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Quiz about East Central Europe
Quiz about East Central Europe

East Central Europe Trivia Quiz


The breadbasket of Europe and one of its most hotly contested areas! Test your knowledge of this unique and fascinating area! NOTE: for the purpose of this quiz please consider East Central Europe = Poland, Hungary and Czech and Slovak Republics.

A multiple-choice quiz by brutus_cassius. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
87,985
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
7 / 15
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Question 1 of 15
1. Which of the following were East Central European Roman provinces? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. This empire established itself in Hungary in the mid-8th century, A.D:_______ Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. How far afield did the Magyars raid in the ninth century? Into which of the following places did the Magyar horsemen pour? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Which of the following never ruled Poland: Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. The Mongols swept into East Central Europe in what year? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Though originally occupied with slaughtering Prussian and Lithuanian pagans, this group was destined to become embroiled in countless wars with Poland: ________.

Answer: (Two words.)
Question 7 of 15
7. What did German settlers spread throughout East Central Europe? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who won the battle of Grunwald, 1410? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. This 15th century group sparked what is variously described as a Czech Reformation or a national or bourgeois revolution: _________.

Answer: (One word.)
Question 10 of 15
10. "The Deluge" refers to what part of Poland's history? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. With which state did Poland form a Commonwealth? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Who was defeated at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. By 1606 this country had fallen almost in its entirety to the Ottoman Turks: __________.

Answer: (Part of the later dual monarchy. One word.)
Question 14 of 15
14. Which states were privy to the second partition of Poland? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. In 1807 Napoleon took the Prussian partition spoils (in 1809 Austrian spoils were added) to form what new state? Who was its ruler? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following were East Central European Roman provinces?

Answer: Valeria and Pannonia

Valeria is in modern Hungary. Pannonia is in modern Hungary, Austria and Croatia. Epirus Nova is modern Albania. Dalmatia (the Illyrian provinces) is modern Croatia and Bosnia. Scythia (in terms of Roman provinces instead of the broad Herodotian geographic area) is located in Romania along the Black Sea coast. Dacia is also in modern Romania (so called because of their pride in their Roman-ness).
2. This empire established itself in Hungary in the mid-8th century, A.D:_______

Answer: The Avar Khanate

Th Avars were a nomadic warrior people displaced by the Bulgars (who at this time were established in modern Romania and a thin northern slice of Bulgaria) by 814 A.D.

The Dulebians/Volhynians settled in modern Ukraine. The Moravians inhabited the modern Czech/Slovak lands.
3. How far afield did the Magyars raid in the ninth century? Into which of the following places did the Magyar horsemen pour?

Answer: From Bremen to the Gulf of Taranto and Thessaly

Emerging from Southern Ukraine the Magyars swept through modern Germany, Italy and Greece. They were turned back from Constaninople and defeated by Imperial forces at Lechfeld, in the Holy Roman Empire in 955 A.D.
4. Which of the following never ruled Poland:

Answer: Waldemar II

Mieszko (990 A.D.) was the first ruler of Poland. Boreslaw I (said the Lame, 992-1025 B.C.) was his son and successor.

Iaroslav (1019-54 A.D.) was ruler of Kievan Rus at its cultural peak.

Stephen (997-1038 A.D.) was the Magyar king who ruled Hungary and converted to Christianity.

Waldemar II was a Danish king who entrenched the Danes in Northern Estonia.

Stanislaw August Poniatowski was the last king of Poland.
5. The Mongols swept into East Central Europe in what year?

Answer: 1241

In 1236 the Mongols crossed the Volga from the East. In 1236 Kievan Rus was put to the sword (or should I say the bow?) and Kiev, according to some the greatest Medieval European city of its day, burned to the ground.

In 1241 the Mongol force split in two, half entering Hungary, the other half savaging Poland. Then, as suddenly as they had come, the Mongols withdrew to the steppes.
6. Though originally occupied with slaughtering Prussian and Lithuanian pagans, this group was destined to become embroiled in countless wars with Poland: ________.

Answer: Teutonic Order

Ambition, wealth and land were much more important factors in deciding who the Order fought. They succeeded notoriously in wiping the ancient Prussians off the face of the earth - but strangely enough, adopted their name with time.

Knights from all over Europe went on 'reyses', or Eastern crusades, with the Order, including a young Henry IV of England. Not even Papal decrees could make the Grand Masters relent in their aggression against the Polish Kingdom: they wanted to control the Baltic Sea coast.
7. What did German settlers spread throughout East Central Europe?

Answer: Their laws, their technology and a new merchant class

The embodiment of the famous "Drang nach Osten" or "drive to the East" of the German people, which was seen either as enlightening and civilising the rugged East or subjugating and supressing it. The uglier flipside were the activities of the Teutonic Knights.
8. Who won the battle of Grunwald, 1410?

Answer: Jagiello

Jagiello was the Lithuanian who converted, married the Polish Queen Jadwiga and took the united Polish-Lithuanian kingdom throne as a result. This provided the Teutonic Order will a plum excuse to recommence hostilities with Poland.

Vitold, Jagiello's ally in the victory, was his cousin. He was a brilliant Lithuanian general, but has been forgotten by history.

Stefan the Great (1457-1504) asserted the independence of Moldavia, fighting off Poles and Ottomans to do so.
Corvinus was a ruler of Hungary (died 1490) who held Austria, Bohemia, Croatia and Slavonia.
9. This 15th century group sparked what is variously described as a Czech Reformation or a national or bourgeois revolution: _________.

Answer: Hussites

Seeing as medieval nationality was determined by a common religion and blood, the followers of Jan Hus (a preacher from Prague burned at the stake in 1415) can claim to have led the first truly modern nationalist revolution. The Hussite armies, comprised mostly of peasant infantry, campaigned in Slovakia, Moravia and the Baltic coast in attempts to ensure that its Catholic neighbours left it alone. Ultimately, the failed.
10. "The Deluge" refers to what part of Poland's history?

Answer: The Swedish occupation

"Potop" is a novel by a famous Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz that highlights these times (much later made into a movie). Eventually, the Swedish tide ebbed and faded away after Peter the Great routed the Swedish continental forces and their last warrior king, Charles XII.
11. With which state did Poland form a Commonwealth?

Answer: Lithuania

The Commonwealth was the biggest state of its time in Europe: Lithuania covered modern Byelorussia and the Baltic states, and Poland ruled Kiev and much of modern Ukraine.
12. Who was defeated at the Battle of White Mountain in 1620?

Answer: The Czechs

Bohemia and Moravia ('Czechia') were to remain under Hapsburg rule till 1918.
13. By 1606 this country had fallen almost in its entirety to the Ottoman Turks: __________.

Answer: Hungary

After the battle of Mohacs (1526), Sultan Suleiman was able to seize Hungary, which his sucessors would keep until the late 1600's.
14. Which states were privy to the second partition of Poland?

Answer: Prussia and Russia

The idea to partition up the Polish state was a diplomatic coup of genius instigated by Frederick the Great. The Russians wanted to expand in the Balkans and continue the process of driving the Ottomans out of Europe. The Austrians resisted this; Christians or not, the Russians were their rivals, and Catherine the Great had spooked them by entertaining ideas of setting up a new 'Greek' Orthodox Empire (to which end she named her son Constantine). To prevent another general European war Frederick suggested that all the big boys on the block stop beating on each other and start dividing up Poland.

There were three paritions in all (1772, 1793, 1795) but Austria did not participate in the second.
15. In 1807 Napoleon took the Prussian partition spoils (in 1809 Austrian spoils were added) to form what new state? Who was its ruler?

Answer: Grand Duchy of Warsaw/King of Saxony

Poniatowski and Dobrowski served under Napoleon: Dombrowski's men fought in Italy against the Austrians (the nationalist movements of amongst the Italians and Poles were born almost at the same moment), whereas Poniatowski was a cavalryman, and proved himself so impressively as to be made a Marshal of France.
Source: Author brutus_cassius

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