Absolutism, Enlightenment, and Revolutions

How did Louis XVI create a financial crisis in France?

• Expensive wars against European rivals

• Building a huge palace at Versailles

• Harsh laws to expel non-Catholics

• All of the above

Who was Oliver Cromwell?

• An English King

• An English Parliament member

• A Russian King

• An English military dictator

In which of the following revolutions did parliament peacefully replace their monarch with a new king and queen from the Netherlands?

• The French Revolution

• The Glorious Revolution

• The American Revolution

• The Russian Revolution

Which of the following options can be attributed to the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment?

• Led to the increase of absolute monarchies

• Contributed to the end of feudalism

• Emphasized the value of human reasoning

• Placed great value on traditional beliefs

Which nation had an absolute monarch?

• France

• The United States

• Italy

• Greece

What was one of the causes of the American Revolution?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The king was unfair

• They wanted higher taxes

• Taxation without representation

Which person said that people have certain unalienable rights such as life, liberty, and property.

• Niccolo Machiavelli

• Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

The belief that authority to rule comes directly from God

• Limited Monarchy

• Absolutism

• Divine Right

• God's Plan

Galileo was tried for heresy because he argued  

• That heaven did not exist
• That Earth revolved around the sun
• Against the law of gravity
• That the sun revolved around the Earth

According to Copernicus, the sun  

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