A system in which a ruler holds total power is known as 

Who did Cardinal Richelieu believe was a threat to the French King's power? 

Where did Louis XIV establish his royal court? 

Louis XIV was 

As French minister of finance, Jean-Baptiste Colbert implemented which type of policies? 

Austria and Prussia had previously been part of which empire? 

The empires of Austria and Prussia were created as a result of the 

Which of the following laid the foundation for the formation of the Prussian state? 

Prussian land-owning aristocracy were known as 

Which of the following created the Austrian empire? 

Who was the first czar of Russia? 

Russian nobles were known as 

Peter the Great was part of which Russian dynasty? 

Which port city was constructed on the Baltic Sea as Russia's "window to the West?"

Which of the following did NOT practice absolutism?