WHG CFA 1 Absolutism

Which statement best describes the concept of "Divine Right of Kings"?

• I have a strong military that cannot be compared by another state

• My wealth entitles me to rule this nation and everyone in it

• God put me on the throne to rule so you had better listen to me

• This throne has been passed down through generations, and the job now belongs to me

Which ruler was know as the "Sun King" and is associated with the phrase "I am the state"?

• Peter the Great

• Louis XIV

• Philip II

• Elizabeth I

According to Thomas Hobbes' philosphy in Leviathan, what is the primary reason people need a strong government?

• To ensure economic prosperity

• To protect people from harm and foreign invaders with a strong central government

• To promote religous freedom

• To establish democracy and equality

Which type of government is best described as "a politica structure where laws restrict the powers of the government to avoid abuse"?

• Direct Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Limited Government

• National Government

What was the main goal of the English Bill of Rights?

• Creating a democracy that follwed the will of the people

• Set clear limits on a monarch's power, by listing the problems of the previous king

• Give the monarch more power by listing the rules of what the monarch could do

• Let France control the English monarch by giving them rules to live by

What common principle is shared by both the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?

• Protected citizens from mandatrory quartering of troops

• Established on overarching governing body that demonstrated absolutism

• They both included principles of Limited Government

• They effectively created a Military Monarch

Baron de Montesquieu's quote about preventing one person or group from exercising all three powers of government best represents which of his philosphies?

• Democracy, equality, and supporting the common good

• The need for a strong central government

• The Natural Rights of Man

• The Separation of Powers

Which philosphy is best reprsented by John Locke's statement: "Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty , or possessions"?

• The need for Democracy, equality, and supporting the common good

• The need for strong government

• The Natural Rights of Man

• The Separation of Powers

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's statement about laws being useful to those with possessions and harmful to those with nothing best illustrates which philosophy?

• The need for Democracy, equality, and supporting the common good

• The need for strong government

• The Natural Rights of Man

• The Separation of Powers

What were two main causes fo the English Civil War?

• Religious conflicts and the power struggle between monarchy adn Parliament

• Economic prosperity and foreign invasions

• Foreign interventions and religious divisions

• Economic instablity and the power struggle between monarchy and Parliament