Cardinal Richelieu

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/cardinal-richelieu

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. When was Cardinal Richelieu born?

2. 2. Where was Cardinal Richelieu born?

3. 3. When did Cardinal Richelieu die?

4. 4. What is the key political role?

5. 5. What is the major foreign policy goal?

6. 6. Who was Cardinal Richelieu?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Absolutism

• Raison d'état

• Geopolitical

• Pragmatism

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.