Absolute Basics
What is Absolutism
A system of government where one ruler holds total power.
What item often represents royal authority and power?
A crown or scepter.
What do we call a government led by a king or queen that shares power with the Parliament.
A limited monarchy.
What time period came before the Age of Absolutism?
The Renaissance or Reformation
What is the name of the city Peter the Great built?
St.Petersburg
The belief that kings got their power from God
Divine Rights
To show wealth and control nobles moarchs would build large palaces. What is the name of the palace Louis XIV built?
Versailles
What two douments limited the power of the king and were known as the beinning of a parliamentary democracy?
Magna Carta and Engligh Bill of Rights
Why did monarchs gain more power after the Reformation and wars of religion?
The church lost power and people wanted stability.
Why did Peter fight countries such as Sweden for?
access to a port for trade with the West.
In an absolute monarchy, who makes the laws?
The monarch
What title did Russian rulers use that means “King”?
Czar (or Tsar).
List one ruler from both the Ottoman Empire and Mughal Empire and where they ruled.
Sulieman the Magnificient- Ottoman Empire (spanned over three continents)
Akbar the Great-Mughal Empire (Modern day India and Pakistan)
Which king of England caused the entire country to convert to Protestant?
Henry VIII
The idea that Russians would change their styles, culture and become more like Western Eurpoeans.
Westernization
How did monarchs show their absolute power?
control nobles, make laws, dispense justice,taxes, artwork, builing huge monuments
What is the famous line that Louis said referring to his relationship with France?
"I am the State"
What does “centralized power” mean?
All power is controlled by one person or place.
What are Sulieman the Great and Akbar the Great known for?
Religious toleration
What is the name of the tax that Peter implemented on the Russian nobility?
The Beard Tax
What was one negative effect of absolutism on the people?
Heavy taxes, loss of rights, or lack of representation.
What was one way that Louis XIV controlled his nobles?
Forcing them to live at Versailles and giving them demeaning jobs.
What is the name of the document created as a reaaction of the abuse of power by monarchs?
The Magna Carta
What is one similarity AND difference between Peter the great and Louis XIV vs. Sulieman the Magnificient and Akbar the Great
List three changes Peter make to Russia.
Westernization, Baltic Sea port, St.Petersburg, first navy, school