Chapter 2 Age of Revolution Test ***

1. What is the divine right to rule?

• Gaining power through democratic election
• Separation or powers between branches of government
• Authority to rule comes directly from God
• Authority is given to the church to elect a king to rule

2. What kingdom(s) did Charles V rule?

• Spain and the Hapsburg Empire
• Britain
• Ottoman Empire
• France

3. Which monarch expanded Spanish influence and strengthened the Catholic Church?

• Charles V
• Louis XIV
• Philip II
• Peter the Great

5. Which Stuart Ruler Called a meeting of parliament, dissolved it for 11 years, and eventually got executed for his actions to weaken parliament?

• Oliver Cromwell
• James I
• Charles I
• James II

6. Who was the leader of the British Commonwealth?

• James I
• James II
• Charles I
• Oliver Cromwell

7. The Glorious Revolution...

• Continued the British Commonwealth banning the King
• Created a Federal Republic
• Restored Protestant rulers to the throne of England without anyone being executed
• Restored Catholic rulers to the throne of England

8. The English Bill of Rights

• Document that gave rights to the monarchy and limited rights of parliament and citizens
• Document that gave rights to English citizens and limited rights of monarchy
• Document that gave rights to parliament and monarchy and limited rights of English citizens
• Document that gave rights to the church and monarchy and limited rights of citizens

9. John Locke believed in these natural rights

• Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
• Life, liberty, and property
• Life, liberty, and brotherhood
• Life, liberty, and justice

10. The idea of separation of powers into the legislative, judicial, and executive branch was introduced by

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Jacques Rousseau
• Baron de Montesquieu

11. Why did Hobbes believe that people needed to be ruled by a strong, powerful government?

• He argued that people do not need to be ruled because people in their natural state are good
• He argued that people need to be ruled because people are cruel, greedy, and selfish, and they would fall apart without leadership.
• He argued that the government needed to be small
• He argued that the people want life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness