| A | B |
| Prussia's most powerful ruler | Frederick II |
| Frederick the Great and Maria Theresa went to war over | Prussia's seizure of Silesia |
| From 1200s to the early 1700s, Russia can best be described as | controlled by an unchallenged monarchy |
| Peter the Great had his most important success in | stregthening Russia's role in foreign affairs |
| The theory of divine right proposed that | a ruler derived absolute authority to rule from God |
| During the 1500s and 1600s, the leading power in western Europe was the | Hapsburgs |
| Queen Elizabeth's reign was considered | one of England's great cultureal peridods |
| "l'etat,c'est moi" | "I am the State" |
| The most powerful ruler in Spanish history was | PhillipII |
| The greatest threats to England during Elizabeth's reign were | France and Spain |
| The Edict of Nantes allowed | Protestant worship under specific circumstances |
| As a result of the defeat of the Spanish Armada | Spain declined as a European power |
| Where was the majority of the Thirty Years War fought | Germany and Central Europe |
| The Junders were | Prussian nobility |
| The Glorious Revolution in England | ended absolutism and William and Mary rule |
| The English Bill of Rights of 1689 | limits royal power ends absolutism in England |
| Which country was the first to end absolute power by a king | England |
| What was a name of group of rationalist thinkers | philosophes |
| According to Frederick William was able to become an absolute ruler because | he forged an alliance with the Junders |
| Louis XIV was also known as | "The Sun King" |
| After the Thirty Years War the most powerful German state was | Austria |
| Enlightened Desposts | Frederick the Great/Catherine the Great |
| "Window to the West" | Peter the Great |
| Absolute Monarchs | Louis XIV/Frederick the Great/Peter the Great |
| King James I | Translation of English Bible |
| Hapsburgs | Austrian/Spanish Dynasty |
| Bourbons | French Dynasty |