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Topic 12 - Absolutism and Revolution Test

Quiz by Jason Weaver

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  • Q1
    A system of government in which the head of state is a hereditary position and the king or queen has almost complete power
    absolute monarchy
    30s
  • Q2
    a fleet of warships
    armada
    30s
  • Q3
    1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of conscience and worship.
    Edict of Nantes
    30s
  • Q4
    A palace built by Louis XIV outside of Paris; it was home to Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
    Versailles
    30s
  • Q5
    Condition of roughly equal strength between opposing countries or alliances of countries.
    Balance of Power
    30s
  • Q6
    Belief that a rulers authority comes directly from god.
    Divine Right
    30s
  • Q7
    a person who has the right to vote in an election
    Elector
    30s
  • Q8
    a professional soldier hired by a foreign army
    mercenary
    30s
  • Q9
    reduction in population
    Depopulation
    30s
  • Q10
    the peace treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War in 1648
    Peace of Westphalia
    30s
  • Q11
    This war was over the inheritance of the throne by Maria Theresa, for the Salic law prevented a woman from solely ruling the state
    War of Austrian Succession
    30s
  • Q12
    adoption of western ideas, technology, and culture
    Westernization
    30s
  • Q13
    a landowning noble of Russia
    Boyar
    30s
  • Q14
    absolute in power or authority
    autocratic
    30s
  • Q15
    port that is free of ice year round
    warm-water port
    30s

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