Absolutism & Enlightenment

Question 1

Monarch who made himself head of the Church of England after breaking from Catholic Church

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Henry VIII

Question 2

Peter the Great moved the capital from Moscow to the coastal-city _____.

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St. Petersburg

Question 3

Peter the Great introduced western ideas, culture, and technology to Russia. This was known as.

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Westernization

Question 4

European countries established system of ___; the belief that trade accumulates wealth.

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Mercantalism

Question 5

Believed government should express the general will of the people. He wrote The Social Contract

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Jean-Jaques Rosseau

Question 6

The definition of Absolutism is_____.

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A monarch's total control over his subjects.

Question 7

Absolute monarchs that use Enlightenment ideas to reform societies (Catherine the Great).

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Enlightened Despots

Question 8

The Commercial Revolution led to the rise of the middle class, education, & more occupations.

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True

Question 9

Monarchs justified their power based on the theory that a king was God's deputy on earth.

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Divine Right

Question 10

______: Trade and industry is controlled by business owners, not the government.

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Capitalism

Question 11

A system of government ruled by a king or queen who's power is inherited by family members.

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Monarchy

Question 12

One of the most powerful female Monarchs, ruled England for 44 years, defeated Spanish fleet.

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Queen Elizabeth I

Question 13

Created the Law of Gravity and connected speed of falling objects to the movement of planets

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Sir Isaac Newton

Question 14

A small group of powerful individuals that rule a country, group, or organization.

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Oligarchy

Question 15

"Man is not naturally good. Without a central authority, life would be nasty, brutish & short."

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Thomas Hobbes

Question 16

A transition from local economies of the Middle Ages to the formation of a global economy.

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Commercial Revolution

Question 17

Author who wrote The Wealth of Nations which promotes competition & division of labor in market

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Adam Smith

Question 18

Political system in which a monarch has total control over his subjects & punished challengers.

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Absolutism

Question 19

18th century movement that promoted reason and science as the solutions for society's problems

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The Enlightenment

Question 20

He believed the government's purpose was to protect life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.

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John Locke

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