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Absolutism Test

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are features of what continent?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Australia

2.

King Louis XIV of France required all nobles to spend part of each year living in the palace at Versailles to —

a)

maintain control over the nobles

b)

force the nobles to acquire educations

c)

limit religious influences over the nobles

d)

prevent the nobles from mistreating the peasants

3.

The concept of divine right was important to absolute monarchs because it —

a)

reserved governmental positions for the clergy

b)

guaranteed natural rights to the people

c)

justified the king's right to rule

d)

honored the king for supporting religious freedom

4.

Which of the following is best known for being Louis's Symbol of power?

a)

Louvre Palace

b)

Cathedral of Notre Dame

c)

Bastille Prison

d)

Palace at Versailles

5.

The Glorious Revolution led to __________________________ which led to the creation of the English Bill of Rights

a)

Strengthening of Parliament

b)

Spread of Renaissance Ideals

c)

Establishment of a Commonwealth

d)

Abandonment of Mercantilist Systems

6.

The Hapsburg family worked to preserve and spread which religious ideology?

a)

Islam

b)

Protestantism

c)

Judaism

d)

Catholicism

7.

The Hapsburg Empire was known for all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Very diverse empire that included many ethnic and cultural groups, which often resulted in conflict

b)

Development of nationalism within the diverse groups in the empire

c)

Very uniform empire that included little diversity ethnically and culturally

d)

Focused on the protection of Catholicism from Islamic influence and Protestant influence

8.

Which statement about Charles V is false

a)

Abdicated the throne, dividing the empire

b)

Failed efforts to unite Europe under a Catholic empire

c)

Ruled the largest collection of European Lands since Charlemagne

d)

Abdicated the throne, uniting the empire

9.

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

a)

William of the Rose

b)

William of Normandy

c)

William of Orange

d)

William of Tuscany

10.

Which of the following further developed the rights of Englishmen?

a)

The sale of indulgences

b)

Concept of rule by divine right

c)

Centralization of power

d)

Increase of parliamentary power and decrease of royal power

11.

The Glorious Revolution centered around overthrowing which King of England?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Edward I

c)

James II

d)

Louis IV

12.

The following is the correct chronological succession of rulers in England...

a)

Charles I -- Charles II -- Cromwell

b)

Cromwell -- Charles II -- Charles I

c)

Charles I -- Cromwell -- Charles II

d)

Charles II -- Cromwell -- Charles I

13.

All of the following are changes that occurred in Russia during the Westernization brought on by Peter, and continued by Catherine .... EXCEPT

a)

Capital relocated to St. Petersburg

b)

Democracy to include the end of serfdom

c)

Changes in dress/appearance

d)

Modernization of the military

14.

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

a)

Thomas Moore

b)

Charles I

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Louis XIV

15.

Which czar tried to westernize Russia and make it into a European Power?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Catherine the Great

d)

Frederick the Great

16.

Which czar continues the westernization of russia?

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Ivan the Terrible

d)

Catherine the Great

17.

All of the followong are factors that influenced the development of social and cultural patterns in Germany EXCEPT

a)

Influence of Classical Civilizations

b)

Devastation of the Thirty Years War

c)

Rivalry between the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia for dominance

d)

Shared common language

18.

Influence from these civilizations helped Italy’s position as the cultural center of Europe... EXCEPT

a)

Rome

b)

Greece

c)

Prussia

d)

Russia

19.

The characteristics above match with which country

a)

Portugal

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Germany

20.

Which of the following is not a pattern or event that influenced the development of social and cultural patterns in Italy.

a)

Devastation of the Thirty Years War

b)

Influence of Classical Civilizations

c)

Periods of foreign control by Spain and Austria

21.

21. This person is not associated with the heliocentric theory

a)

Copernicus

b)

Galileo

c)

Kepler

d)

Newton

22.

Copernicus discredited the following theory... but did not share his findings with the world

a)

geographic

b)

heliographic

c)

geocentric

d)

heliographic

23.

Isaac Newton contributed all of the following EXCEPT

a)

Laws of Planetary Movement

b)

Laws of Motion

c)

Laws of Gravity

d)

Calculus

24.

Kepler determined that planets do not move in a circle around the sun, but rather --

a)

an oval

b)

an ellipse

c)

a centripetal

d)

a geode