Absolutism Quiz A

1. What is one reason why Absolute Monarchies rose in Europe?

• political legislatures lost influence
• the Church lost power after the reformation
• a series of state coups gave all the power to a small number of men
• poverty allowed the seizing of all power

2. What concept was the belief in "divine right" used to support?

• absolute rule
• freedom of religion
• separation of church and state
• waging war for religious purposes

3.Peter the Great ruled over…?

• France
• England
• Russia
• Greece

4. James I of England (pictured below) fought with Parliament over…?

• corruption and taxes
• taxes and gender equality
• trade and monarchical power
• taxes and money

5. What was the purpose of the Petition of Right?

• to grant men the ability to serve in the English legislature
• to allow men to hold a job in public
• to limit the rights of the King
• to create unlimited rights for the King

6. Who abolished the English monarchy after a civil war?

• James I
• King Henry VIII
• Oliver Cromwell
• Henry Hudson

7. Which of the following did the Glorious Revolution bring to England’s throne?

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

8. By the end of the 1600s, what had England's system of government become?

• an absolute monarchy
• a military dictatorship
• a constitutional monarchy
• a constitutional democracy

9. Louis XIV could best be described as a(n)

• heirless king of Frace
• absolute monarch of France
• constitutional monarch
• elected parliamentary leader of France

10. For Louis XIV, all events of the day like eating, dressing, and walking required…?

• complete solitude
• permission from God
• a ritual
• complete silence