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49 Cards in this Set
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In the 37 years following Peter's death, the nobility of Russia
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benefited legally, economically, and politically
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All the reforms of Frederick William I were initiated in an attempt to subordinate the state to the demands of the
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military
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Sir Robert Walpole's success as a leader of the House of Commons could be traced to all the following EXCEPT which one?
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His aggressive foreign policy involving constant warfare
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Emelyan Pugachev was
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the leader of the most significant uprising of the eighteenth century in Russia.
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Which of the following statements BEST describes the temperament of Catherine the Great?
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She possessed a dynamic personality that alternately captivated and terrified her subjects.
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Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction was
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a document that expressed the emperor's hope that control of the Austrian Empire would pass intact to his daughter.
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Peter the Great's westernizing innovation was
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done almost purely to enhance military efficiency
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What peace treaty created a new Europe in the west?
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Utrecht
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The colonists protested Parliament's passage of the Declaratory Act by citing the elements of resistance theory that had justified
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the Glorious Revolution of 1688
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Two empires, one German and the other Austrian, were the result of the ________ War, a conflict that set this transformation into motion.
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Thirty Years'
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The War of the Austrian Succession could BEST be described as
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a number of European states cynically seizing an opportunity to expand their territories at the expense of a weaker neighbor.
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The most important contribution Catherine made early in her reign was the
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establishment of a legislative commission to review the laws of Russia.
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Tsar Peter III was toppled from power by a military coup d'etat in 1762 because of his
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support of Frederick II in the Seven Years' War.
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Habsburg power centered increasingly in the eighteenth century on
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Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary.
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Which of the following was NOT a result of Peter the Great's reforms?
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Russia's continued lag behind the rest of the world in production of iron and copper
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Brandenburg could do little to unite with the kingdom of Prussia because
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a huge swath of Poland lay between the two kingdoms
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After losing Silesia to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, Empress Maria Theresa was able to secure ________ aid to hold the line against further intrusions into Austrian soil
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Hungarian
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In the seventeenth century, what European nation remained most prominent in Asian trade and colonialism?
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Holland
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Which of the following statements BEST describes Austria in the eighteenth century?
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The Austrian monarchy was a multiethnic confederation of lands loosely tied together by loyalty to a single head.
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Which of the following statements is most accurate?
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Peasants living on state land belonged to the national government.
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The Table of Ranks, the official hierarchy of the state under Peter the Great, was divided into all of the following categories EXCEPT which one?
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Religious service
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Which of the following statements is true of Peter the Great's military reforms?
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The poll tax was instituted to increase tax revenue for war.
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The War of the Austrian Succession could BEST be described as
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a number of European states cynically seizing an opportunity to expand their territories at the expense of a weaker neighbor.
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What treaty in the first quarter of the eighteenth century signaled a new Europe in the east?
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Nystad
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Peter the Great attempted to westernize Russia in all of the following ways EXCEPT which one?
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Lutheranism was adopted as the state religion of Russia, and the members of the Russian Orthodox Church were branded heretics.
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Which of the following was NOT a reform of Frederick II?
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He reduced the state's expenditures on the military.
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Which of the following nations did NOT join in the dismemberment of Poland in 1772?
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France
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Habsburg power centered increasingly in the eighteenth century on
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Austria, Bohemia, and Hungary.
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In the seventeenth century, what European nation remained most prominent in Asian trade and colonialism?
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Holland
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Perhaps the greatest contribution Peter the Great gave Russia was
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the manner in which the Russian government could go on in the absence of a powerful ruler.
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After losing Silesia to Frederick of Prussia in 1740, Empress Maria Theresa was able to secure ________ aid to hold the line against further intrusions into Austrian soil.
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Hungarian
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From the middle of the eighteenth century onward, the defining characteristic of central European politics was the conflict between
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Prussia and Austria.
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The centerpiece of Russian provincial government and one of the primary reforms of Catherine the Great's Charter of the Nobility was
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the creation of district councils modeled on the English system of justices of the peace.
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Austria's prospects appeared very good at the beginning of the eighteenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT which one?
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Austria was clearly more powerful than its two eastern neighbors, Russia and Prussia.
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Lack of all of the following were major problems for eighteenth-century Austria EXCEPT which one?
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Lands suitable for cultivation
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Political parties began to evolve in Britain in the late seventeenth century as a result of the
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Protestant succession.
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Which of the following statements concerning Peter the Great's economic policies is most accurate?
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By 1726 more than half of all Russian exports were manufactured goods.
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The most important contribution Catherine made early in her reign was the
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establishment of a legislative commission to review the laws of Russia.
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After the union with Scotland in 1707, the members of the House of Commons were most frequently selected by
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nomination or election.
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By the eighteenth century, the eastern half of the North American continent was shared by
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England and France.
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In the eighteenth century, the British monarch was all of the following EXCEPT which one?
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An absolute monarch who held all power in the realm
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In the 37 years following Peter's death, the nobility of Russia
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benefited legally, economically, and politically.
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Which of the following nations did NOT join in the dismemberment of Poland in 1772?
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France
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What nation was the greatest colonial power in the Atlantic in the eighteenth century?
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Spain
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The center of Europe in the eighteenth century could BEST be described as
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an agglomeration of cities, bishoprics, principalities, and small states.
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The colonists protested Parliament's passage of the Declaratory Act by citing the elements of resistance theory that had justified
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the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
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British military prowess was matched by its ________ preeminence.
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economic
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Which of the following reforms was NOT enacted in the reigns of Maria Theresa and her son, Joseph II?
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Curbing military growth
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Which of the following did NOT cause changes in the geographical boundaries of eighteenth-century Europe?
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Incessant religious warfare
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