18th Century Politics and War – Quiz

1. Identify the five Great Powers of Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries.
2. Identify the two countries cited in the lecture as waning in power in the 18th century.
3. Identify at least two trends that accompanied the spread of absolutism in the 18th century.
4. Identify at least three 18th-century monarchs often identified as “enlightened despots.”
5. Identify at least two dynastic wars of the first half of the 18th century.
6. The Seven Years War resulted in the cession of much of _____________’s colonial empire to ______________.

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1. Britain, France, Austria, Prussia/Germany, Russia
2. Spain, the Netherlands
3. higher taxes, development of standing armies
4. Maria Theresa, Joseph II, Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great
5. War of Spanish Succession, War of Polish Succession, War of Austrian Succession
6. France; Britain