Misc.
France
Russia
India
Absolutism
100
This means a period of great change.
What is revolution?
100
Louis XIV held his massive parties at this palace outside Paris.
What is Versailles?
100
This ruler helped westernize Russia.
Who was Peter the Great?
100
This leader ruled the area of what would be modern day Pakistan/ India.
Who is Akbar the Great?
100
This is when a monarch holds power over every aspect of the state.
What is absolute monarchy?
200
He wrote "it is better to be feared than loved" and "the ends justify the means".
Who was Machiavelli?
200
This was the purpose of the Edict of Nantes.
What is religious toleration of Huguenots?
200
Some modern countries that were incorporated in Peter the Great's expansion.
What are Bulgaria, Ukraine, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, etc.?
200
Akbar the Great ruled this empire.
What is the Mughal Empire?
200
This is the source of the absolute ruler's power in a religious context.
What is divine right?
300
A representative government.
What is a republic?
300
Social classes in France were divided into these.
What are estates?
300
This was the religion of Peter the Great.
What is Orthodox Christian?
300
One of the highlights of Akbar the Great's rule.
Teacher discretion.
300
This is one reason people would give up their rights to an absolute ruler.
Teacher discretion.
400
They supposedly said "Let them eat cake"
What is Marie Antoinette?
400
This is was the most dramatic economic trouble facing Louis XIV during his reign.
What is massive debt?
400
This is an example of Peter's reforms.
What are women's rights, potato crops, newspapers, western fashion, and science education.
400
This was another highlight of Akbar the Great's rule.
Teacher discretion.
400
This is another reason people would give up their rights to an absolute ruler.
Teacher discretion
500
He wrote about the natural rights of men.
Who was John Locke?
500
He was known as the Sun King.
Who was Louis XIV?
500
This is the new capital of Russia built by Peter the Great.
What is St. Petersburg?
500
This water body borders the Mughal Empire.
What is the Bay of Bengal?
500
This is the opposite of absolutism.
Democracy.
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