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3: Early Modern European political and economic developments

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 23mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is a type of state that conjoins the political entity of a state to the cultural entity of a nation, from which it aims to derive its political legitimacy to rule and potentially its status as a sovereign state?

a)

Nation-state

b)

Kingdom

c)

Empire

d)

State

e)

Country

2.

Which of the following is a theory that defines a state as a person in international law if, and only if, it is recognized as sovereign by other states? 

a)

the Treaty of Westphalia

b)

the Treaty of Brecht

c)

the Diet of Worms

d)

the Pragmatic Sanction

e)

the Holy Roman Empire

3.

The idea of a nation-state was and is associated with the rise of the modern system of states, often called the ” Westphalian system ” in reference to ___________________.

a)

the Treaty of Westphalia

b)

the Treaty of Brecht

c)

the Diet of Worms

d)

the Pragmatic Sanction

e)

the Holy Roman Empire

4.

Which of the following is a form of monarchical power that is unlimited by any other institution, such as the church, parliament, or social elites?

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

enlightened monarchy

c)

federal republic

d)

authoritarian government

e)

Federal Monarchy

5.

Which of the following people invented the printing press?

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Louis Bourbon

c)

Ferdinand Hapsburg

d)

Jan Hus

e)

Francisco Pizarro

6.

Which of the following families controlled the Holy Roman Empire?

a)

Hapsburg family

b)

Bourbon family

c)

Capet family

d)

Hohenzollern family

e)

Tudor Family

7.

Which of the following families controlled France?

a)

Hapsburg family

b)

Bourbon family

c)

Capet family

d)

Hohenzollern family

e)

Tudor Family

8.

The Thirty Years War evolved from a battle of religion to a battle of political control between which two powerful families of Europe?

a)

Bourbon/Hapsburg

b)

Hapsburg/Hohenzollern

c)

Bourbon/Capet

d)

Tudor/Capet

e)

Hapsburg/Hohenzollern

9.

The Thirty Years War ended with which family becoming the most powerful in Europe?

a)

Hapsburg family

b)

Bourbon family

c)

Capet family

d)

Hohenzollern family

e)

Tudor Family

10.

Which of the following is a theory that defines a state as a person in international law if, and only if, it is recognized as sovereign by other states? 

a)

Westphalian System 

b)

Constitutive theory of statehood 

c)

Declarative theory of statehood 

d)

Wealth of Nations 

e)

Statehood System 

11.

Which of the following is a global system based on the principle of international law that each state has sovereignty over its territory and domestic affairs, to the exclusion of all external powers, on the principle of non-interference in another country’s domestic affairs, and that each state is equal in international law? 

a)

Westphalian System 

b)

Constitutive theory of statehood 

c)

Declarative theory of statehood 

d)

Wealth of Nations 

e)

Statehood System 

12.

Which of the following is a theory that defines a state as a person in international law if it meets the following criteria: a defined territory, a permanent population, a government, and a capacity to enter relations with other states? 

a)

Westphalian System 

b)

Constitutive theory of statehood 

c)

Declarative theory of statehood 

d)

Wealth of Nations 

e)

Statehood System 

13.

Which of the following monarchs was the leader of Russia, who increased the size of Russia?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Elizabeth the Great

d)

Maria Theresa

e)

Frederick the Great

14.

Which of the following monarchs ruled with a secret police called the Oprichnik?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Elizabeth the Great

d)

Maria Theresa

e)

Frederick the Great

15.

Which of the following was the First Romanov to Rule Russia?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Elizabeth the Great

d)

Maria Theresa

e)

Frederick the Great

16.

Which of the following was associated with helping to modernize Russia?

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Elizabeth the Great

d)

Maria Theresa

e)

Frederick the Great

17.

Which of the following changed the style of clothing from the traditional Russian clothing to a Western European style dress? Even had the men shave their beards.

a)

Ivan the Terrible

b)

Peter the Great

c)

Elizabeth the Great

d)

Maria Theresa

e)

Frederick the Great

18.

  Which of the following is the combination of two or more states that have the same monarch while their boundaries, laws, and interests remain distinct? 

a)

Personal union

b)

fief

c)

serf

d)

slave

19.

Which of the following was a decree issued by the Imperial Diet at Nuremburg and Metz, that, for 400 years, fixed important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire? 

a)

The Golden Bull of 1356

b)

Exsurge Dominae

c)

The Diet Papacy

d)

The Nuremburg Trials

20.

Frederick William of Prussia was known as the ____________________________ because he developed Brandenburg-Prussia into a major power. 

a)

The Great Elector

b)

Prince Royalty of Brandenburg

c)

Emperor of Spain

d)

Holy Roman Emperor

21.

What allowed Frederick III to elevate Prussia to the status of a kingdom? 

 

a)

The death of Albert Frederick

b)

The Golden Bull of 1356

c)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor

d)

Frederick William's helping of Emperor Leopold 1 during the war of Spanish succession

22.

Which of the following was NOT a reason that Prussia became part of Germany? 

 

 

a)

Napoleon’s march toward Russia 

 

 

b)

Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire 

c)

Hohenzollerns becoming de facto sovereigns over Prussia 

 

 

d)

The Prussians themselves led a German-Prussian unification 

 

 

23.

Which of the following terms is a form of absolute monarchy or despotism inspired by the Enlightenment? 

a)

Enlightened absolutism 

b)

  Anti-Machiavelli 

c)

Westphalian System 

 

d)

Declarative theory of statehood 

24.

Which of the following was a 16th century treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccole Machiavelli that advises political leaders how to accrue honor and power? 

 

a)

  The Prince 

b)

Enlightened absolutism 

 

c)

Absolutism

d)

The Don Killuminati 

25.

  Which of the following was an essay by Frederick the Great consisting of a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal of the The Prince? 

a)

Anti-Machiavelli 

 

b)

  The Prince 

c)

Westphalian System 

 

d)

   95 Theses 

26.

Which of the following was a war that involved every European power, spanned 5 continents and split Britain against France, changing the balance of Power in Europe? 

a)

Seven Year’s War  

b)

War of Austrian Succession 

c)

  The Civil War 

 

d)

The English Revolution 

27.

Which of the following are members of the landed nobility in Prussia? 

a)

Junkers 

b)

    Freemasons 

c)

Fiefs 

d)

   Peasants 

28.

Which of the following helped transform Prussia from a European backwater place to an economically strong and politically reformed state? 

a)

Frederick the Great 

b)

 

Philip II 

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte 

d)

     Johann Julius Hecker 

29.

  Which of the following regions did Frederick the Great add to Prussia? 

a)

Silesia 

b)

 Brandenburg 

c)

c.       Australia 

d)

 

The Ottoman Empire 

30.

After the Peace of Westphalia, many western Europeans moved to a nation-state model. Eastern Europe movement to a state model was more difficult due to __________________.

a)

serfdom

b)

cash crop

c)

capitalism

d)

communism

e)

socialism

31.

Which of the following leaders of Prussia organized a system of indirect taxation, toll levies, high tariffs and minimized restriction on trade to help create more economic power?

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Philip II

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Johann Julius Hecker

32.

Which of the following leaders of Prussia mad his state a modern bureaucracy, laid the foundations for the education system, allowed for freedom of speech, the press and literature? He also abolished torture and made it possible for men of non-noble stock to become judges and senior bureaucrats.

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Philip II

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Johann Julius Hecker

33.

Which of the following was an edict that aimed to ensure that the Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter?

a)

The Pragmatic Sanction

b)

The Society of Freemasons

c)

The Golden Bull of 1356

d)

The 95 Thesis

34.

Which of the following succeeded Charles VI even though her husband, Francis Stephen, was to be elected the Holy Roman Emperor

a)

Maria Theresa

b)

Marie Antoinette

c)

Sophie Hohenberg

d)

Marie-Anne Lavoisier

35.

Which of the following rulers declined the Pragmatic Sanction, rejecting Maria Theresa as leader of the Hapsburg lands, and declared himself ruler of Silesia?

a)

Frederick the Great

b)

Philip II

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

Johann Julius Hecker

36.

36. What was the dispute that led to war between Frederick of Prussia and Maria Theresa over succession of power for the Holy Roman Empire?

a)

The War of Austrian Succession

b)

The War of the Roses

c)

The War of Westphalia

d)

World War I

37.

What treaty was used by Frederick of Prussia to justify his claim over Silesia?

a)

The Treaty of Brieg

b)

The Treaty of Breslau

c)

The Treaty of Ghent

d)

The Treaty of Versailles

38.

What was the result of the Treaty of Breslau?

a)

Gave Prussia all of Silesia and Glatz County with the Austrians retaining a small portion of Upper Silesia.

b)

A system of indirect taxation, which provided the state with more revenue than direct taxation.

c)

Split the areas into two different religions, the Catholics in the west and Protestants in the east.

d)

Dismantled the Holy Roman Empire and replaced it with principalities.

39.

What was the result of the 1745 Treaty of Dresden?

a)

Austria was forced to adhere to the terms of the Treaty of Breslau, but Frederick recognized the election of Maria Theresa’s husband, Francis I, as the Holy Roman Emperor.

b)

A system of indirect taxation, which provided the state with more revenue than direct taxation.

c)

Split the areas into two different religions, the Catholics in the west and Protestants in the east.

d)

Dismantled the Holy Roman Empire and replaced it with principalities.

40.

A 1700 treaty, known also as the Second Partition Treaty, attempting to restore the Pragmatic Sanction following the death of Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria. The Pragmatic Sanction had undermined the First Partition Treaty (the Treaty of Hague). Under the new treaty, Archduke Charles (later Charles VI), the second son of Emperor Leopold I, was to become king of Spain when Charles II died, and acquire her oversees colonies.

a)

Treaty of Rastatt

b)

Grand Alliance

c)

Treaty of Hague

d)

Treaty of London

41.

A series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession. The treaties between several European states, including Spain, Great Britain, France, Portugal, Savoy, and the Dutch Republic, helped end the war.

a)

Treaty of Rastatt

b)

Grand Alliance

c)

Treaty of Hague

d)

Treaty of Utrecht

42.

Peace treaty that in 1714 ended ongoing European conflicts following the War of the Spanish Succession. The first treaty, signed between France and Austria, followed the earlier Treaty of Utrecht of 1713, which ended hostilities between France and Spain on the one hand, and Britain and the Dutch Republic on the other hand. Treaty named after a city.

a)

Treaty of Rastatt

b)

Grand Alliance

c)

Treaty of Utrecht

d)

Treaty of London

43.

A European coalition consisting (at various times) of Austria, Bavaria, Brandenburg, the Dutch Republic, England, the Holy Roman Empire, Ireland, the Palatinate of the Rhine, Portugal, Savoy, Saxony, Scotland, Spain, and Sweden. The organization was founded in 1686 as the League of Augsburg in an attempt to halt Louis XIV of France’s expansionist policies. After the Treaty of Hague was signed in 1701, it went into a second phase as the Alliance of the War of Spanish Succession.

a)

Treaty of Baden

b)

Grand Alliance

c)

Treaty of Hague

d)

Treaty of Utrecht

44.

A 1698 treaty, known also as the First Partition Treaty, between England and France. The accord attempted to resolve who would inherit the Spanish throne, proposing that Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria be the heir. Moreover, the agreement proposed that Louis, le Grand Dauphin, would get Naples, Sicily, and Tuscany, and Archduke Charles, the younger son of Emperor Leopold I, would get the Spanish Netherlands. Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, would take Milan, which in turn ceded Lorraine and Bar to the Dauphin.

a)

Treaty of Rastatt

b)

Grand Alliance

c)

Treaty of Hague

d)

Treaty of London

45.

A major European conflict of the early 18th century (1701/2–1714) triggered by the death in 1700 of the last Habsburg king of Spain, Charles II. The Austrians, the Dutch, and English allies formally declared war against France and its allies in May 1702.

a)

Thirty Years War

b)

French Revolution

c)

Revolutionary War

d)

War of Spanish Succession

46.

Peace treaty in 1714 ended ongoing European conflicts following the War of the Spanish Succession. The treaty required to end the hostilities between France and the Holy Roman Empire. Treaty named after a city.

a)

Treaty of Baden

b)

Grand Alliance

c)

Treaty of Hague

d)

Treaty of London