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Absolutism

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A monarch is subject to no earthly authority, deriving the right to rule directly from the will of God.

a)

Divine Right

b)

Versailles

c)

Absolutism

d)

Czar

2.

Known as the Sun King and the ruler of France

a)

King James II

b)

King Phillip

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Louis XXI

3.

Known as the Sun King and the ruler of France

a)

King James II

b)

King Phillip

c)

Louis XIV

d)

Louis XXI

4.

A bloodless overthrow of the England ruler King James II

a)

Glorious Revolution

b)

French Revolution

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

English Bill of Rights

5.

Created to give more rights to the people of England

a)

Glorious Revolution

b)

Petition of Rights

c)

English Bill of Rights

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

6.

The principal royal residence of France from 1682 under Louis XIV until the start of the French Revolution in 1789 under Louis XVI

a)

Absolutism

b)

Versailles

c)

Divine Right

d)

Czar

7.

a political theory that absolute power should be vested in one or more rulers

a)

Divine Right

b)

Absolutism

c)

Versailles

d)

Renaissance

8.

Known as the leader of Russia

a)

Czar

b)

Versailles

c)

Absolutism

d)

Divine Right

9.

Mandate of Heaven is to China, as ________________________ is to Europe

a)

Absolutism

b)

Constitutional Monarchs

c)

Versailles

d)

Divine Right

10.

Who was Louis XIV?

a)

This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

b)

This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

c)

This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

d)

This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.

11.

Who was Peter the Great?

a)

This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

b)

This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

c)

This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

d)

This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

12.
He introduced newspapers, shaved beards, and encouraged western fashion 
a)
Louis the XIV
b)
Peter the Great
c)
Both
13.

During the reign of Charles I of England,

a)

the English Civil War occurred.

b)

Oliver Cromwell emerged as the new military leader.

c)

Parliament was dissolved.

d)

All of the above

14.

The economic theory based on a country's ability to export more goods than import which contributed to the rise of absolutism was

a)

capitalism.

b)

laissez faire economics.

c)

mercantilism.

d)

socialism.

15.

Which of the following was a problem with the age of absolutism?

a)

Wars were fought for status, religion, territory, and power

b)

Taxes were raised to build roads, canals, factories, and merchant ships

c)

Countries gained vast territories of land throughout Europe

d)

Tremendous wealth was gained by utilizing their colonies raw materials

16.

Westernization means …

a)

Traveling West in search of natural resources

b)

To adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe

17.

The following could be said about Phillip II’s legacy

a)

It was a success because he spent his money wisely and left Spain wealthy

b)

It was an economic failure because he left Spain poor after a lot of spending on wars.

c)

He is relatively unknown as a monarch

d)

His dad Charles V was more well known

18.
Which person is credited with saying "L' etat, c' est moi" (I am the state)?
a)
Louis XIV
b)
John Locke
c)
Karl Marx
d)
Queen Isabella
19.
Oliver Cromwell created what type of government after the English Civil War?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Commonwealth
d)
Oligarchy
20.
System of government in which a monarch shares power with a constitutionally organized government including a parliament
a)
Democracy
b)
Republic
c)
Limited Monarch
d)
Absolute Monarchy