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Frederick Douglass Academy 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 AP European History Central Eastern Europe 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