The Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment

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

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Which of the following would most likely agree with the form of government supported by Louis XIV?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Baron de Montesquieu

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

• Catherine the Great

• Louis XIV

• Louis XVI

• Maria Theresa

Which absolute monarch emphasized military power in Prussia?

• Louis XVI

• Louis XIV

• Frederick the Great

• Peter the Great

Who was the Spanish king who sent the Spanish Armada to England?

• Peter the Great

• Louis XVI

• Philip II

• Louis XIV

Which English Queen ruled for 45 years and solidified England as a Protestant nation?

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

During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, many scientists and philosophers works:

• Relied heavily on the ideas of medieval thinkers

• Favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving economic conditions

• Received support from the Catholic Church

• Examined natural laws governing the universe