Absolutism

Divine Right of Kings is the theory that . . . 

• Kings are Gods and all people must worship the king
• Kings rule because God chose them to rule
• Kings should only be advised by clergy
• Kings should be running the churches in their kingdoms

Which is a characteristic of Absolutism?

• Small court around the King
• freedom of Worship
• Strong Noble Classes
• Control of the Economy through Bureaucracies

Who is associated with the phrase, "I am the State?"

• Louis XIV
• Peter I
• Phillip II
• Charles I

What document was signed by William and Mary in 1689?

• The Declaration of the Rights of Man
• The Edict of Nantes
• The Magna Carta
• The English Bill of Rights

Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger.

• Mercantilism
• Westernization
• Balance of Power
• Trickle down economics

This government was started by William and Mary and forces monarchs to share powers with Parliament.

• Absolute Monarchy
• Dictatorship
• Democracy
• Constitutional Monarchy

Which document limited the powers of English monarchs?

• Petition of Rights
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• All of them

Who gained land on the Black Sea to establish a warm water port for his/her country?

• Catherine the Great

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Ivan the Terrible

Extreme spending on his estate and wars led to debt for this monarch's country and they lost power in Europe.

• Phillip II
• Louis XIV
• James II
• Frederick the Great

When Oliver Cromwell defeated Charles I in the English Civil War, the King of England was ________.

• executed by chopping off his head with an axe
• imprisoned
• fired
• drawn and quartered