View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4, On the European Stage, Chapters 48-52.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 35 showed the effects of which year's intense cold that gripped all of Europe?
(a) 1706.
(b) 1708.
(c) 1707.
(d) 1709.

2. Charles XII was impatient, but a competent Russian attack surprised him when he crossed which waterway?
(a) Vistula River.
(b) Dnieper River.
(c) Pripet River.
(d) Dvina River.

3. In what year did Peter first visit Archangel, Russia's only port near the Arctic Circle?
(a) 1697.
(b) 1699.
(c) 1695.
(d) 1693.

4. Charles XII went home to Sweden only after he took Danish Rügen. How many years had passed?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Nine.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Eighteen.

5. Patriarch Nikon, who challenged Alexis and sternly enforced his own views, was deposed in what year?
(a) 1660.
(b) 1666.
(c) 1662.
(d) 1664.

Short Answer Questions

1. Avoiding open warfare in Poland, where did the Russians retreat to?

2. The rulers of which two Christian principalities secretly agreed to help in fighting Turkey?

3. What title of Chapter 39 reflected the celebration of deliverance and foreign capitals that offered dynastic marriages and treaties?

4. Sieges were preferred to open-field battle and frequently ended in what manner?

5. The "Great Embassy" was led by Lefort, two key diplomats, and ____________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 197 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample