Absolute Monarchs
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
|
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rule by divine right | Monarchs believed they were God's chosen representatives on earth
🗑
|
||||
| Charles V | Known as Holy Roman Emperor; wanted all to be Catholic; declared Luther an outlaw
🗑
|
||||
| Philip II | Ruled during Golden Age of Spain; devout Catholic; launched Spanish Armada
🗑
|
||||
| Spanish Armada | Fleet of Spanish ships that attempted to invade England
🗑
|
||||
| Most important reason Spain declined in the 1600s | Held on to feudalism
🗑
|
||||
| French Protestants | Huguenots
🗑
|
||||
| Belief of French monarchs | One King, One Law, One Religion
🗑
|
||||
| Henry IV | Converts to Catholicism in order to become King
🗑
|
||||
| Edict of Nantes | Issued by Henry IV to guarantee religious tolerance for Protestants
🗑
|
||||
| Louis XIII | Ruler of France who moved against Huguenots, weakened power of nobles and involved France in Thirty Years War
🗑
|
||||
| Louis XIV | Most powerful ruler of France; known as Sun King; built Versailles, revoked Edict of Nantes
🗑
|
||||
| Louis XVI | French king who was overthrown and beheaded during French Revolution
🗑
|
||||
| Henry VIII | King of England; Act of Supremacy named him head of the Church of England
🗑
|
||||
| Mary I | Queen of England; married Philip II of Spain; persecuted Protestants; Bloody Mary
🗑
|
||||
| Elizabeth I | Queen of England; established Protestantism in England; defeated Spanish Armada
🗑
|
||||
| James I | King of England; didn't like Puritans, but published English version of Bible
🗑
|
||||
| Charles I | King of England; forced to sign Petition of Rights to limit power, but then ignored it; English Civil War; found guilty for treason and executed
🗑
|
||||
| Cromwell | Lord protector of England; abolished monarchy and Parliament and established a commonwealth; promoted Puritan morality
🗑
|
||||
| Thomas Hobbes | Wrote Leviathan; argued that people needed an absolute monarch to tell them how to live because people are naturally selfish and fearful
🗑
|
||||
| Charles II | Restored monarchy to England; Restoration; passed writ of habeas corpus
🗑
|
||||
| writ of habeas corpus | Guarantees rights to people accused of crimes
🗑
|
||||
| James II | Catholic King of England; dissolved Parliament; replaced during Glorious Revolution
🗑
|
||||
| William and Mary | Established a constitutional monarchy; Parliament passed Bill of Rights to limit royal power
🗑
|
||||
| Ivan IV or Ivan the Terrible | Czar of Russia; seized power from boyars; had private army who killed those who questioned his decisions
🗑
|
||||
| Peter I or Peter the Great | Westernized Russia; began social reform; built St. Petersburg
🗑
|
||||
| Catherine II or Catherine the Great | Married Peter III, but had him killed in order to rule; added Alaska as a Russian territory
🗑
|
Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Created by:
karen.pharr
Popular World History sets