Quiz #1
Absolutism
Benjamin is a citizen of Thailand and has very little rights. King Thomas comes from a long line of rulers that have
limited their citizens’ rights and the people of Thailand are growing discontent (mad) at the situation.
1. What governmental system is being described above?
a. Democracy
b. Absolute Monarchy
c. Constitutional Monarchy
d. Dictatorship
2. What king became France’s most powerful ruler and boasted “I am the state”?
a. Henry II
c. Phillip II
b. Henry IV
d. Louis XIV
3. This was Peter the Great’s policy of bringing European ideas and architecture to Russia.
a. Westernization
c. Mercantilism
b. Colonization
d. Absolutism
4. Peter the Great changed Russia by…
a. removes social classes.
b. becoming constitutional monarchs.
c. preventing wars with neighboring
nations.
d. introducing new western ideas and
customs.
“God hath power to create or destroy, make or unmake, at his pleasure; to give life or send death; to
judge…and to be judged (by) none… the same power is had by kings;…”
5. Which idea is described by the passage above?
a. theory of divine right
b. Democracy
c. Social Darwinism
d. Constitutional Monarchy
6. The following could be said about Phillip II’s legacy…
a. It was a success because he spent his money wisely and left Spain wealthy
b. It was a failure because he left Spain poor after a lot of spending on wars.
c. It was a success because he discriminated against anyone who was Catholic.
d. He married Queen Mary I of England to unite the Protestant community.
7.
Peter the Great defeated Sweden for the warm water port of the Baltic Sea. Why was this important?
a. Russia could use the Baltic Sea for trade purposes.
b. Peter wanted to own the entire world’s water.
c. Peter wanted a vacation home.
d. It would allow him to build the Palace of Versailles.