AP European History
Absolutism/Enlightenment Study Guide
1. A significant feature of English society in the 16th Century and 17th Century was?
2. Although different in their sources of power, the governments of 18th Century Great Britain and France had
these characteristics in common?
3. An immediate effect of the Glorious Revolution in England was?
4. Between the 16th Century and 17th Century, peasants in Poland, Bohemia, Hungary, and Russia?
5. David Hume argued that human beings?
6. During the English Revolution, the Levellers advocated the idea that?
7. Enlightenment philosophes argued that women?
8. For Rousseau, what was the main source of inequality and the chief cause of crime?
9. In general, the 18th Century philosophes were?
10. In the 18th Century, the principal economic activity of the Netherlands was?
11. In what ways was political life in the Netherlands unique in Europe in the 17th Century and 18th Century?
12. Ivan III was responsible for the?
13. Jacques Bossuet was the 17th Century’s most articulate?
14. Louis XIV supported?
15. Many 18th Century philosophes believed that governmental reform would be accomplished by?
16. Peter the Great’s “Westernization” of Russia consisted primarily of?
17. Peter the Great’s reforms included?
18. The cabinet system in England is based upon the view that government leadership must?
19. The guiding force behind Cardinal Richelieu’s domestic policies was?
20. The ideas of the Enlightenment challenged the long-term assumptions about sovereignty and instead
proposed that?
21. The Pragmatic Sanction (1713) stated that the Hapsburg possessions?
22. The Siege of Vienna in 1683 was undertaken by?
23. Thinkers of the Enlightenment considered humanity as what?
24. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke disagreed over the theory of?
25. To what did Voltaire’s famous polemic slogan Crush the infamous thing! refer?
26. To whom did Charles II of Spain leave his territories igniting the War of the Spanish Succession?
27. What are the characteristics of 18th Century Enlightenment?
28. What are the principles of Deism?
29. What did John Locke mean by the term tabula rasa?
30. What did Rousseau’s conception of the General Will mean?
31. What nation exerted the most influence on Italy in the 18th Century?
32. What was Rousseau’s most important concept in The Social Contract?
33. What was the main reason for the increase in power of the English monarch in the 16th Century?
34. What was the most important contribution Catherine the Great made early in her reign?
35. What was the most significant factor in the rise of national states in Western Europe?
36. What was the overall practical purpose of the court of Versailles?
37. What was the recognized capital of the Enlightenment?
38. What was the corvée?
39. What were Colbert’s contributions to the economy of France?
40. What were the major factors that fostered the ideals of the Enlightenment?
41. What were the views of Thomas Hobbes?
42. Who said the best government is achieved by the separation of powers?
43. Why did Charles I call Parliament into session in 1640?
44. Why is Maria Theresa considered an “Enlightened Despot?”