Unit 5 Review

Define ABOSLUTISM

• Regular people have all the power

• Kings/Queens have all of the power in a nation

• Kings/Queens have absolutely no power

• People pay the nobles to have absolutely all of the power

Define DIVINE RIGHT

• God gave kings the power to rule

• God asked kings to rule

• God requires a certain king to rule

Why did absolute rules require their nobles to live in the palace/city with them?

• To hang out

• To consult

• To control

• To give money to them

What was Peter the Great's main goal as an absolute ruler?

• Westernize Russia

• Expand the power of the nobles

• Take over Japan

• Force convert everybody to Russian Orthodoxy

While King Louis XIV lived an extra life, the taxes for this landed on who?

• Nobles

• Regular people

• No one, he abolished taxes

• No one, it was all donations

Cardinal Richelieu created this group made up of people from the middle class to be representatives of the crown. What was this group called?

• Inspectors

• Intendants

• Representatives

• Pseudo-Royals

Which Estate in France was paying the most taxes?

• The First Estate

• The Second Estate

• The Third Estate

• The Fourth Estate

Who was the absolute ruler at the beginning of the French Revolution?

• Louis XVI

• Phillip II

• King George III

• Peter the Great

After the 3rd Estate was locked out of the Estates General meeting, what event occurred in Paris out of pear the King would send military troops to the city?

• Storming of the prison the Bastille

• March on Paris

• Reign of Terror

• Execution of Robespierre

What revolution started the spark first and inspired many other worldwide revolutions?

• American

• Latin American

• French

• Haitian