Absolute Monarchs questions
Begin your study of this period by reading Chapter 6 in
European History
. Continue to
World Civilizations
and read
The Age of Absolutism
.
European History
. Continue to
World Civilizations
and read
The Age of Absolutism
.
Complete these questions after reading through the assigned chapters, websites, and slideshows.
Create a word processing document titled “Absolute Monarchs.” Copy the following questions to your document and answer in complete paragraphs (5 to 7 sentences).
Be sure your answers are in your own words and not just copied from the reading
Be sure your answers are in your own words and not just copied from the reading
Vocabulary : define/explain the following in your own words Reconquista absolute monarch divine right Edict of Nantes Versailles Thirty Years’ War Peace of Westphalia czar St. Petersburg Petition of Right constitutional monarch Glorious Revolution | People : identify and explain their historical importance Ferdinand and Isabella Philip II Henry of Navarre Cardinal Richelieu Louis XIV Cardianl Mazarin Jean Baptiste Colbert Maria Theresa Frederick the Great Peter the Great Henry VIII Oliver Cromwell |
Questions:
- What was the purpose of the Spanish Armada? What happened to it and what was the historical impact of its outcome?
- What happened to the Spanish economy during Philip II’s reign?
- In what ways was Louis XIV able to increase his power while decreasing the power of other groups?
- Why did Louis XIV fight the War of the Spanish Succession?
- Describe the reforms Peter the Great brought to the people of Russia.
- Explain how and why Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church.
