WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 21 LESSON 3

WORLD HISTORY CHAPTER 21 LESSON 3

Enlightened Absolutism and the Balance of Power

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

 Why do new ideas often spark change?

Multiple Choice

Enlightenment ideas included

• A.the right to pay low taxes.

• B.freedom of religion.

• C.equality between women and men.

• D.winning wars.

Multiple Choice

It was more important to Frederick the Great to have a powerful nation than to

• A.follow all Enlightenment ideals.

• B.keep a strong bureaucracy.

• C.abolish all cruelty and torture.

• D.treat everyone humanely.

Multiple Choice

Which leader tried to make real Enlightenment changes in his or her country?

• A.Frederick II, or Frederick the Great

• B.Empress Maria Theresa

• C.Joseph II of Austria

• D.Catherine the Great

Multiple Choice

Why did Catherine the Great treat the Russian peasants badly?

• A.She resented the peasants' power.

• B.The landed nobility were more important to her for keeping Russia strong.

• C.She did not understand any Enlightenment reforms and did not favor them.

• D.The peasants were not doing their jobs to her satisfaction.

Multiple Choice

Overall, the large powerful states of Europe treated Enlightenment principles as

• A.interesting ideas but not practical.

• B.something to continually try to implement.

• C.outrageous attacks on their power.

• D.ideas of little importance.

Multiple Choice

Britain and France fought against each other in both North America and

• A.Russia.

• B.India.

• C.Britain.

• D.France.

Multiple Choice

Under the _________ , the French transferred Canada and lands east of the Mississippi to England.

• A.Treaty of Versailles

• B.Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle

• C.Treaty of Paris

• D.Treaty of London

Multiple Choice

What was the final result of the war in North America?

• A.France owned the Louisiana territory.

• B.Spain kept Spanish Florida and Cuba.

• C.Nobody won, so nobody had any more land.

• D.Great Britain became the world's greatest colonial power.

Open Ended

Why do new ideas often spark change?