Unit 1- Absolutism/Enlightenment

Question 1

Dutchmen who was asked to take over the throne of England by Parliament and agreed to sign the English Bill of Rights

Accepted Answer

William of Orange

Question 2

Where did social gatherings take place during the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Salon

Question 3

Scientist known for Laws of Motion

Accepted Answer

Newton

Question 4

Ruling family of France

Accepted Answer

Bourbon

Question 5

Natural Rights; Two Treatises of Government

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Locke

Question 6

Wrote Leviathan; People submit to strong government for peace and security

Accepted Answer

Hobbes

Question 7

Led the Roundheads to victory in the English Civil War and established the Commonwealth of England

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Oliver Cromwell

Question 8

Why was the Palace of Versailles a symbol of Absolutism

Accepted Answer

Showed wealth

Question 9

Religion _______ during this area.

Accepted Answer

Decreased

Question 10

Magna Carta helped lead to ________.

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 11

What did Adam Smith favor?

Accepted Answer

No government intervention in the economy.

Question 12

English monarchy led by Henry VIII and Elizabeth I

Accepted Answer

Tudor

Question 13

Encyclopedia

Accepted Answer

Diderot

Question 14

Rule by one person-monarch

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Absolute Monarchy

Question 15

What was the Enlightenment known as?

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Reason

Question 16

Wrote against religious and political corruption

Accepted Answer

Voltaire

Question 17

English dynasty started by James I of Scotland

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Stuart

Question 18

Took over after Cromwell died and ended the Kingless decade.

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Charles II

Question 19

What did Cromwell NOT do to England?

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Only educated males

Question 20

Writers during the Enlightenment were interested in?

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Changingthe relationship between the government and the people

Question 21

Small group of people (usually nobles) having control over a country.

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Oligarchy

Question 22

Social Contract; Government should serve the will of ALL the people and not one.

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Rousseau

Question 23

Style of Art that originated in Paris described as soft colors and curvy lines

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Rococo

Question 24

Government in which Monarch agrees to share power with Parliament

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Limited Monarchy

Question 25

Separation of Powers; Spirit of the Laws

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Montesquieu

Question 26

Took over as King after Elizabeth I died childless and believed in idea of divine right.

Accepted Answer

James I

Question 27

French Protestant

Accepted Answer

Huegenot

Question 28

What were Enlightenment thinkers known as?

Accepted Answer

Philosophes

Question 29

Family which ruled Spain, Netherlands, Austria, and Roman Empire

Accepted Answer

Hapsburgs

Question 30

Which country was the first modern European superpower?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 31

What did Peter and Catherine the Great do to Russia?

Accepted Answer

Westernize

Question 32

Got rid of Parliament which led to English Civil War. Was exectured

Accepted Answer

Charles I

Question 33

What did the Enlightenment emphasize?

Accepted Answer

Reason and Logic

Question 34

What was Louis XIV's nickname?

Accepted Answer

Sun King

Question 35

Monarchs derived their power from God

Accepted Answer

Divine Right

Question 36

What grew during the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Literacy

Question 37

Scientist known for laws of planetary motion.

Accepted Answer

Galileo

Question 38

Elegant palace built by King Louis XIV

Accepted Answer

Versailles

Question 39

Name of person put in place to rule for heir too young to rule.

Accepted Answer

Regent

Question 40

Monarch know for creating Church of England and separating from Catholic Church

Accepted Answer

Henry VIII

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