Regents Review #1 2025

Which idea is most closely associated with the economic concept of mercantilism?

• Colonies exist to provide raw materials and markets for a colonial power.

• Wealth and power are based on land exchanged between nobles.

• Goods and services are traded without government interference.

• Property is owned collectively and administered by the state.

Europeans considered mercantilism a successful policy because it

• led to alliances with Asian countries

• protected traditional social practices

• encouraged self-sufficiency in less developed nations

• created wealth for the colonial powers

This passage discusses ideals most directly associated with the

• Enlightenment

• Reformation

• Golden Age of Islam

• Reign of Charlemagne

One similarity in the policies of Louis XIV and of Suleiman the Magnificent is that both leaders

• expanded their empires in the Americas

• encouraged the growth of democracy

• increased the power of their central governments

• abolished the bureaucracy

One way in which Akbar the Great, Ivan the Terrible, and Louis XIV are similar is that they were all

• theocratic rulers

• elected leaders

• enlightened people

• absolute rulers

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

This quotation reflects beliefs mainly derived from

• Marxist philosophy

• John Locke's theory of natural rights

• The Magna Carta

• the divine right of monarchs of Europe

A historian could best use these maps to study which of the following?

• the results of nationalism in Latin America

• the impact of roads in the Andes Mountains

• the effects of globalization

• the causes of the French Revolution

Which event most directly influenced the writing of both documents?

• Iranian Revolution

• Cuban Revolution

• French Revolution

• Russian Revolution

Both documents argue in favor of a government that

• blocks the formation of political parties

• protects the rights of citizens

• is controlled by religious organization

• abolishes distinctions between social and economic classes

which of the following heading best completes the partial outline shown?

• Causes for Bismarck's Rise to Power

• Factors of the Haitian Revolution

• Results of the Munich Pact

• Situations Contributing to the Zionist Movement