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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter was careful to wander, survey, and practice all that he saw Western technology and science reveal, and he dedicated himself to ____________.

2. What happened to Peter's great fleet when he sent an envoy on the first Russian warship to enter the Black Sea?

3. Where did Peter build an outpost that grew into the Kronstadt naval base?

4. After serfs and peasants were drafted by the thousands for unskilled shipbuilding labor, what work moved swiftly despite what?

5. When did Charles XII launch his surprise campaign against Narva?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were some of the problems Peter found taking place in the shipyards at Voronezh when he returned from his Embassy tour?

2. What activities did Peter prefer to state ceremonies during Sophia's reign?

3. What were some examples that reflected how seventeenth century European wars, despite deadliness and scope that steadily grew, still retained obedience of rules?

4. What intentional humiliations did former elite troops that comprised old Muscovite armies sustain following Sophia's downfall?

5. Who was Russia's Fedor Golovin?

6. What was the youth of Charles XII of Sweden like?

7. What did Peter initially state was his aim in attacking Sweden in the Great Northern War?

8. When he came to power, what was the confrontation Charles XII faced with Peter?

9. According to Chapter 9, what did Peter find in the German Suburb?

10. Why was Peter anxious to meet King William of England in Holland?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the fruits that Peter's triumph at Poltava afforded?

Essay Topic 2

Why was the Tsar's Great Embassy one of only a couple of overwhelming events in his life?

Essay Topic 3

What was Peter's childhood like? What was of importance that transpired during this time?

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