French and Russian Absolutism

French Rulers

100

The Sun King; built the Versailles Palace, used intendants to govern France, fought wars to make his grandson King of Spain.

Louis XIV

200

First Bourbon king of France; granted religious toleration in the Edict of Nantes; converted to Catholicism to avert a civil war; extremely popular king.

Henry of Navarre (Henry IV)

300

Uninterested in ruling, this monarch effectively gave his power to his chief minister, who ran France for him.

Louis XIII

400

Strengthened the central government; made it hard for nobles and Huguenots to rebel; fought many wars to weaken France's enemies.

Cardinal Richelieu

500

This succeeded Cardinal Richelieu, and is best known for increasing taxes and strengthing the central government which leads to anti-Mazarin riots. 

Cardinal Mazarin

All about Russia

100

Title of Russian monarch; means "Caesar"

Czar or Tsar

200

Capital city of early Russia

Moscow

300

Version of Christianity practiced by Russians

Russian Orthodox

400

Russian alphabet, based on Greek

cyrillic

500

Early in its history, Russia had been totally conquered and ruled by which people? 

The Mongols

Russian Rulers

100

This ruler is known for throwing off the rule of foreign Mongols

Ivan III (the Great)

200

This ruler created a secret police force and wore black and rode black horses. 

Ivan IV (the Terrible)

300

True or false, Peter the Great was part of the Romanov Dynasty which ruled Russia for 300 years?

True

400

This Russian ruler was actually of German descent, and took control after her husband passed away. 

Catherine the Great

500

This Russian ruler was in power for less than a year before being ousted (possibly murdered) by his wife. 

Peter III (Grand Duke Peter)

Peter the Yolked (aka the Great)

100

Peter the Great builds this new city, moving the capital of Russia from Moscow to here. 

St. Petersburg

200

Peter improves the status of these people, allowing them to attend social events for the first time ever. 

Women

300

True or false, Peter forced nobles to shave their beards and give up their traditional Russian robes in favor of Western suits/ clothing

True

400

Peter the Great reforms this, which helps it lead to becoming one of the great powers of Europe. 

The military

500

Peter the Great introduces the major food/ crop to Russia. 

Potatoes

Odds and Ends

100

Henry of Navarre abandons Protestantism and becomes a? 

Catholic

200

The Hall of Mirrors is known for being located in this place. 

Palace of Versailles

300

This place is large by land mass; is extremely cold; home to 15 time zones. 

Russia

400

A system of government where the head of state is a hereditary king or queen with almost complete power

Absolute Monarchy 

500

Over 75% of the Russian population lives in the ________ portion of Russia? 

Eastern