Absolutism: Central Europe, Russia, and England

What was the Thirty Year's War NOT fought over?

• money

• religion

• territory

• power among European ruling families

What was the most important result of the Thirty Years' War?

• increased Hapsburgs' power

• beginning of the modern state system

• decreased France's power

• end of the Holy Roman Empire

Who was Maria Theresa?

• Louis XIV's heir and a weak queen of France

• James I's wife and queen of England

• Charles VI's daughter and heir to Hapsburg empire

• Philip II's mother and former queen of Spain

What did Frederick the Great believe a ruler should be?

• all-powerful and unrelenting

• suspicious of his advisors

• only a military commander

• a father to his people

In what continent was the Seven Years' War NOT fought?

• South America

• North America

• Europe

• Asia (India)

Who was Ivan the Terrible?

• an impostor who tried to take the Russian throne

• the first "czar" of Russia who turned against his nobles

• a king of France sometimes called "the Sun King"

• a weak Hohenzollern ruler of Prussia

Which ruler of Russia was one of its' greatest reformers and increased the czar's power?

• Vasili III

• Mikhail Romanov

• Peter the Great

• Nikolai II

Which of the following was NOT a way in which Russia differed from Europe before Peter the Great?

• Russia was a land of boyars and serfs

• Boyars knew little of Europe due to following Constantinople rather than Rome

• Russia was Eastern Orthodox and Europe was mostly Catholic or Protestant

• Russia had always had absolute monarchs for rulers

What are boyars?

• landowning nobles in Russia

• high-ranking priests in France

• military officers in Prussia

• political leaders in Austria

Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Peter the Great?

• raised the status of women

• introduced corn to the Russian people

• created the first Russian newspaper

• advanced navigation, art, and science education