WorksheetsAbsolutism and Intro Enlightenment
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
Which term describes the belief that a monarch should control every aspect of a nation and is not restricted by law or unwritten norms?
Constitutional Monarchy
Absolutism
Dynasty
Divine Right of Kings
Select all statements that accurately describe a constitutional monarchy as defined in the vocabulary bank.
It operates alongside a set of written laws.
Monarchs are the only branch of government.
Monarchs are one aspect of the government rather than the whole government.
It rejects any legal constraints on the monarch.
Match each term to its definition.
Divine Right of Kings
Belief that God grants royal families, especially kings, the right to rule beyond human laws
Dynasty
Powerful families that maintain political power through hereditary succession
Monarchy
System of government ruled by a king or queen, often gaining power by inheritance
Versailles
Expansive, elaborate French royal palace built by King Louis XIV near Paris
Which statement best defines the Divine Right of Kings?
A legal doctrine that limits monarchical power through constitutions
A belief that God grants the royal family, particularly the king, authority over the nation beyond human laws
A tradition where power passes through elected representatives
A philosophy advocating commercial freedom across Europe
Which term refers specifically to a powerful family or group that maintains political power over time through hereditary succession?
Monarchy
Dynasty
Absolutism
Thirty Years War
What was the Thirty Years War?
A single civil war within France over palace construction
A series of European wars fought by various nations for religious, dynastic, territorial, and commercial reasons
An uprising that established constitutional monarchy in England
A local conflict near Versailles lasting three decades
Which description correctly identifies Versailles?
A constitutional document limiting French kings
The city where the Thirty Years War ended
An expansive and elaborate French royal palace about 40 miles outside Paris built by King Louis XIV
A dynasty that ruled multiple European nations
Match the following absolute rulers to the country in which they ruled.
Spain
Philip II
England
King Henry VIII
Russia
Peter the Great
France
King Louis XIV
Match the numbers to the correct country.
England
France
Spain
Russia
Who wrote the book 'The Leviathan'?
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
Thomas Hobbes
What is a social contract?
The supreme power or authority held by a ruler.
A ruler in the 18th century who would pursue and utilize enlightenment ideas.
A book written by Thomas Hobbes in 1681.
An agreement by members of society to cooperate for the benefit of society.
What is separation of powers?
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
A belief/theory that opinions and actions should be based on reason and knowledge rather than religious belief.
A group of unchanging moral principles that are a foundation for all human rights.
A model of government in which the power is split into various branches that share the power equally.
How did King Louis XIV keep complete power as a monarch?
executing the previous monarch's family
distracting the nobles with court life to keep them out of politics
kept a network of spies to find those against him
gave lavish riches to any serf who supported him
What did the Peace of Westphalia do?
weakened monarchs by increasing the Church's power
resulted in the spread of democratic ideas
united the Holy Roman Empire
allowed rulers to determine thier own state religions
European monarchs became absolute rulers in response to which of the following?
heavy tax burdens
religious and territorial conflicts
new government bureaucracies
growth and increase of power of nobilities
Who is the "Sun King"
King Louis XVV
King Louis XI
King Henry VIII
King Louis XIV
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Absolute Monarchs
Claim Divine Right
Share the power with everyone they like
Control the nobility
build large projects for their glorification
What led to the Enlightenment?
Theocracy
Democracy
Socialism
Absolutism
Why did King Louis XIV build the Palace of Versailles
to show off and make other monarchs jealous
He needed to upgrade from his previous 2 bedroom cottage
He was gifted a large sum of money from England
He had many children and wanted them to have a large home
