Absolutism

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

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to

• Develop better relations with muslim rulers

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of political farms

• Increase human rights for citizens

The English Bill of Rights

• created a constitutional monarchy.

• resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.

• reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.

• confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent.

The theory justifying a monarch's rule by God's authority is called

• laissez-faire
• totalitarianism
• predestination
• divine right

What body in England placed limits on the powers of the monarchs?

• The Church
• Parliament
• Universities
• Foreign governments

This absolute monarch weakened his nobles by forcing them to live with him and occupied them with ridiculous tasks.

• Phillip II
• Louis XIV
• Frederick the Great
• James II

The following could be said about Phillip II’s legacy

• It was a success because he spent his money wisely and left Spain wealthy

• It was an economic failure because he left Spain poor after a lot of spending on wars.

• He is relatively unknown as a monarch

• His dad Charles V was more well known

Spanish King who made several mistakes that led to the downfall of Spain.

• Phillip II
• Elizabeth I
• Louis XIV
• Charles I

Which monarchy started the Church of England and proclaimed himself the Supreme Head of the Church?

• Phillip II

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

• Mary I

Absolutism means

• the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church.

• ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.

• subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state.