Unit 14 Test Review

Which was NOT a common policy pursued by absolute monarchs King Louis XIV of France and Peter the Great of Russia?

• extending control over the economy

• engaging in wars for more territory

• forcing the nobility to westernize

• building palaces to glorify their power

The statement made by King Louis XIV where he declared "I am the state" is evidence that he was considered to be a/an

• czar

• limited monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• benevolent dictator

Absolutist monarchs in Europe sought to do which of these?

• increase political rights for commoners

• encourage the rebellion of peasants and serfs

• to prove their greatness by emancipating slaves

• centralize political power within their country

Who was the primary target of Peter the Great’s "Westernization" policies?

• christians

• merchants

• nobles

• peasants

According to the concept of absolutism

• people have absolute power in government.

• there is no absolute authority in society.

• people have the right to overthrow absolute monarchies.

• government had absolute power and could not be disobeyed

"His Ministers, generals, mistresses, and courtiers soon found out his weak point, namely, his love of hearing his own praises. There was nothing he liked so much as flattery, or, to put it more plainly, adulation; the coarser and clumsier it was, the more he relished it.... He took to himself the credit of their successes with admirable complacency, and honestly believed that he was all his flatterers told him.... Not only did he expect all persons of distinction to be in continual attendance at Court, but he was quick to notice the absence of those of inferior degree... (I)n the gardens of Versailles (the only place where the courtiers in general were allowed to follow him), he used to cast his eyes to right and left; nothing escaped him, he saw everybody."

- Duc de Saint-Simon, c.1710

This passage is describing which absolutist ruler?

• Peter I

• Louis XIV

• Louis XVI

• Henry VII

Which of these statements is an example of the absolutist power of BOTH Louis XIV of France and Tsar Peter the Great of Russia?

• They invaded foreign countries to expand their empire.

• They demanded their closest advisors live in official estates.

• Ivan the Terrible

• Catherine the Great

· Centralized Russia's government

· Modernized the army & created the navy

· Improved manufacturing and trade

· Helped to Westernize Russia

These terms are describing what Russian ruler?

• August II

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

• Catherine the Great

Which French king is sometimes called the Sun King because he believed that his country should revolve around him much as the planets revolve around the sun?

• Phillip V

• Charles V

• Louis XIV

• Edward VI

Title I. Creation and Organization of the Legion of Honor.

"In the colonies restored to France in fulfillment of the treaty of Amiens of 6 Germinal, Year X, slavery shall be maintained in conformity with the laws and regulations in force prior to 1789."

- excerpt from French law passed by Napoleon, May 1802

Using the passage, what is the result of France's passing this law?

• France re-introduced slavery to Canada.

• Haiti waged a successful slave revolt to win its independence.

• Slaves throughout North America began to demand immediate emancipation.

• Haiti waged an unsuccessful slave revolt in which France won, reinstating the international slave trade.