H3 QUIZ 1 FALL 2020

King Louis XIV of France, and Peter the Great of Russia were considered absolute rulers because they

• broke from the Roman Catholic Church

• helped feudal lords build secure castles

• instituted programs that provided more power to their parliaments

• determined government policies without the consent of their people

Which person is credited with saying "L'état, c'est moi" (I am the state)?

• Louis XIV

• John Locke

• Karl Marx

• Queen Isabella

Louis XIV and Peter the Great would most likely agree with the expression

• "government should leave businesses alone"

• "countries should settle differences without war"

• "do not question government authority"

• "all men are created with natural rights"

Base your answer to the question on the picture and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which of the following claims best represents a reason for the action shown in this drawing?

• Peter the Great believed that Russians were not religious enough.

• Peter the Great was trained as a barber before becoming assuming power.

• Peter the Great believed that Russians would benefit from western ideas and technology.

• Peter the Great led a communist revolution based on the ideas of Karl Marx.

Base your answer to the question on the excerpt and on your knowledge of social studies.

". . . The person of the King is sacred, and to attack him in any way is an attack on religion itself. Kings represent the divine majesty and have been appointed by Him to carry out His purposes. Serving God and respecting kings are bound together."

— Bishop Jacques Bossuet

Which person would most agree with this statement?

• John Locke

• Karl Marx

• Elizabeth II

• Louis XIV

Which pair of ideas were central to the Scientific Revolution?

• social stability and economic self-sufficiency

• observation and experimentation

• technology and military expansion

• scarcity and interdependence

Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• The existence of natural laws was rejected.

• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe.

• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy.

• The Bible was used to justify new scientific findings.

Base your answer to question on the time line and on your knowledge of social studies.

Which historical period is most closely associated with these achievements?

• Pax Romana

• Age of Alexander the Great

• European Middle Ages

• Scientific Revolution

Base your answer to the question on the quote and on your knowledge of social studies.

"With sincere heart and unpretended faith I [reject] . . . , and detest the aforesaid errors and heresies [of Copernicus] and also every other error . . . contrary to the Holy Church, and I swear that in the future I will never again say or assert . . .anything that might cause a similar suspicion toward me."

- Galileo

A historian could best use this quote to study which of the following?

• astronomic discoveries of Galileo

• resistance to the Scientific Revolution

• the Protestant Reformation

• mathematical errors made by Copernicus

What happened in Russia as a result of actions taken by Peter the Great?

• Russia was weakened by French invasions.

• Catholicism was adopted as the state religion.

• The Duma was reformed and the serfs were freed.

• Russia borrowed Western ideas and expanded its territories.