Unit 5 Test - Absolutism, Enlightenment & Revolutions

Absolutism is ...

• The idea that there is an important question that a monarch needs to force into law particularly when dealing with a female inheriting the throne.
• The idea that a monarch has the authority to have complete and absolute control.
• The idea that a monarch has direct power from God to rule and that they are responsible to God alone.
• The idea that a monarch has the ability to tell his subjects what they are to do in life.

What does the term, "Divine Right", mean?

• The right to rule was given by God and God only
• The right to rule was given by the Pope and the Catholic Church
• The right to rule was given to those based on there family title and wealth
• The right to rule is given from the people, by the people.

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to do what?

• Develop better relations with eastern rulers for trade and wealth.
• To encourage agricultural and production growth to feed the population growth in European nations.
• Enhance quality of life among its subjects (citizens).
• Centralize political power in their nations under complete monarch rule

What was Louis XIV most known for?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European
• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.
• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility
• 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.

Louis XIV built Versailles - a massive, ornate palace -- largely funded by the taxpayers of his country. Which country is the home of this palace?

• Germany
• Italy
• Spain
• France

____________ introduced newspapers, shaved beards, and encouraged western fashion

• Peter the Great
• Louis XIV
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• John Locke

How did Louis the XIV and Peter the Great take power from the nobles and the church?

• Louis XIV built the Palace of Versailles to demonstrate power and control, Peter the Great built St. Petersburg, “window to the west” to show control of nobility of the city
• Louis XIV controlled the nobility by excluding them from decision-making councils, forcing many of them to live with him at Versailles, and putting power in the hands of royal agents who collected taxes, administered justice, and generally maintained the state.
• Peter the Great increased his power by taking on absolutist traits, enforcing his will upon the nobility and restricting their power and customs.
• All the Above

In regards to John Locke, his Natural Rights are considered to be which of the following? (Choose all that apply)

• Equality
• Life
• Liberty
• Property

John Locke pushed for religious tolerance and stated people are born with ___________.

• A blank slate.
• A right to work state.
• tolerance of others.
• superiority over others based on genetics.

The principle of separation of the state from religious institutions is a major concept from which Enlightenment thinker?

• Voltaire
• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau