WorksheetsAbsolutism and Enlightenment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Enlightened thinkers and scientists of the 17th and 18th centuries based their beliefs on what two things?
power and privilege
money and fame
Church and Absolutism
reason and logic
How did the Reformation spark both the Enlightenment and scientific revolution
By legitimizing the supremacy of the Catholic Church
By arguing and challenging tradition and authority
By eliminating Christianity in Europe
By arguing for a return to feudalism
A form of government where one person holds unlimited and complete control of the state without any restrictions on power is
Direct democracy
Absolute monarchy
Representative democracy
Constitutional monarchy
Many European absolute monarchs justified their right to rule based on
Supreme Law
Divine Right
Papal authority (Pope's permission)
Their popularity
The English political philosopher who argued all humans are born with natural rights including life, liberty, and property was
Jean Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
The French political philosopher who believed in separating powers of government into different branches to avoid abuse of power was
Jean Rousseau
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
The philosophical idea that people give up some rights in exchange for the order and protection an efficient government can provided is called the
Magna Carta
Scientific method
Great Awakening
Social contract
Thomas Hobbes supported which form of government?
A republic
A direct democracy
An absolute monarchy
He argued against any form of government. (Anarchy)
Also known as the "Sun King, " this absolute monarch transformed France into a European superpower in the 17th century?
Charles I
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
Napoleon III
The westernization and modernization of Russia came mostly through
Sweden's invasion of Russia
Actions and policies of Peter the Great
The Edict of Nantes
The October Revolution by Vladimir Lenin
Which Enlightenment thinker believed in freedom of speech?
Voltaire
Hobbes
Locke
Wollstonecraft
This economic practice focused on government control of trade and making money from exports.
Communism
Mercantilism
Laissez-Faire
Capitalism
Charles V ruled over which empire(s) during the Age of Absolutism?
Spanish
Hapsburg
French
British
Russian
Why did Hobbes believe in Absolute Monarchies?
He felt Absolute Monarchs would protect the people from foreign invaders.
He believed people were wicked and needed to be controlled by powerful leaders.
He thought democracy did not give citizens enough say in the day to day running of countries.
Hobbes thought people would lose freedoms in a democracy.
The idea expressed in the picture is known as a?
Monarchy
Direct Democracy
Social Contract
Civil Right
The idea that we as citizens give government permission to rule over us is also known as?
Civil Rights
Natural Laws
Quid Pro Quo
Consent of the Governed
This Enlightenment thinker believed that government and society would need to drastically change for equality to be achieved.
Locke
Hobbes
Beccaria
Wollstonecraft
What is the name of the palace pictured above?
Buckingham Palace
Palace of Versailles
St. Petersburg Palace
Palace of Paris
Laissez Faire economics involves:
A hands off approach to let the economy do its thing
Tightly controlling the economy to ensure economic well being
Government manipulation of the balance of trade
Absolute monarchs using their power to make economic deals
Huguenots are what religion in France?
Catholic
Jewish
Protestant
Christian
