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Worksheets7- 2 -1 SCmb Government
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Absolutism
a)
protected the rights of French Protestants
b)
governments led by kings or queens
c)
system that places total, power in the hands of ONE ruler
d)
Built by religious leaders now in charge
2.
Type of government with restraints placed upon the power and authority of the government
a)
limited
b)
unlimited
c)
communist
d)
semi-limited
3.
Government where citizens are expected to display total obedience to the government
a)
limited
b)
unlimited
c)
communist
d)
semi-limited
4.
Term describing condition when absolute monarchs believed their power came directly from God
a)
democracy
b)
socialist
c)
divine right
d)
communism
5.
Document, signed in England in 1215 by King John, saying a King was no longer above the law
a)
Bill of Rights
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Declaration of Independence
d)
U.S. Constitution
6.
Changes that began to restrain(hold back) the power of government & create a more limited government
a)
separation of powers between branches of government
b)
democracy which granted people authority
c)
creation of constitutional monarchies
d)
all of the above
7.
Religious leaders now in charge of government
a)
representative democracy
b)
theocracy
c)
oligarchy
d)
dictatorship
8.
commonwealth
a)
state ruled by elected representatives
b)
rule by the military
c)
the return of monarchy in 1660 by Charles II
d)
ruling families of England
9.
Martial law means
a)
ruling families of England
b)
rule by the military
c)
the return of monarchy in 1660 by Charles II
d)
ruling families of England
10.
Peter I (The Great) then Catherine II
a)
French assembly (like the English Parliament)
b)
ruling families of England
c)
Absolute rulers of Russia
d)
"THE SUN KING" OF FRANCE
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