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| 4459244569 | What percentage of the Russian population remained rural in the 18th century? | 95% | 0 | |
| 4459244570 | When did Russian serfdom become hereditary? | 1649 | 1 | |
| 4459244571 | Which of the following statements concerning the political voice of the Russian nobility is most accurate? | The politics of the Russian nobility were expressed through service in the tsarist state and the preeminent power they wielded over the peasant serfs. | 2 | |
| 4459244572 | What was the relationship between Catherine the Great's government and local administration? | The tsarist government combined a real monopoly of formal politics by a central administration, but had little power over the noble-owned estates. | 3 | |
| 4459244573 | A substantial merchant class in Russia during the 18th century | failed to develop. | 4 | |
| 4459244574 | What was the limitation of Peter the Great's policies of cultural Westernization? | Westernization was limited to the elite. | 5 | |
| 4459244575 | Ivan IV, called Ivan the Terrible | wished to confirm tsarist autocracy by attacking the authority of boyars. | 6 | |
| 4459244576 | Which of the following was NOT a form of contact with the West during the reigns of the Ivans? | Military alliances were signed with Spain and Portugal. | 7 | |
| 4459272246 | Following the death of Ivan IV, Russian boyars attempted to limit tsarist autocracy and gain governing rights for themselves during the | Time of Troubles | 8 | |
| 4459272247 | Peasants recruited to migrate to newly-seized lands in the Russian empire were called | Cossacks | 9 | |
| 4459272248 | Much of the territory added to the Russian empire during the 17th and 18th centuries was | Asian | 10 | |
| 4459272249 | Why did the Russian expansion policy focus particularly on central Asia? | The Russians were motivated by a desire to push the former Mongol overlords farther back to prevent renewed invasion. | 11 | |
| 4459508221 | The development of coercive labor systems in eastern Europe was indicative of | eastern Europe's growing economic subordination to the West. | 12 | |
| 4459508222 | What tsar was responsible for the abolition of the assemblies of the nobles and reform of the Orthodox church? | Alexis | 13 | |
| 4459508223 | What sea became critical in the development of Russian power during the reign of Peter the Great? | Baltic | 14 | |
| 4459508224 | Compared to Western governments, how great a role did the Russian government play in economic development? | Because of the absence of a merchant class, the Russian government played a greater role than was common in Western states. | 15 | |
| 4459508225 | Politically, what aspects of Western culture did Peter the Great emulate in Russia? | Royal control over the bureaucracy and reorganized military | 16 | |
| 4459508226 | What was one of the primary limitations on the expansion of the agricultural economy? | Lack of technological improvement | 17 | |
| 4459508227 | Eastern Europe shared with Russia all of the following characteristics EXCEPT | The development of empire | 18 | |
| 4459508228 | What was the state of the Russian economy immediately after the expulsion of the Mongols in the 15th century? | Russia had become a more purely agricultural economy, dependent on peasant labor. | 19 | |
| 4459508229 | All of the following countries participated in the successive partitions of Poland EXCEPT | Hungary | 20 | |
| 4459508230 | What political center served as the focal point for the Russian liberation from the Mongols? | Duchy of Moscow | 21 | |
| 4459508231 | Following the death of Peter the Great, the next powerful ruler of Russia was | Catherine the Great | 22 | |
| 4459508232 | What was Catherine the Great's attitude toward the program of Westernization? | Catherine flirted vigorously with the ideas of the French Enlightenment, but failed to take steps to abolish serfdom. | 23 | |
| 4459508233 | The Russian radical and nobleman who, inspired by the philosophies of the West, urged the abolition of serfdom during the reign of Catherine the Great was | Radishev | 24 | |
| 4459508234 | Ivan the Great declared that the Russian empire was the successor to which great empire? | Rome | 25 | |
| 4459508235 | Peter the Great established a new capital for Russia at | St. Petersburg | 26 | |
| 4459508236 | What eastern European nation declined most dramatically after 1500? | Poland | 27 | |
| 4459508237 | Which of the following was NOT an accomplishment of Tsar Michael? | Updating practices in the Orthodox Curch | 28 | |
| 4459508238 | How did the Polish government differ from the Russian model after 1600? | The central government was powerless | 29 | |
| 4459508239 | Russians who refused to accept tsarist reforms of the Orthodox church and who were exiled to Siberia for their conservatism were called | Old Believers | 30 | |
| 4459508240 | Which of the following was NOT one of Peter the Great's political reforms? | Reduction of taxes an the peasantry | 31 | |
| 4459508241 | In what way did Peter the Great shift the foreign policy interests of Russia? | Peter's wars with the Ottoman Empire and Sweden indicated a westward shift in Russian expansion. | 32 | |
| 4459508242 | What government did Ivan the Great claim to have succeeded as the "third Rome"? | The Byzantine Empire | 33 | |
| 4459508243 | What family was selected in 1613 to establish a new ruling dynasty in Russia? | Romanov | 34 | |
| 4459508244 | Who led the Russian peasant rebellion of the 1770s? | Pugachev | 35 | |
| 4459508245 | Which of the following areas was NOT colonized or claimed by the Russian empire during the reign of Catherine the Great? | Greece | 36 | |
| 4459508246 | Under what Russian ruler was a large part of Russia freed from Mongol control in the 15th century? | Ivan III | 37 | |
| 4459508247 | What was the purpose of Peter the Great's policy of economic development? | To avoid the need of importing military armaments | 38 | |
| 4459508248 | Where was Peter the Great's program of economic development concentrated? | Mining and metallurgical industries | 39 | |
| 4459508249 | What was one of the primary differences between the social organization of the West and Russia in the 17th and 18th centuries? | Russia saw a progressive intensification of serfdom while the West was relaxing this institution in favor of other labor systems. | 40 | |
| 4459508250 | Which of the following is NOT indicative of Russia's growing economic dependence on the West during the 18th century? | Self-sufficiency in metal and weapons | 41 | |
| 4459508251 | What was the impact of early Russian expansion on central Asia? | Independent central Asia, the source of nomadic cultures and invasion forces, was eliminated | 42 |
