Lesson 1E.1.1

1E.1.1 Peter the Great and Russia, 1682–1725 Quiz: AQA History, Unit 5

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Lesson 1E.1.1, Peter the Great and Russia, 1682–1725: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA History (7042), Unit 5: 1E Russia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which Russian princess acted as regent for Peter and his half-brother Ivan from 1682 until 1689?

    • Elizabeth
    • Anna Ivanovna
    • Sophia
    • Catherine

  2. Which military corps of Moscow, a source of unrest against the tsars, was crushed by Peter after revolts in 1698?

    • The Cossack Host
    • The Streltsy
    • The Janissaries
    • The Preobrazhensky Guards

  3. Which year saw Peter the Great's Great Embassy travel through Western Europe to learn about shipbuilding and government?

    • 1682
    • 1689
    • 1697
    • 1703

  4. Which fortress on the Sea of Azov did Peter capture from the Ottomans in 1696, giving Russia access to the south?

    • Sinop
    • Azov
    • Kars
    • Kaffa

  5. Which battle of 1700 in the Great Northern War was a Swedish victory over the Russian army under Peter's command?

    • Poltava
    • Grengam
    • Narva
    • Gangut

  6. Which battle of 1709 was a decisive Russian victory over Charles XII, ending Sweden's ambitions as a great power?

    • Lesnaya
    • Kliszow
    • Narva
    • Poltava

  7. In which year did Peter found the city of St Petersburg on the Neva, as a window on the West and a new capital?

    • 1697
    • 1712
    • 1682
    • 1703

  8. Which peace treaty of 1721 ended the Great Northern War and gave Russia the Baltic provinces of Livonia and Estonia?

    • The Treaty of Nystad
    • The Treaty of Oliva
    • The Treaty of Stolbovo
    • The Treaty of Westphalia

  9. Which 1721 change replaced the Patriarch with a governing body controlled by the state, weakening the Church's independence?

    • The Supreme Privy Council
    • The Duma
    • The Senate
    • The Holy Synod

  10. Which system of 1722 ranked officials and officers by grade and linked service to social status and land ownership?

    • The Service State Charter
    • The Great Commission
    • The Statute of Artificers
    • The Table of Ranks

  11. Which Cossack and Bashkir revolts of 1705 to 1711 were among the opponents Peter faced in his reign?

    • The Decembrist revolt
    • The Polish Uprising of 1794
    • The Pugachev Revolt
    • The Astrakhan and Bashkir revolts

  12. Which son of Peter the Great was tried and died in 1718 after plotting against his father's reforms?

    • Ivan V
    • Tsarevich Paul
    • Ivan VI
    • Tsarevich Alexis

  13. How many years separated Peter's founding of St Petersburg in 1703 and the Peace of Nystad in 1721?

    • 14 years
    • 22 years
    • 18 years
    • 26 years

  14. How many years did Peter the Great rule from the joint accession of 1682 to his death in 1725?

    • 43 years
    • 37 years
    • 47 years
    • 53 years

  15. How many years passed between the Battle of Narva in 1700 and the Battle of Poltava in 1709?

    • 7 years
    • 13 years
    • 9 years
    • 11 years

  16. Which statement best explains why Peter the Great's Westernisation was limited in its social effects by 1725?

    • Serfdom was abolished across Russia in 1700, which Peter introduced by decree to modernise the economy
    • The peasantry was given the vote in the Duma, which allowed the peasants to choose their own representatives
    • Serfdom persisted, the nobility gained most benefits, and the mass of the peasantry changed little
    • Russian towns became largely free of state control, which left the urban merchants to run their own affairs

  17. Which statement best assesses the success of Peter's military reform by 1725?

    • It ended all Russian naval activity until the nineteenth century, when the fleet was broken up by the Tsar
    • It produced a smaller army that Russia abandoned after 1709, which saved the state a large part of its budget
    • It had no effect on Russia's ability to fight Sweden, which won every major battle after the Treaty of Nystad
    • It produced a larger, better-equipped army and navy that secured the Baltic, though at a high cost in taxation and serfdom

  18. Which judgement best explains why Peter's reforms are described as an attempt to increase the power of the Tsar?

    • The Tsar handed control of the army to the Church, which appointed the generals and commanded the Guards
    • The Tsar abolished every form of taxation in Russia, which was replaced by a single voluntary levy on the nobility
    • The Tsar gave up all political authority to the Senate, which then governed Russia in his name as regent
    • Control of the Church, the state bureaucracy and the nobility all became more directly tied to the monarch

  19. Which statement best evaluates the impact of the Great Northern War on Russian society and economy?

    • It had no measurable effect on serfdom or peasant life, since the war was fought far from the Russian villages
    • It reduced taxes and ended military service for all nobles, which allowed the gentry to stay on their estates
    • It led to the immediate freeing of all Russian serfs, which was ordered by the Tsar at the end of the war
    • It raised heavy taxes and levies, increasing the burden on peasants and reinforcing serfdom to support military needs

  20. Which tsar was given the title Emperor of All the Russias in 1721, after the Peace of Nystad?

    • Ivan IV, who was given the title of Emperor of All the Russias after the conquest of Kazan
    • Catherine I, who was declared Empress in 1721 and reigned until 1727
    • Peter the Great
    • Alexander I, who took the title Emperor after the defeat of Napoleon in 1815

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