Topic 3.2

The European concept of divine right is most similar to which of the following?

• mandate of heaven

• freedom of religion

• popular sovereignty

• caliphates

Which of the following is an example of limitations placed on the power of monarchs?

• English Bill of Rights

• absolute monarchy

• divine right theory

• the reign of Louis XIV

Which of the following is an example of absolute monarchy?

• Louis XIV of France

• William and Mary of England

• the English Parliament

• Nazi Germany

Louis XIV demonstrated the power of France through the construction of

• Versailles

• the Tower of London

• the Bastille

• the guillotine

The landed nobility of Russia were known as the

• boyars

• daimyo

• cossacks

• soviets

The peasants of Russia were called

• serfs

• boyars

• tsars

• peons

The Romanov tsar that attempted to modernize Russia

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Prince Vladamir

• Lenin

The system of enslaving Christian boys to serve the Ottoman sultan.

• devshirme

• chattel slavery

• serfdom

• the mita system

The elite soldiers of the Ottoman Empire were called

• Janissaries

• Sultans

• Caliphs

• Mughals

The landed aristocracy of Japan were known as the

• daimyo

• samurai

• shogun

• wasabi