Topic 12 Absolutism and Revolution

Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution?

• natural law
• nationalism
• free trade
• socialism

John Locke and Jean Jacques Rousseau would be most likely to support

• a return to feudalism in Europe
• a government ruled by a divine right monarchy
• a coiety ruled by the Catholic Chirch
• the right of citizen to decide the best form of government

The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights were significant influences on the United States Constitutional development because they

• provided suffrage for all men and women
• placed limits on the powerof the government
• called for the abolition of all slavery
• supported the development of federalism

The separation of powers found in the United States Constitution comes from the writings of which Enlightenment thinker?

• Locke
• Hobbes
• Voltaire
• Montesquieu

The Principles of the American Revolution and the French Revolution are similar in many ways. Which of the following best summarizes their similarities?

• both favored representative governments
• both limited voting rights to an economic elite
• both retained certain hereditary rights for aristocrats
• both supported equal rights for women

As a result of the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights of 1689, government in Great Britain gradually became a:

• theocracy
• limited monarchy
• direct democracy
• socialist republic

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

Who is associated with the phrase, "I am the State?" This person is the perfect example of Absolutism

• Louis XIV

• Peter I

• Phillip II

• Charles I

Which of these women ruled Russia?

• Catherine the Great
• Mary Stuart
• Maria Theresa
• Elizabeth Cromwell

Which of the following individuals is the BEST example of an ABSOLUTE Monarch?

• Maria Theresa of Austria
• Frederick I of Prussia
• King Louis XIV of France
• Peter the Great of Russia