Midterm Review 3

What was the "Age of Absolutism"?

• A period when European kings were weak

• A period when European kings ruled with absolute power

• A period of democracy in Europe

• A time when the Catholic Church held all the power

How did the Crusades contribute to the rise of absolute monarchs?

• They led to the fall of feudalism and the rise of trade

• They gave power to the feudal lords

• They weakened the Catholic Church

• Both A and C

What was a negative impact of Louis XIV's reign?

• His wars created massive debts for France

• He allowed the nobles too much power

• He lost many colonies in overseas exploration

• He made France a weak and unstable country

Ferdinand and Isabella are best known for which achievement?

• Expanding the Ottoman Empire's territory

• Establishing religious tolerance in the Mughal Empire

• Completing the Reconquista and sponsoring Christopher Columbus

• Centralizing power and building the Palace of Versailles

One contribution that John Locke made to Enlightenment philosophy was the idea that

• absolute monarchies should continue

• the punishment should fit the crime

• individual rights should be denied

• governments should be based on the consent of the people

Louis XIV strengthened the power of the monarchy in France by

• centralizing control

• granting democratic reforms

• practicing religious toleration

• reducing the size of the bureaucracy

Belief in the ideas of the Enlightenment and discontent within the Third Estate were causes of the

• French Revolution

• Counter Reformation

• Industrial Revolution

• Spanish Reconquista

Which principle of the Enlightenment philosophers is expressed in this quotation from the French Revolution? “... Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions may be founded only upon the general good. ...” —Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

• natural law

• nationalism

• free trade

• socialism

The unification of Italy and the unification of Germany show that

• socialism was an effective way of organizing the economy

• nationalism could be used to consolidate political interests

• colonialism could be used to spread European civilization

• interdependence was a significant obstacle to waging war