Unit 6 - Absolutism, Enlightenment, and the Age of Revolutions

Complete control of everything, sharing power with nobody, is a good definition for which term?

• Absolutism

• Enlightenment

• Age of Revolutions

• Scientific Revolution

Most European monarchs during the 16th to 18th centuries were

• Enlightenment Thinkers

• Absolutists

• Egalitarians

• Revolutionists

The theory that god gave the monarch the right and power to rule is called

• Absolutism

• The Enlightenment

• The Divine Right

• The Mandate of Heaven

Acquiring a warm water port, building a navy, raising women's status, and making the nobles shave their beards are all examples of this Absolutists attempts to modernize his country.

• Louis XIV

• Elizabeth I

• Peter the Great

• Phillip II

This Absolutist is considered the greatest example of an Absolute Monarch. He ruled over France, built the Versailles Palace, and proclaimed that he was the "Sun King".

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

• Elizabeth I

• Phillip II

This Absolutist is considered one of the greatest rulers of England, with religious tolerance and the defeat of the Spanish Armada as one of their greatest accomplishments.

• Elizabeth I

• Phillip II

• Louis XIV

• Peter the Great

The French Enlightenment thinker who criticized the French Monarch, advocated for separation of Church and State, and advocated for free speech even if they "did not like what you had to say".

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• Charles Montesquieu

Locke, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, and Wollstonecraft are all examples of

• Absolute Monarchs

• French Revolutionaries

• Nobles

• Enlightenment Thinkers

Which of the following is not an Enlightenment ideal?

• There are natural rights that humans are born with.

• Divine Right

• Society should work towards progress.

• Governments should operate based on the consent of their people.

Why is the English Revolution called the "Glorious Revolution"?

• They overthrew their Catholic King in a violent series of wars.

• They do not call the English Revolution the "Glorious Revolution".

• After the revolution the skies opened up, and they interpreted this as God's approval. Thus making it "Glorious".

• It was a peaceful transition of power and "bloodless".