1. Between 1300 and 1600, which economic system
began to develop as a result of the transformation
in global trade?
A) socialism
C) communism
Base your answers to questions 4 and 5 on the
map below.
B) capitalism
D) manorialism test
2. A DEO REX, A REQE LEX — "the king is from
God, and law is from the king."
James I
This quotation best reflects the concept of
A)
B)
C)
D)
constitutional monarchy
separation of powers
equal representation
divine right rule
3. What was a major result of the Glorious
Revolution?
A) Napoleon was restored to power.
B) England further limited its monarchy.
C) Oliver Cromwell became the leader of
England.
D) The Spanish Armada was defeated.
4. Which event is associated with the changes
shown on this map?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Opium War
Meiji Restoration
Chinese Nationalist Revolution
rise of the Soviet Union
5. What was a basic cause of the political changes
shown on this map?
A) Russia and Japan formed an alliance.
B) Korea defeated Japan in the Sino-Japanese
War.
C) The Japanese people wanted to spread the
beliefs of Shinto.
D) Japan needed raw materials for
industrialization.
Base your answers to questions 6 and 7 on the
speakers' statements below.
Speaker A: Although I spread serfdom in my
country, I tried to modernize our society by
incorporating western technology.
Speaker B: I promoted culture with my
support of the arts. Unfortunately, I drained
my country's treasury by building my palace
at Versailles and involving my country in
costly wars.
Speaker C: I gained much wealth from my
overseas empire in the Americas. I waged
war against the Protestants and lost.
Speaker D: I inherited the throne and
imprisoned my foes without a trial. I
dissolved Parliament because I did not want
to consult with them when I increased taxes.
6. Which type of government is most closely
associated with all these speakers?
A)
B)
C)
D)
limited monarchy
absolute monarchy
direct democracy
constitutional democracy
7. Which nation was most likely governed by
Speaker D?
A) Russia
C) Spain
B) France
D) England
8. Which statement best describes a result of the
encounter between Europeans and native
populations of Latin America?
A) Native societies experienced rapid
population growth.
B) European nations lost power and prestige in
the New World.
C) Large numbers of natives migrated to
Europe for a better life.
D) Plantations in the New World used enslaved
Africans to replace native populations.
9. Base your answer to the following question on the
quotation below and on your knowledge of social
studies.
... Finally, gather together all that we have
said, so great and so august [important], about
royal authority. You have seen a great nation
united under one man: you have seen his
sacred power, paternal and absolute: you have
seen that secret reason which directs the body
politic, enclosed in one head: you have seen
the image of God in kings, and you will have
the idea of majesty of kingship.
God is holiness itself, goodness itself, power
itself, reason itself. In these things consists the
divine majesty. In their reflection consists the
majesty of the prince...
– Jacques-Benigne
Bossuet
Which philosophy of government is expressed by
this quotation?
A) oligarchy
C) democracy
B) fascism
D) divine right
10. The theory justifying a monarch’s rule by God’s
authority is called
A) laissez faire
C) predestination
B) totalitarianism
D) divine right
Base your answers to questions 11 and 12 on the
quotation below and on your knowledge of
social studies.
" . . . Finally, gather together all that we have
said, so great and so august [important],
about royal authority. You have seen a great
nation united under one man: you have seen
his sacred power, paternal and absolute: you
have seen that secret reason which directs the
body politic, enclosed in one head: you have
seen the image of God in kings, and you will
have the idea of majesty of kingship. God is
holiness itself, goodness itself, power itself,
reason itself. In these things consists the
divine majesty. In their reflection consists the
majesty of the prince. . . . "
— Jacques-Benigne
Bossuet
11. Which individual most likely opposed the form
of government described in this quotation?
A) Ivan the Terrible B) Thomas Hobbes
C) John Locke
D) Louis XIV
12. Which concept is associated with this quotation?
A)
B)
C)
D)
direct democracy
imperialism
socialism
divine right
13. Base your answer to the following question on the statements below and on your knowledge
of social studies.
Speaker A: "The majesty of the king is borrowed from God, who gives it to him for the good
of the people. It is good for the people to be checked by a superior force."
Speaker B: "Reason . . . teaches that all men are equal and independent, and that no one ought
to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions."
Speaker C: "My view is that it is desirable to be both loved and feared; but it is difficult to
achieve both, and, if one of them has to be lacking, it is much safer to be feared than to be
loved."
Speaker D: "The enjoyment of liberty, and even its support and preservation, consists in every
man being allowed to speak his thoughts and lay open his sentiments."
Which speaker's statement best reflects the concept of divine right?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
14. One similarity between the European concept of 16. "Kings are God's lieutenants on earth."
divine right and the Chinese concept of
Which type of government is best characterized
Mandate of Heaven is the idea that a leader's
by this quotation?
power
A) direct democracy
A) can be challenged by his subjects
B) republic
B) comes from a higher power than the ruler
C) rule by divine right
himself
D) limited monarchy
C) is an inherited right that cannot be taken
17. The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights are
away
documents that
D) should be limited
A) limited the power of the monarch
15. The European concept of the divine right of
B) established England as an independent
kings and the Chinese belief in the mandate of
state
heaven were both based on
C) intensified the conflict between church and
A) the principle of democratic election of
state
rulers
D) decreased the wealth of the nobles
B) the division of power between the nobility
18. "God hath power to create or destroy, make or
and the king
unmake, at his pleasure; to give life or send
C) the idea that political power comes from a
death; to judge . . . and to be judged [by] none
Supreme Being
. . . And the like power have kings; . . ."
D) a constitution that defines individual rights
Which idea is described by this passage?
A)
B)
C)
D)
theory of divine right
enlightened despotism
Social Darwinism
constitutional monarchy
19. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the theory of
divine right was most often used to justify the
A) involvement of the peasants in making
political decisions
B) introduction of free trade policies
C) supreme power of the Catholic Church
D) establishment of an absolute monarchy