Free Printable AP Euro - Unit 3: Age of Absolutism

1.

Which does NOT describe an absolute monarch?

a)

Has unlimited power.

b)

Controls taxes.

c)

Looks to church leaders to guide religion.

d)

Dominates the upper class to show off power.

2.

French Protestants are known as the ____________________.

a)

Sea Dogs

b)

Huguenots

c)

Roundheads

d)

Regimers

3.

Oliver Cromwell was the leader of which of the following groups?

a)

Royalists

b)

Parliamentarians

c)

Redcoats

d)

French

4.

Peter the Great helped Russia with all of the following except:

a)

Build a modern military

b)

Build a warm water port

c)

Become a world power

d)

Dominate the European continent

5.

Louis XIV was known by what name?

a)

The Sun King

b)

The Moon King

c)

King of all Europe

d)

King of the Franks

6.

Who was the clear winner of the Thirty Years War and gained territory in Spain and Germany?

a)

Austria

b)

Prussia

c)

France

d)

Germany

7.

Which Statement best completes this diagram?

a)

Promotes Religious Tolerance

b)

Encourages Socialism

c)

Strengthens Parliamentary Authority

d)

Supports Westernization

8.

This Russian ruler obtained warm water ports on the Black Sea and Promoted Education.

a)

Ivan IV

b)

Peter I

c)

Catherine The Great

d)

Mary I

9.

Who was the English queen who defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588?

a)

Queen Mary

b)

Queen Anne

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

Queen Catherine III

10.

Oliver Cromwell created what type of government after the English Civil War?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Commonwealth

d)

Oligarchy

11.

The Glorious Revolution was "glorious" for all the following reasons EXCEPT

a)

It was bloodless (no one died)

b)

King James II worked with Parliament.

c)

Parliament passed the English Bill of Rights

d)

William and Mary agreed to respect Parliament.

12.

Who is NOT an absolute monarch?

a)

Oliver Cromwell

b)

Charles II

c)

James Stuart

d)

Elizabeth I

13.

The nobles from which country were called boyars?

a)

England

b)

Prussia

c)

Russia

d)

France

14.

The Palace of Versailles was built as a symbol of power in this countryl

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Italy

15.

Part of this person's legacy was the creation of public schools.

a)

Catherine the Great

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Ivan the Great

d)

Henry the Great

16.

Absolutism means

a)

the real power in any state must be religious and exercised by the church.

b)

ultimate authority rests solely in the hands of a king who rules by divine right.

c)

subordinate powers have an absolute right to advise the king on conducting the affairs of state.

d)

no matter how humble, male citizens have an absolute right to participate in politics.

17.

Louis XIV restructured the policy-making machinery of the French government by

a)

requiring nobles to live at Versailles while excluding them from real political power.

b)

filling the royal council with his supporters.

c)

requiring Huguenots convert to Catholicism, leave France or be punished.

d)

all of these are correct.

18.

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

a)

Even though he desired to teach Russians western customs, he could only enforce his ideas among the old-fashioned nobles.

b)

His program of modernization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military while securing a sea port to make Russia a real military power.

c)

His respect for eastern governments led to increased powers for the Duma/Russian parliament.

d)

His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women.

19.

The Petition of Right (1628) issued to Charles I included all the following EXCEPT:

a)

No taxation without Parliament’s consent

b)

No imprisonment without cause

c)

No quartering of soldiers or martial law in peacetime

d)

No restrictions on Catholics’ right to worship

20.

The main reason for the conflict depicted in this cartoon can best be summarized as:

a)

Archbishop Laud and Charles I attempted to force Anglicanism on the Church of Scotland

b)

Charles I attempted to raise taxes on Scotland without representing them in Parliament

c)

Scottish political leaders opposed the Act of Union uniting England and Scotland

d)

Charles I’s subjects objected to his belief in a king’s divine right to rule

21.

The immediate effect of the conflict depicted above was:

a)

Charles I lost his head at the hands of the Roundheads

b)

Charles I was forced to convene Parliament to raise money to fight the rebellion

c)

Charles I allowed Scotland to hold additional seats in Parliament

d)

Charles I made compromises with Scottish Calvinists to no longer enforce the Anglican episcopacy

22.

This conflict highlights which of the following challenges faced by rulers after the 16th century, but not before the 16th century?

a)

The challenges of dealing with an unruly nobility

b)

The growing social consciousness of the lower classes

c)

The decreased literacy of the lower classes

d)

The challenges of religious pluralism

23.

__________ defined man’s (people’s) natural rights as “life, liberty, and property.”

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Cesare Beccaria

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

John Locke

24.

Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate was ultimately a

a)

popular democracy.

b)

parliamentary government.

c)

military dictatorship.

d)

constitutional monarchy.

25.

The Treaty of Dover was alarming to the people of England because…

a)

It represented an alliance between Britain and Catholic France

b)

The King promised to abolish the Anglican Church

c)

It meant their taxes were going to be increased to fund a war against France

d)

All are correct

26.

Naturally James II’s dramatic political demise in the Winter of 1688-89 did provide a warning to future monarchs. But for English kings this was a refresher course, not a new lesson. James II’s father, Charles I, had not only lost his throne, but his head on 30 January 1649 for his alleged malfeasance in office. James II’s brother, Charles II, had faced innumerable rebellions, and a real threat of civil war in 1678-1681. And, of course, English political upheavals in the fifteenth century, so lovingly described in William Shakespeare’s history plays, surely did not teach kings they were invincible. James II’s deposition was indeed a stern warning. But it was hardly a new warning. Far from making government more predictable, the Revolution of 1688 instantiated one of the most intensely polarized and unstable period in British history.

SOURCE: Steven A. Pincus, Yale University and James A. Robinson, Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.

Which of the following characterizes the English Revolution of 1688?

a)

The revolution restored the monarchy after the disastrous era of Oliver Cromwell’s Protectorate.

b)

The revolution secured equal rights for all Christians, including Catholics.

c)

The revolution did not constitute a democratic revolution since sovereignty was placed in the Parliament, which only represented the upper classes.

d)

The revolution marked the emergence of constitutionalism, with the establishment of natural rights and the defense of private property.

27.

Naturally James II’s dramatic political demise in the Winter of 1688-89 did provide a warning to future monarchs. But for English kings this was a refresher course, not a new lesson. James II’s father, Charles I, had not only lost his throne, but his head on 30 January 1649 for his alleged malfeasance in office. James II’s brother, Charles II, had faced innumerable rebellions, and a real threat of civil war in 1678-1681. And, of course, English political upheavals in the fifteenth century, so lovingly described in William Shakespeare’s history plays, surely did not teach kings they were invincible. James II’s deposition was indeed a stern warning. But it was hardly a new warning. Far from making government more predictable, the Revolution of 1688 instantiated one of the most intensely polarized and unstable period in British history.

SOURCE: Steven A. Pincus, Yale University and James A. Robinson, Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.

The primary cause of the English Glorious Revolution was

a)

conflict between Charles II and Parliament over taxation.

b)

a fear of the establishment of Catholic absolutism by James II.

c)

defeat suffered in the War of the Spanish Succession.

d)

the 1640 uprising in Ireland.

28.

Naturally James II’s dramatic political demise in the Winter of 1688-89 did provide a warning to future monarchs. But for English kings this was a refresher course, not a new lesson. James II’s father, Charles I, had not only lost his throne, but his head on 30 January 1649 for his alleged malfeasance in office. James II’s brother, Charles II, had faced innumerable rebellions, and a real threat of civil war in 1678-1681. And, of course, English political upheavals in the fifteenth century, so lovingly described in William Shakespeare’s history plays, surely did not teach kings they were invincible. James II’s deposition was indeed a stern warning. But it was hardly a new warning. Far from making government more predictable, the Revolution of 1688 instantiated one of the most intensely polarized and unstable period in British history.

SOURCE: Steven A. Pincus, Yale University and James A. Robinson, Harvard University; National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011.

After 1689, England was ruled as a…

a)

Puritan Protectorate

b)

Parliamentary Democracy

c)

Absolute Monarchy

d)

Constitutional Monarchy

29.

Cardinal Mazarin’s struggle to increase France’s royal revenues to meet the cost of war led to the uprisings of 1648–53, known as the…

a)

Jacquerie

b)

Intendants

c)

Fronde

d)

Ciompi Revolt

30.

All of the following were reasons Louis XIV constructed Versailles EXCEPT:

a)

He had learned from uprisings that occurred in his youth to be wary of challenges to royal authority

b)

He wanted to show off his immense wealth

c)

He wanted to make the nobility more dependent upon him for political power

d)

He wanted to make himself both head of the state and church

31.

Louis XIV selected councilors primarily from the...

a)

newly ennobled or upper middle class.

b)

highest ranking military commanders.

c)

emergent elite of university professors.

d)

senior clergy.

32.

Louis XIV’s absolutism functioned in all of the following areas EXCEPT:

a)

Making war and peace

b)

Regulation of religion

c)

Management of the economy

d)

Changing the Catholic dogma

33.

What themes were often presented in Dutch paintings during their Golden Age?

a)

Over-the-top exaggerated emotions

b)

The simplicity of every day life

c)

Royal and noble austerity

d)

Abstract and colorful deities

34.

The spread of colonialism and the rise of a market economy resulted in

a)

an increase in consumer goods

b)

a decrease in monarchical power

c)

a decrease in mercantilistic policies

d)

an increase in the desire to have a representative government

35.

(a) thrived economically due to their location and by being the "Masters of Shipping"

Choose from the below words

The Netherlands

England

France

Russia

Prussia

Spain

36.

The Eighty Years' War resulted in Spain losing control of the...

a)

English

b)

Habsburgs

c)

Dutch

d)

Prussians

37.

Put the following events in chronological order

a)

James I claims divine right and becomes an Absolute

b)

The English Civil War Begins

c)

Charles I is executed

d)

The monarchy is restored and Catholic James II takes the throne

e)

The Glorious Revolution

1)

2)

3)

4)

5)

38.

In order to become the king and queen of England, William and Mary had to sign what document during the Glorious Revolution?

a)

The Petition of Right

b)

The Treaty of Utrecht

c)

The Peace of Westphalia

d)

The English Bill of Rights

39.

During the Dutch Golden Age, art patronage increased because

a)

merchants had more money due to the financial success of the Netherlands

b)

their States General hoped to rival the wealth, power, and influence of Louis XIV

c)

due to the religious wars, many Italian artists fled to the Netherlands

d)

Calvinists believed that the more the state invested in art the closer the residents were to salvation

40.

In England, Parliament serves as a

a)

judicial body

b)

legislative body

c)

absolute body

d)

executive body

41.

Most absolute monarchs focused on all of the following EXCEPT

a)

centralizing their power

b)

appeasing their nobility

c)

building up their armies

d)

decentralizing their economy

AP Euro - Unit 3: Age of Absolutism

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