Unit 3 Absolutism to Revolution Review

Why would absolute monarchs claim divine right?

• To seize the lands of feudal nobles
• to justify their authority to rule
• to satisfy the demants of religious leaders
• to ensure the good of the people

With which statement would Enlightenment thinker John Locke have agreed?

• An enlightened absolute monarchy is the best way to ensure an orderly society.
• The Glorious Revolution violated the rights of the English people.
• People have the right to overthrow a government that violates their rights.
• Monarchy is necessary because people are naturally cruel and selfish.

Which document states that, when a government does not honor its obligations to its people, the people have the right to overthrow it?

• U.S. Constitution
• Declaration of Independance
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights

This is when a monarch has complete authority over a government and its people.

• absolute monarchy
• divine right
• constitutional monarchy
• theocracy

This king was an absolute monarch who was very conceited and built the Palace at Versailles.

• Henry IV
• Charles V
• Philip II
• Louis XIV

This man was king during the French Revolution, and was beheaded.

• Charles I
• Louis XVI
• Louis XIV
• Philip II

This man led the Reign of Terror, until he himself was beheaded by the people of France.

• Maximilian Robespierre
• Louis XVI
• Louis XVI
• Oliver Cromwell

This was the radical phase of the French Revolution.

• the Glorious Revolution
• the Reign of Terror
• the Great Fear
• the Commonwealth

This was the tool of execution during the Reign of Terror.

• guillotine
• axe
• electric chair
• firing squad

The intellectual movement of the 17th and 18th Centuries in Europe that emphasized reason and individualism rather than tradition was referred to as the

• Great Awakening

• Reign of Terror

• Renaissance

• Enlightenment