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World History II – CP
CM #1 – FK Study Guide # 1
WORLD HISTORY II - CP
STUDY GUIDE: ABSOLUTISM & ENLIGHTENMENT
Be able to match with a definition or identification:
absolute monarchy
divine right
Louis XIV
Versailles
limited monarchy
Parliament
Puritans
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
William of Orange (William & Mary)
social contract
salons
Frederick the Great
Be able to answer multiple choice questions about the following:
How absolute monarchs gained & kept power
What life was like at Versailles
English Civil War
Why it happened
Who fought
The result (what happened to the king)
Glorious Revolution – how it changed England’s government
English Bill of Rights – main idea
Basic beliefs of Enlightenment thinkers
Ideas about human nature and how government should work by:
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
What a “laissez-faire” approach to the economy is
How the Enlightenment affected most common people (peasants)
What “enlightened absolutism” is
The types of policies “enlightened despots” followed
Why/how reforms by enlightened despots were limited
Be able to identify ideas from before and after the Enlightenment (see your chart on
Enlightenment Thought!)
SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (You must answer BOTH)
1. Explain how and why 17th century England and France provide examples of different types
of monarchy.
2. Compare and contrast the ideas of Hobbes and Locke regarding human nature and
society/government.