Absolutism Global History Regents

Which statement about the Scientific Revolution in Europe is accurate?

• The existence of natural laws was rejected
• Scientists questioned traditional beliefs about the universe
• New ideas supported the geocentric theory of Ptolemy
• The bible was used to justify new scientific findings

Under the Old Regime in France, the burden of taxation fell mostly on the

• monarchy
• clergy
• nobles 
• commoners

One way in which Robespierre and Napoleon are similar is that they both

• played an important role at the Congress of Vienna
• increased their power during the French Revolution
• were executed for treason by the French monarchs
• led armies against the Haitians

A major change in European thought, starting in the mid-1500s, in which the study of the natural world began to be characterized by careful observation and the questioning of accepted beliefs.

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Renaissance

• Protestant Reformation

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute

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

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

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.

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.