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Taking Power

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Divine Right?

a)

a set of rules used by the greeks

b)

the God given right to rule

c)

Hitler's reason to exterminate Jewish people

d)

Machiavelli's theory on power

2.

What type of power is held by an absolute monarch?

a)

Power over all aspects of a nation's social, political, economic, and cultural identity.

b)

Extensive power, but limited by a constitution and the nobility

c)

Only the power the nation is willing to give, often just enough to act as a government figurehead.

3.

What is a territory settled and ruled by people from another land

a)

colony

b)

territory

c)

spoils

d)

Island

4.

Which term refers to when a stronger country takes over a weaker country?

a)

mercantilism

b)

imperialism

c)

communism

d)

capitalism

5.

The economic idea that a country should always export (sell) more than it imports (buys) to gain wealth

a)

annexation

b)

colonization

c)

socialism

d)

mercantilism

6.

What is an agreement between two or more countries?

a)

Treaty

b)

Imperialism

c)

Partition

d)

Entente

7.

Money paid to the government by the citizens

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Capitalism

c)

Tax

d)

Annexation

8.

a foreign region in which a nation has control over trade and other economic activities

a)

extraterritoriality

b)

sphere of influence

c)

Communists

d)

Nationalists

9.

The authority of a state/nation to govern itself

a)

Capitalism

b)

Mercantilism

c)

Sovereignty

d)

Imperialism

10.

Spanish colonial system in which a colonist was given land and a number of Native Americans to work the land

a)

cuneiform

b)

diffusion

c)

capitalism

d)

encomienda