4/16 Global 2 Review Quiz

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

Who was Louis XIV?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

• This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.

Louis XIV restructured the policy-making machinery of the French government by

• requiring nobles to live at Versailles while excluding them from real political power.

• filling the royal council with his supporters.

• requiring Huguenots convert to Catholicism, leave France or be punished.

• all of these are correct.

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

• Even though he desired to teach Russians western customs, he could only enforce his ideas among the old-fashioned nobles.

• His program of modernization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military while securing a sea port to make Russia a real military power.

• His respect for eastern governments led to increased powers for the Duma/Russian parliament.

• His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women.

A monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the right to rule directly from the will of God.

• Divine Right

• Versailles

• Absolutism

• Czar

According to Copernicus, the sun  

• Revolved around the earth
• Was the center of the Universe
• Was the biggest star
•  Had many moons

The invention of the _______________________ helped spread old and new ideas

• Printing Press

• Microscope

• Thermometer

Which of the following would be rooted in OLD Science

• Relying on ancient authorities and church teachings

• Relying on observation, experimentation, and scientific reasoning

Where did the Renaissance begin?

• Italy
• France
• England
• Germany