Age of Absolutism Common Assessment

Which of the following best describes how Peter the Great sought to “westernize” Russia?

• Executing those who challenged his rule

• Seizing Silesia from Austria

• Building the Palace of Versailles

• Implementing social reforms such as new dress etiquette

During the English Civil War, Oliver Cromwell led a group known as the…

• Cavaliers

• Parliamentarians

• Protectors

• Royalists

Place the political impact about the Palace of Versaille in the appropriate column

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• To convince others of Louis 14th power

• Became center of French Gov't

• To convince others of Charles I's power

• Enhanced feudalism

Match the following causes and effects of the English Civil Wars

• Civil War breaks out

• Cromwell led forces defeat/execute KingEnglish CivilEn

• Limit King's ability to tax

• Parliament's actions in 1628

• Cromwell becomes dictator

• Royalists vs Parliamentarians in 1642

• Divine Right

• Charles I's belief

What was true and false about the English Bill of Rights?

Groups:

(a) True

,

(b) False

• Restricted Lawmaking

• King levied taxes

• Parliament makes laws

• Signed after Glorious Revolution

• Limited rights of citizens

• Limited Monarchs power

Place the following absolute rulers reigns in their correct chronological order:

• Louis XIV reigns

• Elizabeth 1 reigns

• Catherine the Great reigns

• Peter the Great reigns

“The person of the King is sacred, and to attack him in any way is an attack on religion itself. Kings represent the divine majesty and have been appointed by Him to carry out His purposes. Serving God and respecting kings are bound together.”

The concept illustrated by Bossuet is (a)  

• Mercantilism
• Westernization
• Theocracy
• Divine right

The English Bill of Rights ______ the limits of royal power.

(a)  

• made clear
• dissolved

• created

• enhanced

According to the theory of divine right, the .......

• Kings "right to rule" from God

• King elected by the People

• Kings "right to rule" from Pope

• King follows Magna Carta

According to Bossuet, .....

• Absolute authority is necessary

• The Church had divine right

• A King's power was unnecessary

• Military Dictatorship ws required