Day 1 - Review of Absolute Monarchy

Which European absolute monarch built a large armada and a palace called El Escorial?

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Philip II

• Ivan the Terrible

Which absolute monarch was known as the Sun King and for saying “I am the State”?

• Henry II

• Richard the Lionhearted

• William the Conqueror

• Louis XIV

Which of the following occurred as a result of the English Civil War?

• Catholicism became the state religion

• The Puritans were driven out of England

• The Puritans controlled England

• William and Mary took the throne from James II

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• limited power of the monarch

• religious toleration

• a mercantilist economy

• universal voting rights

By the end of the 1600s, England’s system of government had become

• an absolute monarchy

• a military dictatorship

• a constitutional monarchy

• a direct democracy

Who was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution?

• Louis XIV
• Charles I
• James II
• William and Mary

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

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

Who was Louis XIV's financial advisor?

• Sebastian du Vauban

• Cardinal Mazarin

• Pierre Paul Riquet

• Jean Baptiste Colbert

Who did the Roundheads support during the English Civil War?

• King

• Parliament

• Pope

• President