Which of the following was a challenge to the French monarchy’s philosophy of “one king, one law, one religion”?

•  absolute monarchy
• German princes
• the Huguenots
• the Catholic Church

What caused the War of Austrian Succession?

•  the rivalry between the Hapsburgs and the Hohenzollerns
• the Holy Roman Emperor’s attempt to combat Protestantism
• the launch of the Spanish Armada
• the death of Frederick the Great without a male heir

Until the Scientific Revolution, the traditional authorities on information were

•  the Church and ancient scholars.
• navigators and explorers.
• Plato and Aristotle
• Aquinas and his followers

How did Hobbes and Rousseau differ?

• Rousseau believed in the idea of a social contract; Hobbes did not.
• Rousseau believed people were naturally good; Hobbes did not.
• Rousseau believed an absolute monarchy was essential; Hobbes did not.
• Hobbes believed people needed protection from government; Rousseau did not.

Louis XIV’s greatest ambition was to

• unite the German states under his rule.
• end the rivalry with the English.
• build up the military and expand French territory.
• convert England to Catholicism.

Parliament voted to bring back the English monarchy in an event known as the_____________

• constitutional monarchy,
• Restoration,
• War of Spanish Succession
•  Petition of Right

The Edict of Nantes was a remarkable document because

•  people were no longer forced to follow the monarch’s religion.
• it set into motion the events that led to the Court of Blood
• for the first time France was a Protestant nation.
• it contained the signature of Cardinal Richelieu.

King Philip decided to invade England in order to

• stop the seadogs and return England to the Catholic Church.
• rob its treasury of gold and silver.
• convert it to Anglicanism.
• satisfy his suspicions about spies based in England.

Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

• Thomas Paine
• Thomas Jefferson
•  John Locke
• John Adams

Who argued that people had a right to overthrow a government that does not protect their natural rights?

• Voltaire
•  Hobbes
• Locke
• Newton