Absolutism to Enlightenment Units Test Review

During the Age of Absolutism, European monarchs sought to:

• Encourage the growth of cooperative farms

• Develop better relations with Muslim rulers

• Increase human rights for their citizens

• Centralize political power in their nation

“I may not agree with a word you have to say but I will fight to my death for your right to say it.”

The quote above illustrates which of the following concepts:

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of Assembly

• Freedom of Petition

• Freedom of Speech

Voltaire was a philosopher who defended

• The practice of slavery

• The nobility

• Freedom of speech

• The free market

_____________was the leader of the Roundheads in the English Civil War.

• Henry VIII

• Oliver Cromwell

• Parliament

• Charles I

BEFORE Copernicus introduced his theory, what was the accepted view of the Universe?

• The Earth and Sun revolved around the Moon

• The Earth and Sun spun around each other

• The Sun was the center of the universe and the Earth spun around the Sun

• The Earth was the center of the universe and the Sun spun around the Earth

This graphic demonstrates what Enlightenment principle, developed by whom?

• The supremacy of legislature; Locke

• The supremacy of the legislature; Hobbes

• The separation of powers; Voltaire

• The separation of powers; Montesquieu

The goal of the Enlightenment writers was to

• Uphold the Divine Right Theory

• Limit the government from interfering with the rights of the people

• Increase support for European military conquests

• Support the European monarchs

Which of the following was NOT a result of the Enlightenment:

• Stimulation of religious tolerance

• Monarchies were given longer terms

• Inspired democratic revolutions around the world

• Applied reason to the human world

According to John Locke, people form governments to protect their _________:

• social contracts

• loyalties

• natural rights

• philosophes

Which of the following statements is false?

• The discovery of the Americas and Columbian Exchange prompted the spread of new ideas. 

• The Scientific Revolution led to increases in education and knowledge.  

• Gutenberg’s invention enabled scientists to spread new ideas. 

• The Scientific Revolution did not gain any knowledge from the rest of the world.