World history/WHME101/Absolutism/Review

Absolutist Political Systems True/False Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test. Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• Mercantilism was the predominant economic system during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. Mercantilism aimed to increase national walth through government regulation.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on 'Challenges to Absolutism' in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The English Civil War led to the establishment of an absolute monarchy in England in 1651.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on 'The English Civil War' in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• Louis XIV is often regarded by historians as a typical Absolutist monarch.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the first activity in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Philosopher Thomas Hobbes argued that 'divine right' justified absolutist political rule.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the first activity in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• Thomas Hobbes opposed absolutism.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Hobbes offered a secular justification for absolutism. Review the first activity in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• Military leaders played a very important role in the Ottoman Empire, as a goal of the empire was to spread Islam through the waging of holy war, or jihad.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on 'Absolutism in the Middle East' in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The Ottoman Empire was weak and in decline for much of its existence.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on 'Absolutism in the Middle East' in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done! The Ottoman Empire was very success for hundreds of years.
• Japan had an isolationist policy during the Tokugawa Shogunate.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on 'Absolutism in Asia' to help you find the correct answer.
• The period of Tokugawa rule is commonly referred to as the 'Daimyo period', because Daimyo (modern Tokyo) was the Tokugawa capital city.
  • True
    • Incorrect. This period is called the 'Edo period', as Edo (modern Tokyo) was the Tokugawa capital city.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done! This period is called the 'Edo' period, as Edo (modern Tokyo) was the Tokugawa capital city.
• Rousseau, like most Enlightenment thinkers, believed the ideal role for women was that of housekeeper, mother, and quiet comforter of her husband.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on 'Challenges to Absolutism' in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.