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Unit 6 Assignment – Central and Eastern Europe
Unit Readings:
Western Heritage
Chapter 15
Modern European History
Chapter 9
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A. For each of the 5 countries listed below, write a brief paragraph explaining why they saw their power decline in the late 16th and early 17th centuries (including the accompanying terms).
i) Spain
ii) The Netherlands
iii) Sweden
1. Charles XII
2. Great Northern War
3. Battle of Poltava
iv) The Ottoman Empire
v) Poland
4. Sejm
5. Liberum Veto
B. Explain what the "Pragmatic Sanction" was.
6. Charles VI
7. Pragmatic Sanction
8. Maria Theresa
C. Analyze the degree of freedom and democracy achieved in England in the early 18th century.
9. George I
10. Tories
11. Whigs
12. Robert Walpole
13. Prime Minister
D. Describe the sources of strength and weakness of France under Louis XV.
14. Louis XV
15. "Mississippi Bubble"
16. Parlements
E. Explain how the Hohenzollern family raised Prussia into one of the major powers of Europe.
17. Junker
18. Brandenburg
19. Frederick William ("The Great Elector")
20. Frederick I
21. Frederick William I
22. Frederick II ("The Great")
F. Evaluate the degree of success with which Peter the Great strengthened the power of the Russian czar and remolded his country in the image of the great powers of Western Europe.
23. Romanov
24. Boyars
25. Streltsy
26. Sophia
27. Table of Ranks
28. St. Petersburg
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