LUOA Test: Absolutism, Reason & Revolution (9th Grade)

What were the chief points of contention between powerful Italian cities? [Choose all that apply.]

fighting over surrounding land using allies to supplant rivals

The Enlightenment applied scientific reasoning to which areas? [Choose all that apply.]

government education economics

Which lesson did the Italian city-states learn that other countries did not learn about managing a kingdom? [Choose all that apply.]

how to establish constitutions and charters how to manage lower social orders

According to the Declaration of the Rights of Man, which is the cause of public disorder and government corruption?

ignorance and disregard for the natural rights of the people

What does the Latin phrase cuius regio, eius religio mean?

in whose kingdom, his religion

Which of the following was the goal of the Proclamation of 1763?

to ease tensions with the Native Americans

When did the Thirty Years' War begin?

1618

When we discuss the Age of Absolutism, which century are we discussing?

17th

When was the Enlightenment?

17th and 18th centuries

How many men did Washington have in his army in the winter of 1776?

5,000

Which of the following describe Henry IV of France? [Choose all that apply.]

He was assassinated. The Estates-General approved of his actions. He tried to bring prosperity to France.

Which is the name for the small governmental territories that formed the Holy Roman Empire?

Diets

What happened to Charles I when he was defeated? [Choose all that apply.]

He was found guilty of treason. He was beheaded.

Why was James II placed on the throne after the death of Charles II? [Choose all that apply.]

He was the Duke of York. Charles II had no heir.

In the political fight of the Thirty Years' War, one was either for or against which group?

House of Hapsburg

Who was the biggest competitor to the House of Hapsburg?

House of Valois

To which of the following did the philosophy of Deism lead?

Increased importance of man in his own deeds

Many historians refer to the American Revolution as the American War of ________________.

Independence

Which best defines the Age of Absolutism? [Choose all that apply.]

Kings believed their rule was not subject to the people. Kings believed they answered only to God. Kings ruled without a system of checks and balances

Against what did the Parable of the Madman warn? [Choose all that apply.]

Life without God is meaningless. There are consequences of a life without God.

Who revoked the Edict of Nantes?

Louis XIV

Which philosopher believed that all people are born with natural rights and that the government receives the power to rule from the people?

John Locke

Which led to the War of Spanish Succession? [Choose all that apply.]

Louis XIV convincing Charles II to leave the Spanish Empire to Philip of Anjou Charles II leaving no heirs

By the 15th century, which city had replaced Kiev as the most important city in Russia?

Moscow

Which city became the philosophical center of the Enlightenment?

Paris

What happened when Charles I arrested seventy-six landowners for not paying the ship tax?

Parliament forced him to sign the Petition of Right.

What led to the start of the English Civil War? [Choose all that apply.]

Parliament protesting the reign of Charles I Charles I attempting to arrest members of Parliament

Which Russian ruler traveled to Europe in an effort to find ways to modernize Russia?

Peter the Great

Which city served as the capital for what would become the United States in 1777?

Philadelphia

What is Deism?

The belief that God is the sole Creator who set the universe in motion and then abandoned it.

What is empiricism?

The belief that truth and knowledge come from the senses and experiences.

Believing that Russia should continue the legacy of Rome and Constantinople, Ivan III began referring to Moscow as the "_______ Rome."

Third

The Treaty of Westphalia signaled the end of which war?

Thirty Years' War

Why did members of the Third Estate decide to meet in Versailles and form the National Assembly in 1789? [Choose all that apply.]

To repay enormous debt, the king of France raised taxes on the commoners. A series of terrible winters destroyed crops, leading to food shortages and high prices. The Third Estate believed that a new constitution should be created that would limit the power of the king.

Which treaty ended the Thirty Years' War?

Treaty of Westphalia (1648)

Which document served as an inspiration to the United States' Declaration of Independence?

Two Treatises on Government

What is another name for the Dutch Republic? [Choose all that apply.]

United Provinces the Low Countries

Which famous philosophe possessed a combination of brilliance, wit, and brutal sarcasm and used his sharp mind and tongue to criticize any person or institution that criticized the values of the Enlightenment?

Voltaire

Thomas Hobbes believed that the government should wield absolute power like which powerful beast?

leviathan

Which of the following best describes the Holy Roman Empire?

loose confederation of smaller kingdoms

Who argued that God does not exist since man cannot experience Him with the senses?

David Hume

Who was the Father of the Age of Reason?

Descartes

What was the result of the War of Spanish Succession? [Choose all that apply.]

Austria emerged as a strong European power. France was greatly weakened.

Which philosophe influenced the founders of the United States with his belief that government should have limited power and that power should be divided into three separate branches?

Baron de Montesquieu

Who led the American delegation to France and signed the Treaty of Paris on September 3, 1783, officially ending the American War of Independence?

Benjamin Franklin

By 1778, which cities did the British control in the North? [Choose all that apply.]

Boston New York

Who was the advisor to Louis XIV?

Cardinal Mazarin

Who laid the foundation for absolutism in France?

Cardinal Richelieu

Who was the advisor to Louis XIII?

Cardinal Richelieu

Which of the following describes Catherine the Great of Russia? [Choose all that apply.]

Catherine saw herself as an enlightened ruler who supported education and the arts. Catherine likely conspired with the Russian nobility to have her husband murdered so that she could become empress. Catherine saw herself as an absolute monarch who wielded complete control over her subjects.

Who was on the throne during the Restoration?

Charles II

Which area provided Prussia's industrial power?

Cleves-Mark

Which law provided religious toleration to French Huguenots under Henry IV?

Edict of Nantes

Which of the following describes the positive legacy of the Enlightenment? [Choose all that apply.]

Emphasis was placed on the importance of respecting different points of view. Emphasis was placed on the importance of equality. Emphasis was placed on the freedom of speech.

During the Enlightenment, Denis Diderot compiled much of the knowledge of the world at that time into one work, which he called the ________________.

Encyclopédie

Which of the following were dominant Italian states? [Choose all that apply.]

Florence Venice Piedmont

Who believed that man had "killed" God by elevating reason and human minds as the ultimate sources of truth, thus making belief in God irrelevant?

Friedrich Nietzsche

Who joined Descartes in using reason to glorify God?

Gottfried Leibniz

Why was Charles V significant? [Choose all that apply.]

He asserted dominance in the Holy Roman Empire. He ruled the Hapsburg Netherlands. He wrestled control of the Italian states from France.

Which of the following is a belief Jean-Jacques Rousseau held?

He believed that people should place their trust in government for their salvation and be willing to surrender some of their freedoms so government can end inequality.

What did Cromwell achieve during the Protectorate? [Choose all that apply.]

He established a legacy of brutality in England. He wrote the Instrument of Government. He established Puritan morality in law.

How did James I treat Parliament? [Choose all that apply.]

He ignored their advice. He mounted large debts for lavish courts.

What was the purpose of Versailles? [Choose all that apply.]

It allowed Louis XIV to distract the nobles with court ritual and splendor. It allowed Louis XIV to show off his power to other nations.

What did the Puritans believe about the Church of England?

It needed to be rid of the Catholic foundations.

Which of the following was a negative result of the Enlightenment?

It opened the door to build philosophies that doubted God.

Which statements were true of the Estates-General in the national governing of France? [Choose all that apply.]

It was called in times of emergency. The king called the Estates-General to order. It was rarely used.

What were some differences between the Holy Roman Empire and the Italian city-states? [Choose all that apply.]

Italy featured more powerful cities. The Holy Roman Empire was less regionally powerful within its borders.

Which of the following is an example of the cruelty of Ivan the Terrible? [Choose all that apply.]

Ivan supposedly had the eyes of the architects of St. Basil's Cathedral cut out. Ivan estabilshed a police force who tortured and killed those who opposed him. Ivan killed his son in a fit of rage.

Who was an artist during the Age of Enlightenment?

Jacques-Louis David

After the death of Elizabeth I, who became ruler of England?

James I

Which philosopher believed that emotions, feelings, and passion were just as important as reason?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which were the emerging German states during the decline of the Holy Roman Empire? [Choose all that apply.]

Prussia Austria

Which were periods of literature during and around the Enlightenment? [Choose all that apply.]

Romantic Storm and Stress Classical

Which of the following was another name for the French and Indian War?

Seven Years' War

"L'état, c'est moi" means, "I am the ______________."

State

What was Louis XIV's nickname?

Sun King

The Thirty Years' War impacted which group the most?

The Germans

Which of the following best describes John Locke's idea of tabula rasa?

When people are born, their minds are blank pages, waiting for experiences to fill the pages. There is no sinful nature, and the perfectibility of mankind is possible.

What was the legacy of Louis XV? [Choose all that apply.]

acquiring massive war debt conflict over taxes revolts of the parlements

The Tudors were _____________.

an English royal family

Which problems did the successor of James I face? [Choose all that apply.]

an angry Parliament Puritans high taxes

How could ordinary people in France obtain hereditary titles of nobility?

by purchasing a title for as much as 60,000 livres

Which of the following was characteristic of the arts during the Age of Reason? [Choose all that apply.]

control realism balance harmony

Which is a sign that a literary movement is changing?

criticism of the previous movement

What was the consequence of the fighting between Italian city-states?

delayed unification

In response to the Petition of Right, what did Charles I do? [Choose all that apply.]

dissolved Parliament prevented another Parliament assembling for eleven years

Which is the governing body that presided over smaller districts in France before the French Revolution?

parlement

Which statements are true of the right of asiento? [Choose all that apply.]

profiting from the sale of slaves to Spanish colonies selling slaves to Spanish colonies

Which of the following states that reason is the primary source of knowledge and truth?

rationalism

Which were features of art in the Enlightenment? [Choose all that apply.]

realism balance

Louis XIV of France did what with the Edict of Nantes?

revoked it

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of royal authority in the Age of Absolutism?

service-minded

What were Richelieu's objectives as chief advisor to the king? [Choose all that apply.]

strengthen the monarchy make France the dominant European power

What did the True Law of Free Monarchies argue? [Choose all that apply.]

that the king should be free of Parliament, Church, and law that power should be consolidated in one monarch that kings should be revered as gods

Which mountain range did the Proclamation Act of 1763 forbid colonists to cross?

the Appalachian Mountains

Which underpinned the philosophy of Frederick the Great? [Choose all that apply.]

the Enlightenment the ideas of Kant

Frederick William I believed Prussia's power was in what?

the army

Which of the following describes the negative legacy of the Enlightenment? [Choose all that apply.]

the belief that God does not exist emphasis on human reason alone to solve all of mankind's problems the rejection of absolute truth

From which did the Enlightenment spring?

the discoveries of the scientific revolution

Under William and Mary, which did English citizens receive? [Choose all that apply.]

the end of absolutism in England a Bill of Rights a guarantee that only a Protestant could hold the throne