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U 12 - CRISIS AND ABSOLUTISM IN EUROPE - P6 (TEST)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Idea that state should not interfere with the economy...

a)

coup d'état

b)

laissez-faire

c)

inflation

d)

bureaucracy

2.

Which king added more rituals into the Church of England and allowed thousands of Puritans to leave for America?

a)

King Henry VI

b)

King James II

c)

King Charles II

d)

King Charles I

3.

Absolutism is...

a)

the practice by monarchs of undergoing daily absolution to keep states free of the burden of sin

b)

the belief that all citizens within a state must conform to one religion

c)

an offshoot of Islam, in which it is believed that baptism absolves all past and future sins

d)

a system of government in which a ruler holds total power

4.

What was the "Glorious Revolution"?

a)

invasion of England by William of Orange, which overthrew James II with almost no bloodshed

b)

the battle between the Roundheads and the Cavaliers for control of England

c)

the establishment of Protestantism as the English state religion

d)

the agricultural revolution that improved food supplies in England

5.

What is the "divine right" of kings?

a)

belief that a king was granted the wisdom of God upon ascending to the throne, and therefore was faultless

b)

concept that kings were equal to God, and therefore did not have to live by the laws of the Church

c)

the theory that kings along could know the mind of God, and therefore could determine the future through divination

d)

the idea that kings receive their power from God and are responsible only to God

6.

The foundation for a constitutional monarchy in England was laid by the ______________________.

a)

Toleration Act of 1689

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

"Glorious Revolution"

d)

Rump Parliament

7.

Peter the Great wanted to do which of the following?

a)

make Russia a powerful country again

b)

remove European influences

c)

reduce the size of the army

d)

share power with his nobles

8.

Who was the best example of an "absolutism" king?

a)

King James I

b)

King Phillip II

c)

King Edward IV

d)

King Louis XIV

9.

Which of the following granted Puritans, but not Catholics, the right of public worship?

a)

the Council of Trent

b)

the Peace of Westphalia

c)

the Bill of Rights

d)

the Toleration Act of 1689

e)

the Peace of Augsburg

10.

The civil war in England was a conflict between which of the following?

a)

Catholics and Moors

b)

Catholics and the Church of England

c)

peasants and nobles

d)

the King and Parliament

11.

What was the Thirty Year's War NOT fought over?

a)

money

b)

religion

c)

territory

d)

power among European ruling families

12.

What was the most important result of the Thirty Years' War?

a)

increased Hapsburgs' power

b)

beginning of the modern state system

c)

decreased France's power

d)

end of the Holy Roman Empire

13.

What did Frederick the Great believe a ruler should be?

a)

all-powerful and unrelenting

b)

suspicious of his advisors

c)

only a military commander

d)

a father to his people

14.

Who was Ivan the Terrible?

a)

an impostor who tried to take the Russian throne

b)

the first "czar" of Russia who turned against his nobles

c)

a king of France sometimes called "the Sun King"

d)

a weak Hohenzollern ruler of Prussia

15.

Which ruler of Russia was one of its' greatest reformers and increased the czar's power?

a)

Vasili III

b)

Mikhail Romanov

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Nikolai II

16.

Which of the following was NOT a way in which Russia differed from Europe before Peter the Great?

a)

Russia was a land of boyars and serfs

b)

Boyars knew little of Europe due to following Constantinople rather than Rome

c)

Russia was Eastern Orthodox and Europe was mostly Catholic or Protestant

d)

Russia had always had absolute monarchs for rulers

17.

What are boyars?

a)

landowning nobles in Russia

b)

high-ranking priests in France

c)

military officers in Prussia

d)

political leaders in Austria

18.

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Peter the Great?

a)

raised the status of women

b)

introduced corn to the Russian people

c)

created the first Russian newspaper

d)

advanced navigation, art, and science education

19.

Who fought in the English Civil War (1642-1649)?

a)

Catholics vs. Protestants

b)

peasants and middle class vs. nobles

c)

Cavaliers vs. Roundheads

d)

Lancastrians vs. Yorkists

20.

In what form of government are rulers' powers limited by laws?

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

constitutional monarchy

c)

oligarchy

d)

theocracy