Absolutism & Age of Reason Test Review

Which of these is the BEST example of "limited government" in our national government?

• The Bill of Rights
• The Federalist Papers
• The Emancipation Proclamation
• The Declaration of Independence

When Mary and William took over the throne in England in 1688 when James II abdicated, why was it called the Glorious Revolution?

• because it restored the glory of the British Empire
• because it put a Protestant back on the English throne
• because the revolution was bloodless and without violence
• because it made England a world power by uniting it with the Dutch

During the 16oos and 1700s, most of Europe was ruled by unlimited governemnts. Which of the following is an example of an unlimited government?

• anarchy
• constitutional monarchy
• democracy
• absolute monarchy

The roots of our system of government date back to ____.

• England
• France
• Russia
• Austria

The Stuart rulers of England came to power in 1603. They told the people they were God's representatives on Earth. They angered many English citizens with their belief in __.

• the lawmaking power of parliament

• the goal of Puritan reformers

• the separation of church and state

• the idea of divine right

During the English Restoration, Parliament ___.

• set up a commonwealth
• tried and executed Charles I
• offered the throne to William and Mary
• returned the monarchy to England

The English Civil War and the execution of Charles I led one political thinker to declare that people could not be trusted to govern themselves. He believed people needed a strong, absolute ruler. Who was he?

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Baron de Montesquieu
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

French philosophers were inspired by __. 

• the rule of Catherine the Great
• the Glorious Revolution in England
• France's absolute monarchy
• teachings of the Catholic Church

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 a written constitution 
• first establish their rule through the use of force
• exercise supreme power over others

John Locke believed that people are basically good and that their experiences shape their lives.

• True
• False