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Mr. Murphy
1. The expansion of Austrian Hapsburg lands in the
late seventeenth century resulted primarily from
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
victories over the Ottoman Turks
victories over the Prussians
English support
a series of advantageous marriages
a political vacuum in western Europe
2. The long-term effect of the Thirty Years' War on
the German states was to
A) cripple the German states' economies
B) restrict Lutheranism to southern German
states
C) begin a long period of economic recovery
D) promote unification
E) augment the power base of the Holy Roman
Emperor
3. What was a significant result of the Thirty Years’
War?
A) The German economy and population
was devastated.
B) Sweden became Europe’s dominant land
power.
C) The Holy Roman Empire was disbanded.
D) Germany assumed the role of predominant
power in Central Europe.
E) Spain ceded the Low Countries to France
4. The enlightened despots of Eastern Europe likely
would have been in favor of which of the
following?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Established a unified church and state
Abolition of organized religion
Codification of laws
Written constitution
Royal succession based on merit rather than
birth
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5. Feudalism in the Hapsburg Empire resulted in
I. peasant marriage only with the lord's
consent
II. the corvée, or compulsory labor
III. serfdom
IV. economic depression for nobles
A) I only
C) III only
E) I, IV
B) II only
D) I, II
6. Peasant obligation to fulfill the corvée, or
compulsory labor, was commonplace in
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
the Hapsburg Empire
France
Prussia
Naples
the Netherlands
7. A main reason for the decentralized nature of the
Austrian Empire was
A) a scattered empire with many different
nationalities
B) weak leadership
C) its status within the Holy Roman Empire
D) one main chancellery to govern the entire
empire
E) a weak constitutional system
8. The Austrian Hapsburgs ruled all of the
following lands EXCEPT
A) Bavaria
C) Transylvania
E) Sardinia
B) Hungary
D) Milan
9. The largest state in the Holy Roman Empire at
the beginning of the 18th Century was
A) Austria
C) Bavaria
E) Hanover
B) Prussia
D) Saxony
10. The Hungarian Chancellery gained autonomy
within the Hapsburg dominion through what
treaty?
A) Szatmár
C) Ghent
E) Utrecht
B) Paris
D) Ryswick
11. The most severe test in the reign of Austrian
Emperor Leopold I (1658–1705) was the
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683
War of the Spanish Succession
Glorious Revolution in 1789
War of Austrian Succession
Seven Years' War
12. Austrian Emperor Joseph II decreed the
Toleration Patent in 1781 allowing Jews the
right to
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
worship freely
worship only in private
serve in state bureaucracy
fight in the army
political equality
13. A noted social accomplishment during the reign
of Austrian Emperor Joseph II (1765–1790) was
A) increased religious toleration to both
Protestants and Jews in the Empire
B) universal suffrage throughout the Empire
C) the end of feudalism in the Empire
D) the establishment of an Empire-wide
elementary school system
E) autonomy for all of the ethnic groups in the
Empire
14. The War of the Austrian Succession and the
Seven Years' War occurred during the reign of
which Austrian monarch?
A) Maria Theresa B) Joseph II
C) Leopold I
D) Charles VI
E) Joseph I
15. Russia's Peter the Great forced his nobles to
shave their beards because he wanted to
A) resemble western European nobility
B) adjust the nation for a more modern
monarchy
C) be the only Russian with facial hair
D) tax everyone in the country for shaving
implements
E) prepare the nobility for impending war
16. In Russia under Peter the Great all of the
following occurred EXCEPT
A) the secret police dealt harshly with
subversives
B) taxes were heavy on trade, sales, and rent
C) conscription required that each village send
recruits to serve in the Russian army
D) serfdom was limited
E) governing authority of the Russian
Orthodox Church was given to a Holy
Synod
17. Peter the Great modeled St. Petersburg after
which European city?
A) Amsterdam
C) Berlin
E) Venice
B) London
D) Prague
18. Why did Peter the Great build the city of St.
Petersburg? To
A)
B)
C)
D)
symbolize the modernization of Russia
fortify Russia's western border
appease the Russian Orthodox Church
establish an area in Russia that would be
free of serfdom
E) shift focus away from internal political
dissent
19. The Table of Ranks of Peter the Great led to
great reform in
A) civil service
B) military affairs
C) industrialization D) farming policy
E) foreign policy
20. The rise of Russia under Peter the Great led to
the political and military decline of
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Sweden and Poland
Britain and France
Poland and France
Holland and Italy
Denmark and Spain
21. Peter the Great's chief foreign policy aim was
the
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
acquisition of Baltic Sea ports
acquisition of Black Sea ports
acquisition of Polish territory
defensive alliance with England
defeat of Sweden in the Great Northern
War
22. To become sole Russian ruler, Peter the Great
overthrew his sister
A) Elizabeth
C) Magda
E) Sophia
B) Catherine
D) Natalia
23. The westernization of Russia in the seventeenth
century reached its peak under which tsar?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Peter the Great
Ivan IV
Michael Romanov
Alexis
Theodore
24. Under Michael Romanov, Russia
A) annexed the Ukraine and continued its
expansion eastward
B) initiated serious economic reforms
C) began to westernize
D) granted additional civil liberties to serfs
E) extended full freedom of worship to Jews
25. Before Peter the Great became tsar all of the
following characterized Russia EXCEPT
A) a weakened nobility
B) internal conflict within the Russian
Orthodox Church
C) an agrarian economy
D) isolation from the rest of Europe
E) lack of access to warm weather ports
26. Russia’s Peter the Great strove to achieve all of
the following EXCEPT
A) technological improvements bringing
Russia into line with the rest of Europe
B) a warm weather port
C) acquisition of Chinese territory
D) molding Russia into a European power
E) an improved educational system
Base your answers to questions 27 and 28 on the
picture below.
29. The effectiveness of the Russian monarchy in
the 1700's was limited by
A) the enormity of the country's territory
B) a rebellious and united nobility
C) the threatening position of the Russian
Orthodox Church
D) free and independent serfs
E) a powerful and prosperous middle class
30. Which ruler was generally not considered an
Enlightened Despot?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Alexander the Great of Russia
Catherine the Great of Russia
Frederick the Great of Prussia
Maria Theresa of Austria
Peter the Great of Russia
31. The greatest uprising during the reign of
Catherine the Great was led by
A) Pugachev
C) Razin
E) Rasputin
B) Boltnikov
D) Bulavin
32. Russia's Catherine the Great
27. The movement of the headquarters of
government from the buildings pictured above
to St. Petersburg under Peter the Great was
evidence of
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
the industrialization of Russia
the westernization of Russia
the growing economic in Russia
the architectural Renaissance in Russia
the revolution in Europe
28. The buildings pictured above appear in
A) Spain
C) Austria
E) Great Britain
B) Russia
D) Prussia
A) extended Russian territory into the
Crimea
B) extended Russian territory into Manchu
China
C) eased the burden on the serfs
D) severely restricted the power of the
nobility
E) began the Slavophile movement
33. The three partitions of Poland occurred during
the reign of
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Ivan VI
Peter III
Elizabeth
34. During the late seventeenth century which
leader enhanced the power of
Brandenburg–Prussia?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Frederick William
Frederick the Great
Bismarck
Leopold
William I
35. Prussia differed greatly from France in the late
seventeenth century because
A) Prussian nobility was not exempt from
taxation
B) Prussia was a European power
C) Prussia's monarchy had limited power
D) Prussia had heavy taxes
E) Prussia sought to strengthen trade
36. Frederick William was able to build Prussia into
a great power through all of the following
EXCEPT
A) encouraging industry and trade
B) importation of foreign craftsmen and
farmers
C) establishing local governments in all
provinces
D) building a strong standing army
E) preventing the settlement of Jews and
Catholics
37. Which monarch laid the foundation for the
establishment of Prussia as a European power?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Frederick William
Otto I
Sigismund
William II
Frederick I
38. Frederick the Great of Prussia descended from
which royal house?
A) Hohenzollern
C) Valois
E) Bourbon
B) Hapsburg
D) Romanov
39. In Prussia, the Junkers supported the monarchy
and served in the army in return for
A) absolute control over their serfs
B) the right to sell their lands
C) the establishment and control of a national
parliament
D) exemption from all taxes
E) religious toleration
40. Prussia allied itself with which European nation
in the "Diplomatic Revolution" of 1756?
A) Great Britain
C) Austria
E) Denmark
B) Spain
D) France
41. Which of the following is generally considered
to be he most enlightened monarch of the
eighteenth century?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Frederick the Great
Peter III
Maria Theresa
Louis XVI
Christian VII
42. The authority of Hohenzollern rule in Prussia
was predicated upon the help of the
A) Junkers
C) farmers
E) industrialists
B) courts
D) intellectuals
43. What did Frederick the Great do that most
notably led to the rise of Prussia as a major
European power? He
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
promoted the arts
strengthened the legal system
supported religious tolerance
annexed Silesia from Austria
instituted economic reform
44. Which great powers of Europe fought against
Prussia during the reign of Frederick the Great?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
France, Austria, and Russia
France, England, and Spain
France, Austria, and the Netherlands
England, the Netherlands, and Spain
Spain, France, and the Naples
45. Which Prussian ruler regarded himself as "the
first servant of the state"?
A)
B)
C)
D)
E)
Frederick II
Frederick William
Frederick William I
Frederick I
William II
46. What was the only nation that went to war with
Prussia during the reign of Frederick William I
(1713–1740)?
A) Sweden
C) France
E) Russia
B) Austria
D) Poland
Answer Key
Central Eastern Europe
1.
A
36.
E
2.
A
37.
A
3.
A
38.
A
4.
C
39.
A
5.
D
40.
A
6.
A
41.
A
7.
A
42.
A
8.
A
43.
D
9.
A
44.
A
10.
A
45.
A
11.
A
46.
A
12.
B
13.
A
14.
A
15.
A
16.
D
17.
A
18.
A
19.
A
20.
A
21.
A
22.
E
23.
A
24.
A
25.
A
26.
C
27.
B
28.
B
29.
A
30.
A
31.
A
32.
A
33.
A
34.
A
35.
A