Unit 7 Enlightenment

Who believed in his divine right to rule and protect the Catholic Church by engaging in war with England?

• Phillip II

• Marie Theresa

• Frederick II

• Louis XIV

• Elizabeth I

Who was called the "Sun King" and was so powerful in Europe that other countries formed alliances to create a balance of power?

• Marie Theresa

• Elizabeth I

• Phillip II

• Frederick II

• Louis XIV

Who forced Russians to accept social and economic reforms that would make their culture and industry more Western?

• Phillip II

• Marie Theresa

• Louis XIV

• Elizabeth I

• Peter the Great

The 30 Years War was fought between Protestant and Catholic monarchs and eventually split which lands up into 360 different states?

• Spain

• France

• Germany

• England

• Russia

Who was an enlightened despot, member of the Hapsburg dynasty, and worked to build a unified state in Austria?

• Elizabeth I

• Louis XIV

• Phillip II

• Marie Theresa

• Frederick II

Who was an autocratic and absolute monarch, a member of the Hapsburg dynasty, and worked to build a unified state in Prussia?

• Phillip II

• Elizabeth I

• Frederick II

• Louis XIV

• Marie Theresa

The English Bill of Rights in 1688 was the first example of what in Europe?

• a limit on power of the monarch

• the execution of a king

• the king disagreeing with Parliament

• the Parliament having control of the money

• the first monarch to use Enlightenment ideas

One similarity between the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights is that both documents ...

• set up a two-party political system

• placed limits on the power of the monarch

• established the right to inherit the throne

• guaranteed equal rights for all citizens

How did Enlightenment ideas influence the American and French Revolutions?

• They encouraged loyalty to established governments

• They supported movements for social and political change

• They encouraged the formation of American and French constitutional monarchies

• They supported the efforts of governments to maintain control over their subjects

Whose influence is seen the most in the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire