Absolute Monarchs—Glossary and pgs. 160-161
Directions: read the sections as directed and answer questions in the right hand blank.
Use Glossary
1. Define absolute monarch
(use glossary)
ANSWERS
2. Reread the definition you just wrote.
Underline the 2 words that you think are
the most important in the definition.
Write why you chose those 2 words.
3. Define divine right (use glossary)
4. Reread the definition you just wrote.
Underline the 2 words that you think are
the most important in the definition.
Write why you chose those 2 words.
Read “The Theory of Absolutism” p. 160
5. What was the goal of absolute
monarchs?
ANSWERS
6. To whom did absolute monarchs have
to answer?
Read “Growing Power of Europe’s
Monarchs” p. 161
7. Why did the middle class support
monarchs?
ANSWERS
8. How did monarchs pay for their
ambitions and goals?
9. What broke down during the
Reformation that opened the way for
monarchs to assume greater control?
Use your own knowledge gained in this
class to answer the last questions.
10. Before the Protestant Reformation,
who was the most powerful person in all
of Europe—even more powerful than
kings?
11. How did people like Luther, Calvin,
and Henry VIII end up helping the
absolute monarchs of Europe?
ANSWERS