Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment Quiz

Which Enlightenment thinker, who wrote "The Two Treatises on Government", and believed that the people are rational and can govern themselves?

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

Who had the Palace of Versailles built as a demonstration of wealth and power?

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• King Louis XIV
• Queen Marie Antoinette
• King Louis XVI

Which English Queen ruled for 45 years and solidified England as a Protestant nation?

• Queen Elizabeth I
• Queen Anne
• Queen Mary I
• Queen Victoria

A major concept promoted by philosophers of the Enlightenment was the need for what? (the use of.......)

Which statement reflects an argument of Enlightenment philosophers against the belief in the divine right of kings?

• God has chosen all government rulers

• Independence is built by military might

• A capitalist economic system is necessary for democracy

• The power of the government is derived from the governed

Which of the following best describes Divine Right Theory?

• A political doctrine asserting that monarchs derive their authority from God.
• A theory that supports the idea of democracy and popular sovereignty.
• A belief that rulers are chosen based on their military strength.
• A concept that emphasizes the importance of constitutional law in governance.

Peter the Great moved the capital city of Russia from Moscow to St. Petersburg to:

• modernize Russia and establish a western-oriented capital
• to expand the territory of Russia
• to establish a military base
• to promote agricultural development

Who saw himself as the “Sun King” of France and the most powerful ruler in the world during the 17th century (1600s):

• Charles IX
• Louis XV
• Louis XIV
• Francis I

The Catholic Church opposed the theories of the Scientific Revolution on the basis that they:

• were based on ancient Greek philosophy
• promoted the idea of evolution
• supported the heliocentric model
• contradicted the Church's teachings and interpretations of scripture

Who invented the telescope, becoming the first to see the landscape of the moon in relative detail.

• Isaac Newton
• Johannes Kepler
• Galileo Galilei
• Nicolaus Copernicus