U 12 - CRISIS AND ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE - P5 (TEST)

Idea that state should not interfere with the economy...

• coup d'état

• laissez-faire

• inflation

• bureaucracy

Which king added more rituals into the Church of England and allowed thousands of Puritans to leave for America?

• King Henry VI

• King James II

• King Charles II

• King Charles I

Absolutism is...

• the practice by monarchs of undergoing daily absolution to keep states free of the burden of sin

• the belief that all citizens within a state must conform to one religion

• an offshoot of Islam, in which it is believed that baptism absolves all past and future sins

• a system of government in which a ruler holds total power

What was the "Glorious Revolution"?

• invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost no bloodshed

• the battle between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers for control of England

• the establishment of Protestantism as the English state religion

• the agricultural revolution that improved food supplies in England

What is the "divine right" of kings?

• belief that a king was granted the wisdom of God upon ascending to the throne, and therefore was faultless

• concept that kings were equal to God, and therefore did not have to live by the laws of the Church

• the theory that kings along could know the mind of God, and therefore could determine the future through divination

• the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible only to God

The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England was laid by the ______________________.

• Toleration Act of 1689

• English Bill of Rights

• "Glorious Revolution"

• Rump Parliament

Peter the Great wanted to do which of the following?

• make Russia a powerful country again

• remove European influences

• reduce the size of the army

• share power with his nobles

Who was the best example of an "absolutism" king?

• King James I

• King Phillip II

• King Edward IV

• King Louis XIV

Which of the following granted Puritans, but not Catholics, the right of public worship?

• the Council of Trent

• the Peace of Westphalia

• the Bill of Rights

• the Toleration Act of 1689

• the Peace of Augsburg

The civil war in England was a conflict between which of the following?

• Catholics and Moors

• Catholics and the Church of England

• peasants and nobles

• the King and Parliament