Enlightenment and Scientific Revolution

Louis XIV strengthened the power of the monarchy in France by

• centralizing control
• granting democratic reforms
• practicing religious toleration
• reducing the size of the bureaucracy

Historians frequently portray Louis XIV's construction of the palace of Versailles and Peter the Great's building of the city of Saint Petersburg as 

• Shrines to religious beliefs 
• monuments to personal rule
• examples of colonial architectural influence 
• efforts to isolate and protect the ruler

One way in which Peter the Great , Louis XIV, and Philip II are similar is that each 

• supported missionary efforts of the Roman Catholic Church
• sought to centralize power by limiting the power of the nobility
• fought to block the establishment of British colonies in the Western Hemisphere
• challenged feudal practices by freeing serfs

what happened in Russia as a result of actions taken by Peter the Great

• Russia was weakened by French invasions 
• Catholicism was adopted as the state of religion
• The Duma was reformed and the serfs were freed
• Russia borrowed western ideas and expanded its territories

Which form of government is associated with reigns of Suleiman the Magnificent, Akbar the Great, and Peter the Great

• Constitutional Monarchy
• Theocracy
• Direct Democracy
• Absolute Monarchy

One way in which Akbar the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Lois XIV are similar is that they were all 

• Theocratic rulers
• Elected leaders
• Absolute rulers
• Enlightened people

A dictator is similar to an absolute monarchy, in that in both forms of government, the leaders

• obtain their authority through elections
• are limited by written constitutions
• first establish their rule through the use of force
• exercise supreme power over others

Which characteristic is common to both dictatorship and absolute monarchies

• a lack of concern for territorial expansion
• support of artistic and literary freedom
• encouragement of free enterprise
• persecution of political opposition

Which is a basic characteristics of absolute monarchy

• All power is held by king and queen
• There is an elected legislature
• People's liberties are guaranteed in written constitution
• There are many political parties 

A government in which power is passed to a ruler's children is called

• a limited government
• a dictatorship
• an absolute monarchy 
• a democracy