Absolutism

True /False

After the religious wars of the Renaissance, monarchs reduced the power of the nobles in order to prevent revolts.

• True

• False

What is the best description of the economic theory of mercantilism?

• Get as much silver and gold as you can

• countries trying to achieve a favorable balance of trade

• colonies provide the mother countries with raw materials and markets

• All of the above

What is a tariff?

• a tax on an exported good

• a law that banishes certain goods from entering a country

• a tax on an imported good

• a Dutch soldier in the New World

* Known as the "Sun-King

* Passed Laws without Parliament

* Built the Palace of Versailles

• Henry VIII

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Phillip II

What is the theory that states that monarchs are answerable only to God?

• Rule of the Pharaohs

• Divine Right of Kings

• Limited Government

• Enlightenment

Who paid the majority of the taxes during the time of Absolutism?

• Peasants and Middle Class

• The nobles

• the church

• None of the above

True / False

In an absolute monarchy, the monarch's authority is restricted by a constitution.

• True

• False

Which absolute monarch claimed most of the New World and sizable pieces of the Far East, creating the first great global power?

• Elizabeth I

• Peter the Great

• Henry VIII

• Philip II

* Created the English Bible

* Founded the first permanent settlement in North America

• James II

• Peter the Great

• Frederick the Great

• James I

What is an "Enlightened Despot?"

• Monarchs who took to the battlefields

• Monarchs who took the best interest of their subjects to heart

• Monarchs who ruled with with oppression and cruelty

• None of the above