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Worksheets3: Early Modern European political and economic developments
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 23mins
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?
Nation-state
Kingdom
Empire
State
Country
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?
the Treaty of Westphalia
the Treaty of Brecht
the Diet of Worms
the Pragmatic Sanction
the Holy Roman Empire
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 ___________________.
the Treaty of Westphalia
the Treaty of Brecht
the Diet of Worms
the Pragmatic Sanction
the Holy Roman Empire
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?
absolute monarchy
enlightened monarchy
federal republic
authoritarian government
Federal Monarchy
Which of the following people invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
Louis Bourbon
Ferdinand Hapsburg
Jan Hus
Francisco Pizarro
Which of the following families controlled the Holy Roman Empire?
Hapsburg family
Bourbon family
Capet family
Hohenzollern family
Tudor Family
Which of the following families controlled France?
Hapsburg family
Bourbon family
Capet family
Hohenzollern family
Tudor Family
The Thirty Years War evolved from a battle of religion to a battle of political control between which two powerful families of Europe?
Bourbon/Hapsburg
Hapsburg/Hohenzollern
Bourbon/Capet
Tudor/Capet
Hapsburg/Hohenzollern
The Thirty Years War ended with which family becoming the most powerful in Europe?
Hapsburg family
Bourbon family
Capet family
Hohenzollern family
Tudor Family
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?
Westphalian System
Constitutive theory of statehood
Declarative theory of statehood
Wealth of Nations
Statehood System
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?
Westphalian System
Constitutive theory of statehood
Declarative theory of statehood
Wealth of Nations
Statehood System
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?
Westphalian System
Constitutive theory of statehood
Declarative theory of statehood
Wealth of Nations
Statehood System
Which of the following monarchs was the leader of Russia, who increased the size of Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Elizabeth the Great
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
Which of the following monarchs ruled with a secret police called the Oprichnik?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Elizabeth the Great
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
Which of the following was the First Romanov to Rule Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Elizabeth the Great
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
Which of the following was associated with helping to modernize Russia?
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Elizabeth the Great
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
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.
Ivan the Terrible
Peter the Great
Elizabeth the Great
Maria Theresa
Frederick the Great
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?
Personal union
fief
serf
slave
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?
The Golden Bull of 1356
Exsurge Dominae
The Diet Papacy
The Nuremburg Trials
Frederick William of Prussia was known as the ____________________________ because he developed Brandenburg-Prussia into a major power.
The Great Elector
Prince Royalty of Brandenburg
Emperor of Spain
Holy Roman Emperor
What allowed Frederick III to elevate Prussia to the status of a kingdom?
The death of Albert Frederick
The Golden Bull of 1356
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Frederick William's helping of Emperor Leopold 1 during the war of Spanish succession
Which of the following was NOT a reason that Prussia became part of Germany?
Napoleon’s march toward Russia
Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire
Hohenzollerns becoming de facto sovereigns over Prussia
The Prussians themselves led a German-Prussian unification
Which of the following terms is a form of absolute monarchy or despotism inspired by the Enlightenment?
Enlightened absolutism
Anti-Machiavelli
Westphalian System
Declarative theory of statehood
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?
The Prince
Enlightened absolutism
Absolutism
The Don Killuminati
Which of the following was an essay by Frederick the Great consisting of a chapter-by-chapter rebuttal of the The Prince?
Anti-Machiavelli
The Prince
Westphalian System
95 Theses
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?
Seven Year’s War
War of Austrian Succession
The Civil War
The English Revolution
Which of the following are members of the landed nobility in Prussia?
Junkers
Freemasons
Fiefs
Peasants
Which of the following helped transform Prussia from a European backwater place to an economically strong and politically reformed state?
Frederick the Great
Philip II
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johann Julius Hecker
Which of the following regions did Frederick the Great add to Prussia?
Silesia
Brandenburg
c. Australia
The Ottoman Empire
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 __________________.
serfdom
cash crop
capitalism
communism
socialism
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?
Frederick the Great
Philip II
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johann Julius Hecker
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.
Frederick the Great
Philip II
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johann Julius Hecker
Which of the following was an edict that aimed to ensure that the Habsburg hereditary possessions could be inherited by a daughter?
The Pragmatic Sanction
The Society of Freemasons
The Golden Bull of 1356
The 95 Thesis
Which of the following succeeded Charles VI even though her husband, Francis Stephen, was to be elected the Holy Roman Emperor
Maria Theresa
Marie Antoinette
Sophie Hohenberg
Marie-Anne Lavoisier
Which of the following rulers declined the Pragmatic Sanction, rejecting Maria Theresa as leader of the Hapsburg lands, and declared himself ruler of Silesia?
Frederick the Great
Philip II
Napoleon Bonaparte
Johann Julius Hecker
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?
The War of Austrian Succession
The War of the Roses
The War of Westphalia
World War I
What treaty was used by Frederick of Prussia to justify his claim over Silesia?
The Treaty of Brieg
The Treaty of Breslau
The Treaty of Ghent
The Treaty of Versailles
What was the result of the Treaty of Breslau?
Gave Prussia all of Silesia and Glatz County with the Austrians retaining a small portion of Upper Silesia.
A system of indirect taxation, which provided the state with more revenue than direct taxation.
Split the areas into two different religions, the Catholics in the west and Protestants in the east.
Dismantled the Holy Roman Empire and replaced it with principalities.
What was the result of the 1745 Treaty of Dresden?
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.
A system of indirect taxation, which provided the state with more revenue than direct taxation.
Split the areas into two different religions, the Catholics in the west and Protestants in the east.
Dismantled the Holy Roman Empire and replaced it with principalities.
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.
Treaty of Rastatt
Grand Alliance
Treaty of Hague
Treaty of London
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.
Treaty of Rastatt
Grand Alliance
Treaty of Hague
Treaty of Utrecht
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.
Treaty of Rastatt
Grand Alliance
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of London
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.
Treaty of Baden
Grand Alliance
Treaty of Hague
Treaty of Utrecht
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.
Treaty of Rastatt
Grand Alliance
Treaty of Hague
Treaty of London
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.
Thirty Years War
French Revolution
Revolutionary War
War of Spanish Succession
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.
Treaty of Baden
Grand Alliance
Treaty of Hague
Treaty of London
