Absolute Monarchs, Enlightenment and Scientific Questions

The belief that the ruler of a kingdom is born to lead and given those responsibilities from god is known as…

• Divine Right Theory

• Social Contract Theory

• Enlightened Theory

• Geocentric Theory

Absolutism is -

• The idea that there is an important question that a monarch needs to force into law particularly when dealing with a female inheriting the throne.

• The idea that a monarch has direct power from God to rule and that they are responsible to God alone.

• The idea that a monarch has the authority to have complete and absolute control.

• The idea that a monarch has the ability to tell his subjects what they are to do in life.

What is the term for the belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God?

• Social contract

• Divine right

• Natural rights

• Separation of powers

Peter the Great wanted his people to "westernize." This means...

• to become more independent

• to become more like the West

• start trading with China

A king or queen who has complete authority over government and the lives of the people

• absolute monarch

• balance of power

• divine right

• habeas corpus

• limited monarchy

Fill in the blank.

All monarchies have one leader, but in an absolute monarchy, that leader has _______ of the power. They are not controlled by anyone else

• all

• some

• none

• a little bit

What was the name of the intellectual movement that was responsible for challenging unlimited governments and caused people to question the authority of the church?

• The Great Illumination

• The Renaissance

• The Great Awakening

• The Enlightenment

Which quotation would most likely have been made by an absolute monarch?

• "It is the parliament that must make the laws."

• "The government must be based on a sound constitution."

• "The rights and prohibitions of the nation are joined with my body and reside in my hands alone. Public order in its entirety comes from me."

• “People in a state of nature are solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short."

An absolute monarch justified their power with the theory known as—

• Balance of power

• Divine right

• pragmatic sanction

• regiments of grants

During the Age of Absolutism (1600's and 1700's) European monarchies sought to ______________.

• increase human rights for their citizens

• develop better relations with Moslem rulers

• centralize political power in their nation

• encourage the growth of cooperative farms