Absolutism

In a school play, Arianna is playing the role of a queen who is involved in all aspects of her kingdom's government and public life. What type of ruler is Arianna portraying?

• A queen who is sure of her power

• An absolute ruler

• A queen who has to answer to a separate government body

• A queen who is absolute

During a school project on the Age of Absolutism, Azha, Kenaz, and Bryce were discussing how European monarchs behaved. They concluded that the monarchs aimed to

• Develop better relations with rulers from other continents

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of agricultural farms

• Increase human rights for their citizens

Tasneem is studying about Peter the Great. Who was he?

• He was a man who promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European, similar to how Luca is trying to introduce European culture to his friends

• He was a man who demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility, much like how Arianna distracts her friends by organizing parties

• He was a man who didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best, similar to Jadon's belief that only a few should make decisions for the group project

• He was a man who thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them, much like Isabella's view on the need for strict rules in school

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.

During the reign of Charles I of England,

• the English Civil War occurred.

• Oliver Cromwell emerged as the new military leader.

• Parliament was dissolved.

• All of the above

In a school project, Trinity, Tasneem, Jadon, Layla, and Arianna were asked to act as absolute monarchs of different nations. The primary goal of most of them was to

• support political freedom for the new middle classes in their nations

• prevent contact with areas beyond their nations' borders

• centralize their political control over their nations

• maintain peaceful relations with neighboring nations

Artorius is studying history and learns about a theory that justifies a king's rule by God's authority. He discusses this with Bryce and Yaneliz. What is this theory 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

In a school play, Yaneliz played the role of an absolute monarch who weakened her nobles by forcing them to live with her and occupied them with ridiculous tasks. Who was Yaneliz portraying?

• Phillip II

• Louis XIV

• Frederick the Great

• James II

Which of the following was a problem with the age of absolutism?

• Wars were fought for status, religion, territory, and power

• Taxes were raised to build roads, canals, factories, and merchant ships

• Countries gained vast territories of land throughout Europe

• Tremendous wealth was gained by utilizing their colonies raw materials