Absolute Monarchs
A form of government in which a ruler holds nearly unlimited political power.
What is an absolute monarch?
The Russian ruler who introduced Western-style reforms and expanded Russia’s military and government.
Who is Peter the Great?
The model of the universe that places the Sun at the center.
What is the heliocentric model?
The intellectual movement that emphasized reason, natural rights, and the improvement of government and society.
What is the heliocentric model?
Mr. Meller's son
Who is Sonny?
The French king who used divine right to justify his absolute rule and built Versailles.
Who is King Louis XIV?
Peter the Great’s policy of adopting Western European ideas, technology, clothing, education, and military practices.
What is westernization?
The astronomer who proposed the heliocentric theory.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
The Enlightenment thinker who argued that government should protect life, liberty, and property.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus?
When is 1992?
The belief that a monarch’s authority comes directly from God.
What is Divine right to rule?
An example of Westernization policies of Peter the Great involving clothing
What is the order of Russian nobles to wear Western-style clothing and even cut traditional coats to encourage this cultural change?
The instrument Galileo used to observe the skies and gather evidence supporting the heliocentric model.
What is a telescope?
The idea of Montesquieu that splits the government into legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is a telescope?
The two rooms you can usually find Mr. Meller
Where is 403 and 527?
This Enlightenment Thinker would most agree with Absolute Monarchs
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
What is mass execution?
The shape of planetary motion described by Johannes
What is an ellipses?
The belief that government should follow the thoughts of the majority of a population
What is the General Will?
The person who had the first-ever stapler.
Who is King Louis XV of France?
The Differences between an Absolute Monarch and a Constitutional Monarch
What is an absolute monarch having greater control because a constitution, legislature, or representative body does not significantly limit the absolute monarch?
One effect of Peter the Great on Russia.
What is strengthening Russia as a European power?
What is creating resistance, as many nobles and traditionalists opposed the forced changes?
One way the Scientific Revolution challenged traditional authority?
What is relying on observation, experimentation, and mathematical evidence rather than accepting traditional authority alone?
The belief that the people have a right to overthrow a government if their promises are not kept.
What is the Social Contract?
The age of Henry, Mr. Meller's dog
What is 7 years old?