Unit 3 - Absolute Power

Question 0

Absolute Monarch

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A type of government where the ruler has absolute power over his people

Question 1

Divine right to rule

Answer 1

The belief that a ruler’s right to rule comes directly from God

Question 2

Sun King

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King Louis XIV of France; practiced absolutism and attempted to increase France’s land

Question 3

“I am the state”

Answer 3

Express idea that the King holds absolute power.

Question 4

Palace of Versailles

Answer 4

Grand palace, former residency for royalty, center of French court, spectacular display of French Baroque architecture

Question 5

Hugeunots

Answer 5

A French Protestant in the 16th to 17th Centuries

Question 6

“Natural Frontiers”

Answer 6

Blahahahdu

Question 7

Wars of Religion

Answer 7

Conflicts in France between Protestants and Catholics

Question 8

Intendant

Answer 8

A title given to high-ranking officials

Question 9

Peace of Utrecht

Answer 9

A series of treaties between France and other European powers concluding the War of the Spanish Succession

Question 10

French nobles

Answer 10

Privileged upper class in France which had special rights and prerogatives

Question 11

King Philip II

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King of Spain; Spanish empire attained it’s greatest influence, power and extent during his reign

Question 12

King Louis XIV

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King of France, ruled for 72 years, ushered in a golden age of literature and art, and expanded France’s borders.

Question 13

Peter the Great

Answer 13

Russian tsar who introduced many social reforms and founded St. Petersburg

Question 14

King Louis XIII

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King of France; reign saw expansion of absolute monarch powers, made France a leading European power

Question 15

Cardinal Mazarin

Answer 15

Italian born French cardinal who exercised political influence as the minister and tutor of Louis XIII

Question 16

King Henry VIII

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King of England who precipitated the Act of Supremacy in order to divorce his wife Catherine of Aragon.

Question 17

Cardinal Richelieu

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French clergyman and chief of government under Louis XIII.

Question 18

Jean Baptiste Colbert

Answer 18

French politician who served as the advisor to King Louis XIV

Question 19

Elizabeth I

Answer 19

Queen of England who established the Church of England.

Question 20

Henri IV

Answer 20

King of France who gave Protestants more rights in the Edict of Nantes.