10th Grade Midterm Exam Review

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to

• Develop better relations with muslim rulers

• Centralize political power in their nations

• Encourage the growth of political farms

• Increase human rights for citizens

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

The theory justifying a monarch's rule by God's authority is called

• laissez-faire
• totalitarianism
• predestination
• divine right

Who was Louis XIV?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

• 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.

This absolute monarch weakened his nobles by forcing them to live with him and occupied them with ridiculous tasks.

• Phillip II
• Louis XIV
• Frederick the Great
• James II

Westernization means …

• Traveling West in search of natural resources

• To adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe

"A DEO REX, A REGE LEX — “the king is from God, and law is from the king.”

This quotation best reflects the concept of

• constitutional monarchy

• separation of powers

• equal representation

• divine right rule

"A DEO REX, A REGE LEX — “the king is from God, and law is from the king.”

This quotation best reflects the concept of

• constitutional monarchy

• separation of powers

• equal representation

• divine right rule

The actions described in the passage above demonstrate Peter the Great’s attempts to

• Convert Russia to Islam

• Improve Russia’s military

• Westernize Russia

• Model Russian culture after the Ottoman Empire