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9th Grade Chapter 17

Review of the Age of Absolutism

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Absolute Monarch Ruler with complete authority over the government and the people's lives.
Balance of Power The distribution of military and economic power that prevented any one nation from dominating one another.
Divine Right The belief that the authority to rule comes directly from God.
Habeas corpus States that no person can be held in prison without first being charged with a crime.
Limited Monarchy A government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch's powers.
El Greco A famous Spanish painter during Spain's golden age.
Huguenots the Edict of Nates in 1598 granted religious tolerance to the Huguenots.
Peter the Great This ruler forced western technologies and social customs on the Russian people. He wanted to gain warm-water ports on the Black Sea.
Miguel de Cervantes the author of Don Quixote, the first modern novel in Europe.
Who changed Russia by introducing western ideas and customs? Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
Theory of Divine Right The belief that authority to rule comes directly form God.
Louis XIV an absolute monarch
Mercantilism the colonial powers considered their colonies to be possessions to benefit the imperial power.
Westernization Peter the Great wanted to westernize Europe by building St. Petersburg, making men shave their beards and dress in westernized clothing.
Thirty Years War Left Germany divided into more than 360 separate states.
St. Petersburg A symbol of Peter's desire to form a modern Russia.
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