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Age of Absolutism

Ch. 9 World History

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Louis XIV wanted to conquer more? Land
What did Louis XIV take away from the French Protestants? Their right to worship
Who was Louis XIV? King of France
What was Louis XIV's nickname? the Sun King
Why was Sun King Louis XIV's nickname? Because he played the role of the sun in a 12 hour ballet but also because he was like the sun: everything in France & Europe revolved around him.
What is an absolutism? A ruler who holds complete power over his people.
What was Versailles? Louis' palace near Paris
Baroque Art and Architecture type of art and architecture used during Absolutism based on Roman and Greek as they knew it
Who is the Absolute Ruler of Austria? Queen Maria Theresa
Who is the first Absolute Ruler of Russia? Czar Peter the Great
Who is the second Absolute Ruler of Russia? Catherine the Great
Who is the Absolute Ruler of Prussia (today known as Germany)? Frederick the Great
What is Prussia known as today? Germany
What was the document that guaranteed the nobles certain rights and limited the King's power? Magna Carta
Who discovered the Laws of Gravity? Sir Isaac Newton
Who refined the microscope? Galileo Galilei
Who developed the Laws of Planetary Motion? Johannes Kepler
Who created the sun-centered theory of the universe? And What is it? Nicolaus Copernicus. Heliocentric Theory
What is the time when many people had an explosion of ideas in Europe? Age of Enlightenment
When people began to think in reason was known as Age of Reason
what is William Harvy known for mapping the hole circulatory system
wat is the city that Queen Maria Theresa improved the nonlegal of music and art Vienna
what is the religion using reason not faith atheist
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