WH Unit 1 Review - Honors

The belief that the ruler governs with power from God not from the governed is known as

• divine right of kings

• oligarchy

• democracy

• bestowed right of kings

Which term represents the idea that rulers have total power?

• democracy

• oligarchy

• absolutism

• republic

Which of the following was a goal of Peter the Great?

• to reduce or eliminate European influence on Russia

• to westernize Russia

• to reduce the power of the leader and share it with the nobility

• to lessen the Russian military

Louis XIV's rule was characterized by which of the following? (Choose all that apply.)

• Louis XIV used wars to achieve his goals

• Louis XIV decreased the size of the military

• Louis XIV created a standing army

• Louis XIV shared power with the nobles and allowed a system of checks and balances

• Louis XIV encouraged the expansion of industry to create a favorable balance of trade

Which of the following statements are correct in reference to the English Bill of Rights? (Choose all that apply)

• It did not limit the power of the monarch

• It requires free elections of Parliament

• It allowed cruel punishments

• It limits the power of the monarch

• It was adopted in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution

Which of the following is a similarity between the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?

• The documents were created in the same year

• Both documents limit the power of the king

• The documents were both written by the king

• Both documents grant full equality to the people of England

The ideas and arguments of John Locke were used in the 1700's to do which of the following?

• enhance the power and influence of the pope in European governments

• to support the divine right of kings and the absolutism that arose from it

• to support demands for constitutional governments

• to support the concept of the oligarchy

The primary differences between the ideas of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are best described by which statement?

• Locke supported the idea of a social contract and Rousseau did not

• Locke focused on subordinating the rights of the individual for the betterment of the community and Rousseau believed that an individual's rights should be upheld at all cost

• There were no major differences between the ideas of the two men

• While Locke focused on the rights of individuals and the limiting of government, Rousseau focused on the concept of subordinating the individual's rights for the betterment of the community

Thomas Hobbes believed that individuals were driven by which of the following to accept the idea of a social contract?

• a need for survival

• religious faith

• reason and intellect

• atheism

Which of the following statements indicates that religion was a significant factor in the English Civil War, and the Restoration?

• the Roundheads and the Cavaliers were on opposite sides of the war

• Parliament maintained most of its powers after the war

• the English Bill of Rights was adopted

• King James II placed Catholics into government positions