Chapter 17 Review Quiz
1. In a comparison of serfdom in western Europe
and eastern Europe would best be summarized
as
A. In both, serfdom disappeared by 1500.
B. In neither had serfdom disappeared by
1500.
C. In eastern, but not in western Europe,
serfdom was reinstated after 1500.
D. In western, but not eastern Europe,
serfdom was reinstated after 1500.
E. In both, serfdom had disappeared by 1300
but was reinstated after 1500.
2. During the Thirty Year’s war, Prussia
A. Played a prominent role in the defeat of the
Hapsburgs.
B. Allied with the Hapsburgs against the
Swedes.
C. Was militarily unimportant.
D. Was defeated by Gustavus Adolphus at the
Battle of Lutzen.
E. Stayed neutral.
3. At the End of the Thirty Year’s War the
dominant power in northern Europe was
A. Denmark
B. Sweden
C. Prussia
D. Pomerania
E. Finland
4. Eastern European landlords
A. Continued to use traditional methods of
production and selling
B. Paid very low wages to most of their labor
force.
C. Sold their goods to merchants in nearby
towns.
D. Bypassed local towns, selling their goods
directly to foreign merchants
E. Produced very little surplus that could be
sold.
5. After the end of the Peace of Westphalia, the
Hapsburgs
A. Turned their attention eastward
B. Competed furiously with the Prussians for
dominance in the Holy Roman Empire.
C. Began to allow religious toleration in
Bohemia and Hungary.
D. Moved the capital from Vienna to
Budapest.
E. Crushed the Hungarian nobility.
6. Frederick William I of Prussia was able to build
up the German army by
A. Calling the diet into sessions annually to
approve funds.
B. Hiring well-trained foreign mercenaries.
C. Expanding the army to become larger than
France’s.
D. Opening the officer corps to men of talents,
regardless of social class.
E. Levying taxes without approval by the
Prussian diet.
7. The Prussian towns lost their traditional rights
when
A. They became Calvinist
B. The nobility refused to support their
political claims
C. They renounced them voluntarily
D. The king bought their agreement with
financial benefits
E. They admitted the Jews as permanent
residents.
8. Frederick William I, the Soldier’s King, of Prussia
A. Thought only soldiers could have militaristic
values
B. Rarely went to war
C. Joined Russia in the Great Northern War
D. Built a lavish palace outside of Berlin
E. Was the first king of Prussia
9. The princes of Moscow were able to make it the
central state of Russia
A. After having been the servants of the
Mongols.
B. Because they had refused for two centuries
to serve the Mongols.
C. After Ivan the Terrible killed off his
opponents.
D. Because they were blessed by the patriarch
of Kiev.
E. After its princes moved there from St.
Petersburg.
10. Peter the Great’s main motive for westernizing
Russia was
A. Political
B. Economic
C. Military
D. Cultural
E. Architectural
11. Which battle is correctly matched?
A. Poltava- Peter the Great defeated the
Swedes.
B. White Mountain- Austria defeated the
Ottoman Empire and got Hungary.
C. Mohacs- The Hapsburgs defeated Bohemia
D. Narva –Ivan the Terrible defeated the
Mongols.
E. Vienna- The Ottomans defeated the
Hapsburgs.
12. The discontent of Russian peasants under the
tsars
A. Rarely expressed itself in riots or uprisings
B. Increased because of rising expectations
C. Broke out in a revolt led by Stenka Razin.
D. Usually was expressed by organized
protests in the capital.
E. Brought them into alliance with urban
workers.
13. The slave corps, the janissaries, in the Ottoman
Empire
A. Were horribly treated because they were
Christian.
B. Rose to important positions as
administrators and palace guards.
C. Mostly came from Anatolia (now Turkey).
D. Were employed as eunuchs in the harems.
E. Were not allowed to convert to Islam
14. Which did the Prussian state not share with the
Ottoman, Russian, and Austrian Empires?
A. Absolute monarchs
B. Repressed peasantry
C. Territorial integrity
D. Territorially expansionist regimes
E. Great capital cities
15. The Pragmatic Sanction was designed to
A. Allow a Spanish Hapsburg to assume the
throne in Austria when Charles VI died
without an heir
B. Kept the Hapsburg empire together
C. Prevent a woman from inheriting the
throne
D. Prevent a Hohenzollern from becoming
Holy Roman Emperor.
E. Keep a Bourbon off the Spanish throne.