Vocabulary
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Potpourri
Hard Questions
100

Having unrestricted power

Absolute

100

What was the name of the palace that Louis XIV built?

Versailles Palace

100

Peter is considered the father of this branch of the military.

Navy

100

A set of written principles or rules used to govern a state.

Constitution

100

Late 17th-18th century intellectual movement that emphasized reason and individualism.

The Enlightenment

200

Dramatic and wide-reaching change in people's ideas about something

Revolution

200

Louis centralized his power by making who live in the palace with him?

Nobles or nobility

200

Peter moved the Russian capitol from Moscow to this city.

St. Petersburg

200

This disease ravaged the European continent in 1347.

The Black Death

200

The palace at Versailles cost around 600 million livres in the late 1600's, what is the estimated equivalent of that in today's money?

Around $780 million

300

To give greater knowledge or understanding about something

Enlighten

300

Louis rule for how many years?

72 years

300

In an effort to "westernize" Russia, Peter instituted this tax on men.

Beard tax

300

This was the second part of the journey during the Atlantic slave trade (Triangle Trade).

The Middle Passage

300

The word "tsar" or "czar" is the Russian word for what?

Caesar (emperor or king)

400

A king or a queen

Monarch or monarchy

400

Louis XIV was also known by what title?

The Sun King

400

Peter made most Russian peasant into this to help him build his projects and serve in the military.

Serfs

400

An eyewitness account of an event is considered what type of source.

Primary source

400

What was the name of the elite Russian guards who guarded the czars?

Streltsy (streltsi)

500

Belief that God has given a ruler their power

Divine right

500

Louis XIV largely ignored this French law making body.

Estates General or French Parliament

500

Peter defeated this country which gave him control of the Baltic Sea.

Sweden

500

He painted the Sistine Chapel during the Renaissance.

Michelangelo

500

King William and Queen Mary established the English Bill of Rights meaning that this governing body was now stronger than the king and queen.

Parliament