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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Absolute Ruler mean?a ruler who is sure of their powerA ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public lifesomeone who has to answer to a separate government bodya ruler who is absolute
- 2. Multiple Choice
During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs looked to
Develop better relations with muslim rulers
Centralize political power in their nations
Encourage the growth of political farms
Increase human rights for citizens
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was Peter the Great?
This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European
This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility
This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best
This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them
- 4. Multiple Choice
Who was Louis XIV?
This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European
This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility
This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.
This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The English Bill of Rights
created a constitutional monarchy.
resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.
reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.
confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent.
- 6. Multiple Choice
The enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine the Great in her Instruction
succeeded in abolishing serfdom in all of Russia.
succeeded in establishing an equal system of law for all Russian citizens.
instigated changes in Russian government that sapped the power of the old nobility.
supported equality before the law, questioned serfdom, torture and capital punishment.
- 7. Multiple Choice
During the reign of Charles I of England,
the English Civil War occurred.
Oliver Cromwell emerged as the new military leader.
Parliament was dissolved.
All of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
The economic theory based on a country's ability to export more goods than import which contributed to the rise of absolutism was
capitalism.
laissez faire economics.
mercantilism.
socialism.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The primary goal of most of Europe's absolute monarchs was tosupport political freedom for the new middle classesprevent contact with areas beyond Europe's borderscentralize their political control over their nationsmaintain peaceful relations with neighboring nations - 10. Multiple ChoiceThe theory justifying a monarch's rule by God's authority is calledlaissez-fairetotalitarianismpredestinationdivine right
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these events most directly led to the signing of the English Bill of Rights?
English Civil War
Glorious Revolution
Thirty Years War
Defeat of Spanish Armada
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat body in England placed limits on the powers of the monarchs?The ChurchParliamentUniversitiesForeign governments
- 13. Multiple ChoiceThis absolute monarch weakened his nobles by forcing them to live with him and occupied them with ridiculous tasks.Phillip IILouis XIVFrederick the GreatJames II
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was a problem with the age of absolutism?
Wars were fought for status, religion, territory, and power
Taxes were raised to build roads, canals, factories, and merchant ships
Countries gained vast territories of land throughout Europe
Tremendous wealth was gained by utilizing their colonies raw materials
- 15. Multiple Choice
Westernization means …
Traveling West in search of natural resources
To adopt or be influenced by the cultural, economic, or political systems of Europe
- 16. Multiple Choice
The following could be said about Phillip II’s legacy
It was a success because he spent his money wisely and left Spain wealthy
It was an economic failure because he left Spain poor after a lot of spending on wars.
He is relatively unknown as a monarch
His dad Charles V was more well known
- 17. Multiple ChoiceSpanish King who made several mistakes that led to the downfall of Spain.Phillip IIElizabeth ILouis XIVCharles I
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which monarchy started the Church of England and proclaimed himself the Supreme Head of the Church?
Phillip II
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Mary I
- 19. Multiple Choice
The English Bill of Rights ended the __________________________ in England.
Constitutional Monarchy.
Absolute Monarchy.
Totalitarian State.
westernized Russia.
- 20. Multiple ChoiceWhich group was granted religious freedom by the issuing of the Edict of Nantes?PresbyteriansHuguenotsCatholicsLutherans
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