Quiz on European History

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

Which Enlightenment thinker, who wrote "The Two Treatises on Government", and believed that the people are rational and can govern themselves?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Smith

Louis XIV said, "L'etat, c'est moi." [I am the state]. Who would most likely agree with the form of government he supported?

• Hobbes

• Locke

• Rousseau

• Smith

Who had the Palace of Versailles built as a demonstration of wealth and power?

• Louis XIV

• Hobbes

• Louis XVI

• Maximillian

A major concept promoted by philosophers of the Enlightenment was the need for...

• A return to traditional medieval ideas

• The use of reason for rational and logical thinking

• Overseas expansion by western European nations

• Strengthening the power of the organized religions

Which statement reflects an argument of Enlightenment philosophers against the belief in the divine right of kings?

• God has chosen all government rulers

• Independence is built by military might

• A capitalist economic system is necessary for democracy

• The power of the government is derived from the governed

• Divine Right Theory

• God given right

• Christianity Theory

• Social Theory

_______ saw himself as the “Sun King” of France and the most powerful ruler in the world during the 17th century (1600s):

• Louis XIV
• Louis XVI

• Napoleon

• King Ferdinand

Peter the Great to force the Russian nobility to adopt what type of culture?

• Western culture

• African culture
• Middle Eastern culture
• Eastern Asian culture

Which system of government is characterized by centralization of power and rule by divine right?

• Oligarchy
• Federalism
• Anarchy
• Absolute monarchy