Absolute Monarchs Web Quest
Directions: to enable links hold down your ctrl button and click your mouse on link. Check out each link and answer the question on your paper
(in pen, no cutting and pasting
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Louis XIV
Check out the 360 view of the Hall of Mirrors
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/1_The_restored_Hall_of_Mirrors_revealed_to_the_public.php
click on Panoramic 1, 2, 3, and 4 to see the view of the Hall of Mirrors
Read the selection below about the Hall of Mirrors – what is displayed upon the ceilings?
Read the selection on courtiers
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/314_Courtiers.php
Describe the ways you might find favor with Louis?
Court life
http://www.louis-xiv.de/index.php?t=court&a=saintsimon
Describe some of Louis personal characteristics
best pictures of Versailles – go through the picture gallery
http://www.benoa.net/france/versailles/
Describe 3 things you saw:
More on Louis:
Yahoo Search Louis XIV of France
Google Search Louis XIV France
Ivan the Terrible
http://www.ivan-the-terrible.com/2007/01/04/ivan-the-terrible-pictures/
Describe what Ivan looks like:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kvenjb/madmonarchs/ivan4/ivan4_bio.htm Biography
Describe what happened to Ivan’s uncles:
Describe the cruelty Ivan suffered in the palace:
Why did Ivan kill his son?
Peter the Great
http://www2.sptimes.com/Treasures/TC.2.3.6.html picture and short bio
What happened to Peter’s eldest son?
http://www.didyouknow.cd/peter.htm
How did Peter the Great die?
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/server/show/conWebDoc.158 Good Q&A
Why was Peter's journey to Europe considered unusual?
Why did Peter travel to Europe? Was his trip a success?
Scroll through the pictures of present day St. Petersburg:
http://www.russian-st-petersburg.com/PhotosPetersburg/index.html
http://spb.broslavets.ru/83680023.jpg
http://spb.broslavets.ru/83710025.jpg
http://spb.broslavets.ru/83710037.jpg
Make 3 comments about what you saw:
Catherine the Great
http://eorr.home.netcom.com/JPJ/1788.html
What policies of Peter did Catherine continue?
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/catherinegreat/p/catherinegreat.htm
Where was Catherine born?
What was Catherine known for?
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/russia/catherine.html
How did Catherine help improve medical conditions and education in Russia?
When you are finished look through some more cool pictures of Versailles - check out the different sites
http://www.a-castle-for-rent.com/versailles/