Catherine the Great - Quiz
A) The Jiaqing Emperor B) The Kangxi Emperor C) The Qianlong Emperor D) The Yongzheng Emperor
A) The Treaty of Beijing B) The Treaty of Nerchinsk C) The Treaty of Aigun D) The Treaty of Kyakhta
A) Fishing quotas B) Border demarcation C) The caravan trade D) Navigational rights
A) Tibetan monks B) Dzungar Mongols C) Han rebels D) Manchu nobles
A) The Taiping Rebellion B) The Dungan revolt C) The Dzungar genocide D) The Boxer Rebellion
A) As a wise and benevolent ruler B) As an unpleasant and arrogant neighbour C) As a reliable trading partner D) As a weak and easily manipulated leader
A) Establishing trade with India B) Annexing Beijing C) Suppressing the pride of China D) Ejecting the Turks from Europe
A) German B) Russian C) English D) French
A) The arrogant ruler of the East B) The destroyer of the Dzungars C) My Chinese neighbour with small eyes D) The expansionist of Central Asia
A) Kamchatka and the Kuril Islands B) Alaska and the Aleutian Islands C) Mongolia and Manchuria D) Siberia and Sakhalin
A) To spread Christianity B) To acquire advanced weaponry C) To obtain supplies and food D) To establish a military base
A) Mamiya Rinzō B) Honda Toshiaki C) Daikokuya Kōdayū D) Tadataka Ino
A) Japanese territory B) British territory C) Russian territory D) Chinese territory
A) 28 June 1791 B) 1 July 1762 C) 15 August 1783 D) 10 September 1792
A) Adam Laxman B) Ivan Golovkin C) Grigory Potemkin D) Nikolai Rezanov
A) The Tokugawa shogunate B) The Edo City Council C) The Satsuma Domain D) The Imperial Court in Kyoto
A) An alliance was formed against China B) A major trade treaty was signed C) Negotiations failed D) Japan declared war on Russia
A) As legally sound and strategic B) As a dishonest one C) As cautious and defensive D) As a brilliant and visionary success
A) She failed to reach any of them B) She abandoned them due to a lack of funds C) She modified them for the better D) She achieved all of them perfectly
A) An alliance-driven strategy focused on peace B) A cautious approach focused solely on defense C) A series of mistakes and lacking a long-term strategy D) A masterclass in geopolitical maneuvering
A) The Baltic governorates B) The Grand Duchy of Finland C) The Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania D) The Crimean Peninsula
A) Sweden and the Ottoman Empire B) France and Great Britain C) Prussia and Austria D) China and Japan
A) Peter I B) Alexander I C) Ivan the Terrible D) Michael Romanov
A) Demanding tax exemptions B) Advocating for their religious freedoms C) Seeking parliamentary representation D) Protesting military conscription
A) An isolated agrarian empire B) A global great power C) A minor maritime power D) A strictly regional European power
A) The abrogation of the Treaty of Kyakhta B) Trade embargoes imposed by Japan and China C) Global trade of Russian natural resources and Russian grain D) Dzungar raids along the Siberian border
A) Because of resource trading famines and a war with Austria and Germany B) Because of the failed trade mission led by Adam Laxman C) Because she failed to eject the Turks from Europe D) Because of the loss of Kamchatka to Japan
A) Austria and Germany B) China and Japan C) Great Britain and France D) Sweden and the Ottoman Empire
A) Bavaria B) Holstein-Prussia C) Schleswig D) Holstein-Gottorp
A) The North Sea B) The Black Sea C) The Atlantic Ocean D) The Baltic Sea
A) International mediator B) Financial backer C) Colonial conqueror D) Naval superpower
A) 1778–1779 B) 1780–1782 C) 1788–1790 D) 1790–1792
A) Brother B) Nephew C) Uncle D) Cousin
A) Holstein B) Saint Petersburg C) Moscow D) Stockholm
A) Baltic Fleet B) Black Sea Fleet C) Atlantic Fleet D) Northern Fleet
A) A decisive Russian victory B) A cancellation due to weather C) It was tied D) A crushing Swedish victory
A) Britain B) Austria C) Denmark D) Prussia
A) The Austrian Emperor B) Catherine herself C) The King of Denmark D) Gustav III
A) 5 years B) 50 years C) 20 years D) 10 years
A) 1800 B) 1788 C) 1790 D) 1792
A) 1768 B) 1762 C) 1781 D) 1796
A) Ottoman architecture B) British royal regalia C) Byzantine design D) Romanian art
A) 2,300 B) 398 C) 4,936 D) 75
A) 3.8kg B) 2.3kg C) 1.5kg D) 5.1kg
A) Moscow Kremlin Armoury Museum B) British Museum C) Louvre Museum D) State Hermitage Museum
A) Nikita Panin B) Şahin Giray C) Ivan Osterman D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) Jérémie Pauzié B) Alexander Suvorov C) Sergey Solovyov D) Ivan Gudovich
A) Some 200,000 square kilometres B) Some one million square kilometres C) Some 750,000 square kilometres D) Some 520,000 square kilometres
A) Ivan Osterman B) Nikita Panin C) Alexander Suvorov D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) Black Sea Coalition B) Eastern League C) Baltic Pact D) Northern Accord
A) Ivan Gudovich B) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin C) Şahin Giray D) Ivan Osterman
A) 1774 B) 1766 C) 1762 D) 1783
A) 25 September 1789 B) 22 September 1762 C) 21 July 1774 D) 31 August 1762
A) Şahin Giray B) Nikita Panin C) Ivan Osterman D) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin
A) 1792 B) 1783 C) 1774 D) 1762
A) Kherson B) Nikolayev C) Odessa D) Yekaterinoslav
A) Sophie Auguste Friederike von Anhalt-Zerbst B) Maria Choglokova C) Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp D) Yekaterina Alekseyevna
A) 28 June 1744 B) 17 November 1796 C) 2 May 1729 D) 5 January 1762
A) Moscow B) Stettin C) Saint Petersburg D) Oranienbaum
A) 18 B) 16 C) 15 D) 21
A) Cicero B) Voltaire C) Plutarch D) Tacitus
A) Sergei Saltykov B) Grigory Potemkin C) Grigory Orlov D) Peter III
A) 1757 B) 1754 C) 1762 D) 1745
A) Elizabeth B) Anna C) Sophie D) Joanna
A) Semenovsky Barracks B) Holstein Regiment C) Imperial Guard D) Izmailovsky Regiment
A) Stettin B) Ropsha C) Oranienbaum D) Schlüsselburg
A) Maria Choglokova B) Joanna Elisabeth C) Empress Elizabeth D) Princess Yekaterina Dashkova
A) 1762 B) 1783 C) 1795 D) 1768
A) Pneumonia treatment B) Bloodletting C) Smallpox inoculation D) Phlebotomy
A) Lopukhina affair B) Pugachev's Rebellion C) Bar Confederation D) Russo-Turkish War
A) Pyotr Rumyantsev B) Alexander Suvorov C) Grigory Orlov D) Fyodor Ushakov
A) New Russia B) Alaska C) Poland D) Crimea
A) Russian America B) Holstein-Gottorp C) Courland and Semigallia D) New Russia
A) Crimean Khanate B) Alaska C) Poland D) Schleswig
A) Stettin B) Szczecin C) Oranienbaum D) Sevastopol
A) Her former lover B) Grigory Potemkin C) Her son Paul D) Peter III
A) Joanna Elisabeth B) Maria Choglokova C) Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin D) Princess Yekaterina Dashkova
A) Apoplexy B) Haemorrhoidal colic C) Smallpox D) Pneumonia
A) Smallpox B) Cholera C) Typhus D) Pneumonia
A) Voltaire B) Grimm C) Tacitus D) Bestuzhev
A) Winter Palace B) Smolny Institute C) Oranienbaum D) Schlüsselburg
A) Ropsha B) Winter Palace C) Ducal Castle D) Oranienbaum
A) Frederick II B) Frederick the Great C) Adolf Frederick D) Christian August
A) Imperial Public Library B) Free Economic Society C) Russian Academy D) Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
A) Pyotr Rumyantsev B) Alexander Suvorov C) Samuel Greig D) Fyodor Ushakov
A) Georgia B) Persia C) Armenia D) Azerbaijan
A) Valerian Zubov B) Agha Mohammad Khan C) Morteza Qoli Khan D) Ivan Gudovich
A) Agha Mohammad Khan B) Morteza Qoli Khan C) Valerian Zubov D) King Erekle II
A) Prince Zubov B) Paul I C) Derzhavin D) King Erekle II
A) Ivan Gudovich B) Agha Mohammad Khan C) Morteza Qoli Khan D) Count Valerian Zubov
A) Uncle B) Younger brother C) Father D) Son
A) Kizlyar B) Derbent C) Moscow D) St. Petersburg
A) Baku B) Derbent C) Shemakha D) Ganja
A) Paul I B) Derzhavin C) Ivan Gudovich D) Valerian Zubov
A) Persian forces defeated Zubov in a major battle B) Catherine died C) A massive earthquake destroyed the army D) Agha Mohammad Khan surrendered unconditionally
A) Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski B) Kościuszko C) Alexander Bezborodko D) Frederick II
A) 1764 B) 1791 C) 1795 D) 1768
A) France B) Prussia C) Austria D) Habsburg monarchy
A) Ottoman Empire B) Prussian monarchy C) French monarchy D) Habsburg monarchy
A) The Permanent Council B) The Golden Liberty C) The May Constitution D) The French Monarchy |
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