Absolute monarchs questions | History homework help

Category: History

 

You will find a concise definition of absolutism here.

 

 

 

 

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

 

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:

  1. What was the purpose of the Spanish Armada? What happened to it and what was the historical impact of its outcome?
  2. What happened to the Spanish economy during Philip II’s reign?
  3. In what ways was Louis XIV able to increase his power while decreasing the power of other groups?
  4. Why did Louis XIV fight the War of the Spanish Succession?
  5. Describe the reforms Peter the Great brought to the people of Russia.
  6. Explain how and why Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church.

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