Question 19

who was louis finance minister

Answer 19

Jean Baptiste colbert

Question 20

what did jean baptiste colbert do

Answer 20

reduced the debt of france

Question 21

what didn’t jean baptiste colbert do

Answer 21

tride unsuccesfully to abolish internal tariffs

Question 22

what happened to louis’ wars

Answer 22

wars were expanded to the boundary of france east to the Rhineland (natural boundary)

Question 23

what was the army expanded to by Louis

Answer 23

50,000- 400,00

was the largest in europe at that time

Question 24

how many wars were there form 1667-1714

Answer 24

4 wars

Question 25

what did those 4 wars do

Answer 25

expunged the royal treasury (melting down the royal silver by the end of the third war

Question 26

what was the 4th war with louis

Answer 26

war of spanish succession

Question 27

what is the treaty of utrect

Answer 27

series of individual peace treaties

Question 28

who was Philip of Anjou

Answer 28

louis grandson

Question 29

what was agreed in the treaty of utrecht

Answer 29

that the same rules would never rule both thrones

Question 30

what were mongols also known as

Answer 30

tatars

Question 31

who dominated what until the mid 1400's

Answer 31

mongols had dominated russia until the mid 1400's

Question 32

why was it known as the golden horde

Answer 32

their tents were gold in color

Question 33

in 1480 what did russia gain

Answer 33

gains indépendance under Ivan II and beings moving east

Question 34

what is a czar

Answer 34

russian ruler

Question 35

who was in power in russia in the 1500's

Answer 35

ivan the terrible

Question 36

what wars was ivan the terrible apart of

Answer 36

south and east into siberia to gain land from the mongols poland, lithuania, and sweden (little gained, much lost)

Question 37

what did ivan order when he was angry

Answer 37

the death of his own son in a for of rage

Question 38

what year did ivan die in

Answer 38

1584

Question 39

who does ivan leave the kingdom to and why

Answer 39

a younger, weaker son. did this because he killed the other one when he was mad

Question 40

what the struggle for power called

Answer 40

time of troubles

Question 41

what happens during the time of troubles

Answer 41

civil war breaks ou t

Question 42

who was elected czar by the nobles

Answer 42

michael romanov the grand nephew of Ivan IV

Question 43

who was ivan's first wife

Answer 43

anastasia

Question 44

how did ivan meet his first wife

Answer 44

in a virgin parade; she was proud

Question 45

who were the monasteries

Answer 45

300 people selected by ivan to fight for him

Question 46

what did he do to animals

Answer 46

would torture them like it was nothings

Question 47

what did ivan suffer from

Answer 47

bone disease; his spine would shrink

Question 48

who was by ivans side for a lot of it

Answer 48

his 15 year old son

Question 49

what age did ivan die at? how did it happen

Answer 49

54. he collapsed while playing chess

Question 50

what happened when ivan died

Answer 50

he left everything in chaos; the country was weak and confused and afraid, people didn't know if it was going to survive

Question 51

what was the oprichniki

Answer 51

secret police of ivan

Question 52

what did the oprichniki dress in

Answer 52

black

Question 53

what did the oprichniki ride

Answer 53

black horses

Question 54

what were the oprichniki used for

Answer 54

to terrify people

Question 55

how many people were in the oprichniki

Answer 55

300

Question 56

what did peter the great do

Answer 56

westernized russia

Question 57

how did he westernize russia

Answer 57

dutch shipbuilding english tax system returned with artisans and experts military designs of france and germany

Question 58

who did peter defeat in 1709

Answer 58

sweden

Question 59

what did peter gain access to in 1721

Answer 59

the baltic sea

Question 60

who did peter fight to gain the black sea

Answer 60

the turks

Question 61

where did st. peter burg create his new capital

Answer 61

on the baltic sea

Question 62

what unusual tax did st. peter burg create

Answer 62

a beard tax

Question 63

what did st. petersburg alienate

Answer 63

Russian orthodox church and nobility in his restructuring

Question 64

what continued under st. petersburg daughter Elizabeth

Answer 64

reforms, and a german born daughter-in-law Catherine the great