WorksheetsAbsolutism Test
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
All of the following are features of what continent?
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
King Louis XIV of France required all nobles to spend part of each year living in the palace at Versailles to —
maintain control over the nobles
force the nobles to acquire educations
limit religious influences over the nobles
prevent the nobles from mistreating the peasants
The concept of divine right was important to absolute monarchs because it —
reserved governmental positions for the clergy
guaranteed natural rights to the people
justified the king's right to rule
honored the king for supporting religious freedom
Which of the following is best known for being Louis's Symbol of power?
Louvre Palace
Cathedral of Notre Dame
Bastille Prison
Palace at Versailles
The Glorious Revolution led to __________________________ which led to the creation of the English Bill of Rights
Strengthening of Parliament
Spread of Renaissance Ideals
Establishment of a Commonwealth
Abandonment of Mercantilist Systems
The Hapsburg family worked to preserve and spread which religious ideology?
Islam
Protestantism
Judaism
Catholicism
The Hapsburg Empire was known for all of the following EXCEPT
Very diverse empire that included many ethnic and cultural groups, which often resulted in conflict
Development of nationalism within the diverse groups in the empire
Very uniform empire that included little diversity ethnically and culturally
Focused on the protection of Catholicism from Islamic influence and Protestant influence
Which statement about Charles V is false
Abdicated the throne, dividing the empire
Failed efforts to unite Europe under a Catholic empire
Ruled the largest collection of European Lands since Charlemagne
Abdicated the throne, uniting the empire
What future King of England was involved in the Glorious Revolution? A William of the Rose B William of Normandy C William of Orange D William of Tuscany
William of the Rose
William of Normandy
William of Orange
William of Tuscany
Which of the following further developed the rights of Englishmen?
The sale of indulgences
Concept of rule by divine right
Centralization of power
Increase of parliamentary power and decrease of royal power
The Glorious Revolution centered around overthrowing which King of England?
Henry VIII
Edward I
James II
Louis IV
The following is the correct chronological succession of rulers in England...
Charles I -- Charles II -- Cromwell
Cromwell -- Charles II -- Charles I
Charles I -- Cromwell -- Charles II
Charles II -- Cromwell -- Charles I
All of the following are changes that occurred in Russia during the Westernization brought on by Peter, and continued by Catherine .... EXCEPT
Capital relocated to St. Petersburg
Democracy to include the end of serfdom
Changes in dress/appearance
Modernization of the military
Tokugawa Ieyasu was one of the first shogun of Japan... this absolute rule would be similar to the rule of all of the following EXCEPT
Thomas Moore
Charles I
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Which czar tried to westernize Russia and make it into a European Power?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
Frederick the Great
Which czar continues the westernization of russia?
Frederick the Great
Peter the Great
Ivan the Terrible
Catherine the Great
All of the followong are factors that influenced the development of social and cultural patterns in Germany EXCEPT
Influence of Classical Civilizations
Devastation of the Thirty Years War
Rivalry between the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for dominance
Shared common language
Influence from these civilizations helped Italy’s position as the cultural center of Europe... EXCEPT
Rome
Greece
Prussia
Russia
The characteristics above match with which country
Portugal
Italy
France
Germany
Which of the following is not a pattern or event that influenced the development of social and cultural patterns in Italy.
Devastation of the Thirty Years War
Influence of Classical Civilizations
Periods of foreign control by Spain and Austria
21. This person is not associated with the heliocentric theory
Copernicus
Galileo
Kepler
Newton
Copernicus discredited the following theory... but did not share his findings with the world
geographic
heliographic
geocentric
heliographic
Isaac Newton contributed all of the following EXCEPT
Laws of Planetary Movement
Laws of Motion
Laws of Gravity
Calculus
Kepler determined that planets do not move in a circle around the sun, but rather --
an oval
an ellipse
a centripetal
a geode
