World History Absolutism Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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World History Absolutism
World History Absolutism Test UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
absolutism - Correct Answer- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
(not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
absolute monarch - Correct Answer- king or queen who has unlimite...
World History Absolutism Test UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
absolutism - Correct Answer- a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
(not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
absolute monarch - Correct Answer- king or queen who has unlimited power and seeks to
control all aspects of society
divine right - Correct Answer- the idea that monarchs are God's representatives on earth and
are therefore answerable only to God
czar - Correct Answer- a Russian emperor
boyars - Correct Answer- landowning nobles of Russia
Phillip II - Correct Answer- Spain-1527; Control of Spanish and Portugese Empire; Lots of
soldiers; Huge amounts of gold and silver--personally take gold and silver from ships
Louis XIV - Correct Answer- France; Increased taxes to increase wealth of France; tried to
expand France's boundaries; Built palace and spent 2 billion dollars
Ivan the Terrible - Correct Answer- Russian; Gave Russia code of laws; killed anyone he
thought was a traitor; created own class; took land from unloyal and gave to loyal
Peter the Great - Correct Answer- Russia-1696; Traveled to Western Europe undercover;
brought back potatoes and westernized Russia; built St. Petersburg; abolished political
powers with large army; brought church under his ctonrol; reduced power of landowners
James II - Correct Answer- flaunted his Catholicism by appointing many Catholics to high
office and was eventually overthrown during the Glorious Revolution
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