| A | B |
|---|
| Louis XVI | absolute leader of France |
| Peter the Great | absolute leader of Russia |
| Divine Right | idea that God created the monarchy and that the monarch acted as Gods representatives on earth. |
| Absolutism | Kings or Queens who hold all the power in their states' boundaries |
| Versailles | Splendid court of Louis XVI that was proof of his absolute power |
| westernization | to adopt the social, political, or economic institutions of western Europe as a model for change. |
| War of Spanish Succession | a conflict, lasting from 1701 to 1713, in which a number of European states fought to prevent the [French] Bourbon family from controlling Spain as well as France. |
| boyar | landowning noble in Russia |
