Chapter 15
Multiple Choice
Central
&
Eastern Europe
1. In comparing the political
and economic situations in
Western Europe with that of
Central and Eastern Europe
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during the 18 century,
a. There were fewer cities and more
noble-run estates in Eastern Europe
b. The economy was more agrarian in
Western Europe
c. There was almost constant warfare in
central and Eastern Europe
d. Both a and c
Both a and c
2. Prussia and Russia
achieved considerable
military power and
influence with the
decay or military defeat
of
a. Sweden, Poland and
France
b. England
c. Sweden, Norway and the
Ottoman Empire
d. None of the above
d. None of the
above
3. The Great Northern
War (1700-1721) was
fought between
a. Prussia and Russia
b. Russia and Austria
c. Sweden and Russia
d. Prussia and Sweden
c. Sweden and
Russia
4. The Ottoman Empire
made its greatest military
impression on Europe in
1683 by
a. Laying siege to Vienna
b. Conquering southern
France
c. Invading Russia along the
river routes
d. Seizing lands north of the
Black Sea
a. Laying siege to
Vienna
5. With regard to the
Polish Diet, the phrase,
liberum veto, refers to
a. Newly acquired free speech
among Poles
b. A restriction of personal
liberty
c. The disbanding of the Diet
by a single member
d. The freeing of the serfs
c. The disbanding of
the Diet by a
single member
6. One of the major
reasons for Polish
instability and decline in
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the 18 century was
a. The lack of an effective central
authority in the form of either a
king or parliament
b. A united nobility which prevented
monarchical appointments
c. Disorganization and rebellion with
the army
d. Both b and c
a. The lack of an
effective central
authority in the form
of either a king or
parliament
7. The legislature of
Poland was ineffective
because
a. The nobles had been
weakened by court life
b. Unlike the West, there was no
two-party system
c. The monarchy permitted no
real freedom of speech
d. Every member had the right to
order the body disbanded
d. Every member had
the right to order the
body disbanded
8. The Diet was
a. The Polish supreme court
b. A central legislative body in
Sweden
c. The body of elite Austrian
soldiers
d. None of the above
d. None of the
above
9. The Treaty of
Westphalia in 1648
a. Ended control over Germany by
the Holy Roman emperor
b. Permitted Protestantism within
the HRE
c. Recognized the political
autonomy of more than 300
corporate German political
entities
d. Both b and c
d. Both b and c
10. The most difficult area
to govern in all the
Hapsburg lands was
a. Hungary because of the Magyar
nobility
b. Bohemia because of its
aggressive king, Stephen
c. Naples because of the Spanish
presence
d. Lombardy because of the
restrictions of the Treaty of
Utrecht
a. Hungary because of
the Magyar nobility
11. Leopold I was
important since
a. He resisted the advances of
the Turks and Louis XIV
b. He extended Hapsburg
holdings over the Balkan
Peninsula and Romania
c. He reorganized the Magyar
army
d. Both a and b
d. Both a and b
12. The Pragmatic
Sanction
a. Was spread (promulgated)by Leopold I and
stressed pragmatism in finding a solution to
religious strife in Hapsburg lands
b. Provided a legal basis for the inheritance of
Maria Theresa to the Hapsburg throne
c. Was promulgated by Frederick II in support
of his claim to the Hapsburg throne
d. None of the above
b. Provided a legal basis for
the inheritance of Maria
Theresa to the Hapsburg
throne
13. The ruling family in
Prussia was called the
a.Habsburgs
b.Westphalians
c. Hohenzollerns
d.Hanoverians
c. Hohenzollerns
14. The term “Prussian” is
synonymous with
a. Corruption
b. Military discipline
c. Administrative vigor
d. Both b and c
d. Both b and c
15. The landowning
nobility of Prussia was
known as
a. The boyars
b. The Magyars
c. The Junkers
d. The cabinet
c. The Junkers
16. Frederick William
the Great Elector
succeeded in
a. Defending German lands from the
onslaught of the Ottoman Empire
b. Forging an army which enforced his
will without the approval of the nobility
c. Establish trade between German
principalities and France
d. All of the above
b. Forging an army which
enforced his will
without the approval of
the nobility
17. Frederick William I
was known for his
a. Aggressive and warlike
policies
b. Acquisition of a royal title
c. Fanatical military discipline
d. Acquisition of the throne for
his daughter
b. Fanatical military
discipline
18. Frederick I was called
the least “Prussian” of his
family because
a. He failed at maintaining
military discipline
b. He failed to conquer
Pomerania
c. He patronized the arts
d. He lost control of his nobility
c. He patronized the
arts
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