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Worksheets03 WH&G
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
A form of government where a single ruler holds all the power, often justified by the belief that their authority comes directly from God.
Democracy
Laissez Faire
Enlightenment
Absolutism
What is NOT a characteristic of an Absolute Monarch
Control Over Nobility
Checks and Balances
Hereditary Rule
Centralized Power
Who is this Absolute Monarch?
Louis XV
Peter the Great
Ivan The Terrible
Charles I
Louis XIV was king of what country?
Prussia
Russia
France
England
Peter the Great was king of what country?
Prussia
Russia
France
England
What was Louis XIV's Palace called?
Peter and Paul
Versailles
Buckingham
Sans Souci
What was Peter the Great's capital and naval port called?
St. Petersburg
Moscow
Paris
St. Cyril
What was Louis XIV's nickname?
The Great
The Sun King
The Bald
The Unready
What did Peter the Great want every Boyar to cut off?
His Traditional Boots
His Manhood
His Eastern Clothing
His Beard
What group argued against Absolute Monarchies?
The Boyars
Church officials
Enlightenment Thinkers
Charles I's family
Who was the first monarch executed for his absolute power?
Henry VIII
James I
Charles I
When was the Magna Carta signed by King John?
1018
1215
1776
2023
This established a constitutional monarchy in England and influenced later democratic documents in the U. S.
The Declaration of Independence
The English Bill of Rights
The Russian Constitution
The Tennis Court Oath
Which right was listed in the English Bill of Rights?
Freedom of Speech in Parliament
Free and Open Elections
Freedom of Religion
Freedom to Vote
An intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason, individualism, and skepticism of traditional authority.
The Defenestration of Prague
The Bastille
The Reign of Terror
The Enlightenment
This French Enlightenment thinker argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property.
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Charles Louis de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
This French Enlightenment thinker advocated for the separation of powers into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Charles Louis de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
A device that assists in remembering something. Named for the Greek goddess of memory.
Mnemonic
Pneumatic
Pandemonium
Phrenetic
What action started the French Revolution?
The Beheading of Marie Antoinette
The Beheading of Louis XVI
Storming of the Bastille
The Reign of Terror
What did Louis XVI support that helped to bankrupt the French Economy?
The French Revolution
The Russian Church
The Louisiana Purchase
The American Revolution
