Absolutism_Peter The Great

Peter the Great's edicts regarding the style of dress worn by the Russian citizenry would best support which of the following arguments?

• Peter the Great's reforms sought to eliminate the hierarchical nature of Russian society

• The policies of Peter the Great favored notions of gender equality

• By the early 18th century, the German States were considered by the majority of nations to be Western European

• The majority of Western European nations considered Russia technologically and culturally inferior

According to the source, which of the following groups posed the largest threat to the consolidation of power by the Russian monarchy?

• Small independent farmers

• Boyars

• The Clergy

• Women

Which of the following most accurately compares the development of Russian absolutism with that of contemporary France?

• Both monarchs employed a service nobility to centralize authority

• While French absolutism was justified through divine right theory Russia was consolidated under philosophical absolutism

• Russian nobility demonstrated less resistance to monarchical attempts to impose standardized laws

• Similar conditions in Western and Eastern Europe allowed Russian absolutist regimes to become more centralized than those of France

Which of the following statements accurately compares the policies of Peter the Great with those of Louis XIV of France?

• His decree on the Invitation of Foreigners offering Christian religious tolerance as an incentive to encourage commercial growth

• Louis XIV's regarding cultural standards were far more transformative than those of Peter the Great

• Geographic and conditional differences between Western and Eastern European regions resulted in a larger emphasis on religious uniformity by Peter the Great

• Louis XIV's policies demonstrated much less disdain for the inherited rights of traditional French nobility than those of Peter the Great

In which of the following contexts is Peter the Great's Decrees on the invitation of Foreigners and Students Abroad best understood?

• Peter's Westernization policy required a military capable of acquiring strategic ports on warm water seas

• The deteriorated nature of Peter's relationship with the Boyars of Russia

• The lack of resources throughout Russia to build the necessary technology to industrialize

• The vast previous successes of the Russian army to conquer large portions of the Ottoman Empire on the Black Sea