Absolutism and Exploration Quiz

The main characteristic of this political system is that a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people.

• Absolutism

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Utopia

What does Absolute Ruler mean?

• a ruler who is sure of their power
• A ruler who is involved in all aspects of government and public life
• someone who has to answer to a separate government body
• a ruler who is absolute

Who was Peter the Great?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building the city Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man didn't believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that enlightened monarchy was best

• This man thought that humans were naturally greedy and chaotic and would need a large government to control them

Who was Louis XIV?

• This man promoted Westernization campaigns to make his country more European

• This man demonstrated absolutism by building Versailles as a way of distracting the French nobility

• This man believed that humans were naturally good and would not need a large government to rule over them.

• This man did not believe that the average person was intelligent enough to participate in government, which led him to believe that an enlightened monarchy was best.

The English Bill of Rights

• created a constitutional monarchy.

• resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.

• reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.

• confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent.

The theory justifying a monarch's rule by God's authority is called

• laissez-faire
• totalitarianism
• predestination
• divine right

Which of these events most directly led to the signing of the English Bill of Rights?

• English Civil War

• Glorious Revolution

• Thirty Years War

• Defeat of Spanish Armada

Which monarchy started the Church of England and proclaimed himself the Supreme Head of the Church?

• Phillip II

• Henry VIII

• Elizabeth I

• Mary I

The English Bill of Rights ended the __________________________ in England.

• Constitutional Monarchy.

• Absolute Monarchy.

• Totalitarian State.

• westernized Russia.

The Spanish Armada was launched to invade which country

• England

• France

• The Netherlands

• Germany