Chapter 15 Multiple Choice Central & Eastern Europe

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Chapter 15Multiple ChoiceCentral Eastern
Europe
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1. In comparing the political and economic
situations in Western Europe with that of Central
and Eastern Europe during the 18th century,
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• There were fewer cities and more noble-run
  estates in Eastern Europe
• The economy was more agrarian in Western Europe
• There was almost constant warfare in central and
  Eastern Europe
• Both a and c

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Both a and c
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Prussia and Russia achieved considerable military
power and influence with the decay or military
defeat of
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• Sweden, Poland and France
• England
• Sweden, Norway and the Ottoman Empire
• None of the above

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d. None of the above
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3. The Great Northern War (1700-1721) was fought
between
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• Prussia and Russia
• Russia and Austria
• Sweden and Russia
• Prussia and Sweden

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c. Sweden and Russia
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4. The Ottoman Empire made its greatest military
impression on Europe in 1683 by
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• Laying siege to Vienna
• Conquering southern France
• Invading Russia along the river routes
• Seizing lands north of the Black Sea

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a. Laying siege to Vienna
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5. With regard to the Polish Diet, the phrase,
liberum veto, refers to
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• Newly acquired free speech among Poles
• A restriction of personal liberty
• The disbanding of the Diet by a single member
• The freeing of the serfs

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c. The disbanding of the Diet by a single member
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6. One of the major reasons for Polish
instability and decline in the 18th century was
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• The lack of an effective central authority in the
  form of either a king or parliament
• A united nobility which prevented monarchical
  appointments
• Disorganization and rebellion with the army
• Both b and c

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a. The lack of an effective central authority in
the form of either a king or parliament
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7. The legislature of Poland was ineffective
because
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• The nobles had been weakened by court life
• Unlike the West, there was no two-party system
• The monarchy permitted no real freedom of speech
• Every member had the right to order the body
  disbanded

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d. Every member had the right to order the body
disbanded
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8. The Diet was
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• The Polish supreme court
• A central legislative body in Sweden
• The body of elite Austrian soldiers
• None of the above

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d. None of the above
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9. The Treaty of Westphalia in 1648
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• Ended control over Germany by the Holy Roman
  emperor
• Permitted Protestantism within the HRE
• Recognized the political autonomy of more than
  300 corporate German political entities
• Both b and c

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d. Both b and c
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10. The most difficult area to govern in all the
Hapsburg lands was
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• Hungary because of the Magyar nobility
• Bohemia because of its aggressive king, Stephen
• Naples because of the Spanish presence
• Lombardy because of the restrictions of the
  Treaty of Utrecht

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a. Hungary because of the Magyar nobility
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11. Leopold I was important since
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• He resisted the advances of the Turks and Louis
  XIV
• He extended Hapsburg holdings over the Balkan
  Peninsula and Romania
• He reorganized the Magyar army
• Both a and b

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d. Both a and b
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12. The Pragmatic Sanction
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• a. Was spread (promulgated)by Leopold I and
  stressed pragmatism in finding a solution to
  religious strife in Hapsburg lands
• Provided a legal basis for the inheritance of
  Maria Theresa to the Hapsburg throne
• Was promulgated by Frederick II in support of his
  claim to the Hapsburg throne
• None of the above

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b. Provided a legal basis for the inheritance of
Maria Theresa to the Hapsburg throne
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13. The ruling family in Prussia was called the
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• Habsburgs
• Westphalians
• Hohenzollerns
• Hanoverians

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c. Hohenzollerns
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14. The term Prussian is synonymous with
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• Corruption
• Military discipline
• Administrative vigor
• Both b and c

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d. Both b and c
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15. The landowning nobility of Prussia was known
as
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• The boyars
• The Magyars
• The Junkers
• The cabinet

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c. The Junkers
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16. Frederick William the Great Elector
succeeded in
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• Defending German lands from the onslaught of the
  Ottoman Empire
• Forging an army which enforced his will without
  the approval of the nobility
• Establish trade between German principalities and
  France
• All of the above

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b. Forging an army which enforced his will
without the approval of the nobility
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17. Frederick William I was known for his
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• Aggressive and warlike policies
• Acquisition of a royal title
• Fanatical military discipline
• Acquisition of the throne for his daughter

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b. Fanatical military discipline
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18. Frederick I was called the least Prussian
of his family because
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• He failed at maintaining military discipline
• He failed to conquer Pomerania
• He patronized the arts
• He lost control of his nobility

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c. He patronized the arts
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