Chapter 17 Study Questions and Reading Schedule Eastern Absolutism

Section 1: Lords and Peasants on Eastern Europe (564-568) and Section 2: The Rise of Austria and Prussia (568-576) Friday 1. How did the Ottomans rule throughout their empire? 2. What was the impact of the 30 Years War on Brandenburg-Prussia? 3. How did Austrian leaders use absolutism? 4. What are the aspects of their absolutism? 5. What are the effects of the Pragmatic Sanction of 1713? What does it do? 6. What factors contributed to the Great Elector Frederick Williams political victory over the Brandenburg Estates? 7. What were the accomplishments of Frederick William the Great Elector? 8. What were the policies and actions of Frederick William I based upon? 9. What is the MOST enduring legacy of Frederick William I? Section 3: The Development of Russia (576-585) Monday 1. Who was responsible for sacking Kiev in 1242? 2. What was an important factor in the rise of princes of Moscow to domination over other Slavic cities? 3. Who was Alexander Nevskywhat is his connection to the Mongols? 4. What is the connection between the Cossacks and the political & economic development of Russia? 5. What is the connection between Muscovite society and the service nobility during the reigns of Ivan III and Ivan IV? 6. What was the Time of Troubles? How did the Romanov tsars react to this time? How did they treat the nobility? 7. Who were the Old Believers? 8. What were all the troubles during the Time of Troubles? 9. Who was Stenka Razin and what is his connection to Russias history? 10.How would you characterize Peter the Greats reign in Russia? 11.Why did Peter get involved in the Great Northern War? 12.Where did Peter the Great find labor to build his beloved St. Petersburg? How did he get people to live there? Section 4: Absolutism and the Baroque (585-589) Tuesday 1. What were the Baroque palaces of the princes of central and eastern Europe modeled after?

Chapter 17 Study Questions and Reading Schedule Eastern Absolutism

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1. Analyze the causes for the decline of the Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire and PolandLithuania in Europe during the 17th century. 2.Analyze the military, political and social factors for the rise of absolutism in Austria, Prussia and Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries. 3. Compare and contrast absolutism in eastern Europe with that of France in western Europe.