Unit 10: Absolutism and The Enlightenment

What did Peter the Great see as crucial to making Russia a great power?

• Giving women a larger role in government

• Adopting a Western style of dress and etiquette

• Forming military alliances with powerful nation in the Western Hemisphere

• Using western technology to modernize the army

"The Enlightenment" was what?

• A monarchal movement

• A religious movement

• An intellectual movement

• A democratic movement

Which of the following provided England with the beginnings of a constitutional monarchy

• The English Civil War

• The English Bill of Rights

• The long Parliament

• The Petition of Right

One similarity of the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment is that both

• had the support of the Roman Catholic Church

• placed great value on traditional beliefs

• emphasized the value of human reasoning

• contributed to the end of feudalism

The word czar is associated with which country?

• Great Britain

• Germany

• France

• Russia

Which Enlightenment thinker established the idea of separation of powers?

• Hobbs

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

The U.S. Constitution, the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (France), and the English Bill of Rights impacted governments by

• guaranteeing all citizens pay equal taxes

• helping maintain an absolute monarchy

• the development of theocracies

• protecting individual rights of citizens

The Palace of Versailles was created by which absolute monarch?

• Louis VXI

• Henry VIII

• Charles XIV

• Louis XIV

The idea that a monarch received their power to rule over their kingdom from God is also known as

• the absolute monarchy

• the people's champ

• the checks and balances of law

• the divine right of kings

Which absolutist monarch did we discuss in class? Who is this?

• Henry IX

• Oliver Cromwell

• James I

• Louis XIV