Test: Absolute Monarchs in Europe

Who became the rulers of England as a result of the Glorious Revolution?

• Wilma and Barry

• Charles and Oliver

• James and Liz

• William and Mary

He took over the English throne in 1625, fought constantly with Parliament over money and power, and was eventually the first sitting European monarch to be executed by his own people?

• William II

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles I

• Robert Boyle

· No suspension of any of Parliament’s laws

· No levying of taxes without Parliament’s approval

· No interfering with freedom of speech in Parliament

· No penalty for citizens who petitions the king about grievances (complaints). What document, passed in 1689, set limitations on a monarch in England?

• Scientific Revolution

• English Bill of Rights

• Habeas Corpus

• Petition of Rights

What is the name of Great Britain's lawmaking assembly which is similar to the U.S. Congress?

• Parliament

• Monarchy

• Reich

• Politburo

Before they could be crowned King & Queen, William and Mary had to agree to:

• English Bill of Rights

• Sign the rights of man and citizen

• establish William and Mary College in Virginia

• have a child

The Great Restoration (1661) began when ___________ took the throne?

• Charles II

• Elizabeth I

• James I

• Henry VIII

Peter the Great implemented this to make Russia stronger?

• Mercantilism

• Westernization

• Balance of Power

• Trickle down economics

The Russian leaders called themselves Czar. Czar means ________?

• Ceasar

• Lowlife

• King

• President

Peter the Great built a new capital for his Russian Empire, on the Baltic coast, which he named ________?

• St. Petersburg

• Moscow

• Leningrad

• Vladivostok

Absolute monarchs like Louis XIV, Frederick William, & Peter the Great claimed that their power came from ____, & therefore they answered to no man?

• God

• the Pope

• the people

• their ability