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Absolutism/Enlightenment

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does it mean for a King to have Divine Right? 
a)
Rules by the power and blessing of God. 
b)
Rules by the suggestions of the people.
c)
Rules by listening to the Church to make decisions.
d)
The King is not really in power at all. 
2.
What is an absolute monarchy? 
a)
A system where the King or Queen rules by listening to what the public has to say.
b)
A King or Queen rules, but laws or ideas must be accepted by the majority of the nation.
c)
A system where the King or Queen has complete authority over the government and people.
d)
The King or Queen has absolutely no power.
3.

_____ of Spain ruled as an absolute monarch for 42 years.

a)

Philip II

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Elizabeth I

4.

_____ of France ruled as an absolute monarch for 72 years.

a)

Philip II

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Elizabeth I

5.

_____ of Russia ruled as an absolute monarch for 43 years (1682-1725).

a)

Philip II

b)

Louis XIV

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Elizabeth I

6.

The Spanish ____ was defeated by faster English ships and a savage storm in 1588.

a)

armada

b)

versailles

c)

chinampas

d)

caravel

7.

Louis XVI built a palace called ____ for himself that housed up to 10,000 people, and put France into massive debt.

a)

Versailles

b)

Estates General

c)

Armada

d)

St. Petersburg

8.
The title Czar means….
a)
King
b)
Caesar
c)
Emperor
d)
Boyar
9.

Peter the Great built a new capital called ____ that was designed to be closer to the West (Europe).

a)

Versailles

b)

Moscow

c)

Great Petersburg

d)

St. Petersburg

10.

Peter the Great wanted to modernize Russia based to the ideas of Western Europe, this was called ____.

a)

westernization

b)

easternization

c)

Czar

d)

Europa

11.

____ were French Protestants.

a)

Huguenots

b)

Estates Generals

c)

Versailles

d)

Parliament

12.

Which one of these was NOT in the English Bill of Rights passed in 1689?

a)

Separation of Powers

b)

The king cannot tax or overturn Parliament's laws

c)

Protected freedom of speech

d)

The army cannot be used as a police force

e)

No excessive bail

13.

___ is Britain's lawmaking body consisting of 2 chambers.

a)

Parliament

b)

Estates General

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

14.

Nobles forced King John to sign the ___ in 1215, which weakened the power of the monarch in England.

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Parliament

d)

Estate General

15.

____ supported rule by an absolute monarch because they were the only ones who could provide a good gov't.

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

e)

Rousseau

16.

____ believed that people were born with natural rights, like life, liberty & property. He supported a limited monarchy.

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

e)

Rousseau

17.

____ criticized intolerance, prejudice, & oppression and supported freedom of speech and religion

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

e)

Rousseau

18.

____ believed in individual freedom that people need to form a social contract for the common good. Supported a direct democracy

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

e)

Rousseau

19.

____ believed in a right to a fair & speedy trial and was against torture.

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Denis Diderot

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

20.

____ created the 1st encyclopedia, which spread ideas about the enlightenment.

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Denis Diderot

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

21.

____ came up with the idea of capitalism and laissez-faire economics.

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Denis Diderot

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

22.

____ wrote a Vindication of the Rights of Woman, which advocated for opportunities for education & professions for women.

a)

Cesare Beccaria

b)

Denis Diderot

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

23.

Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776, based on the works of the philosophe, ____.

a)

John Locke

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Baron de Montesquieu

d)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

24.

The Battle of ___, was the turning point of the American Revolution because the Americans defeated the British which helped the French joined the Americans.

a)

Saratoga

b)

Delaware

c)

Gettysburg

d)

Lepanto

e)

Paris