Big Test Review

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute

What is divine right?

• The right to rule was given to the monarch by God
• a Birth right
• soldiers for hire
• a monarch for hire

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to

• Develop better relations with muslim rulers

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of political farms

• Increase human rights for citizens

Who was Louis XIV?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

• This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

Louis XIV built this massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country.

• Windsor Castle

• Versailles

• St. Petersburg

• Fontainebleau

Who was crowned as the rulers of England in the Glorious Revolution?

• William and Mary
• James II
• Phillip and Mary
• Louis and Marie

What happened to King Charles once he lost the Civil War?

• Jailed
• Exiled
• Punched in the face repeatedly by Parliament
• Executed

Who became leader of England directly after the English Civil War?

• William and Mary
• Oliver Cromwell
• Charles II
• James I

What document did William and Mary sign to become the monarchs of England?

• The Magna Carta
• The English Bill of Rights
• Petition of Rights
• Parliament letter