WORLD HISTORY

NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

THE RISE OF NATIONALISM IN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
After Napoleon’s defeat, the territories of Poland were distributed among
A
Russia, Prussia and Austria
B
Austria, England and Prussia
C
France, England and Prussia
D
England, Prussia and Russia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answer: The Polish state temporarily ceased to exist when the territories of the once-powerful Kingdom of Poland were divided among Prussia, Austria, and Russia in three partitions of 1772, 1793, and 1795.

Detailed explanation-2: -1918. the 4-year-long First World War, during which Poland’s occupiers found themselves on opposite sides, ends. Austria and Germany are among the defeated, the Russian Tsar empire has collapsed. Poland regains independence.

Detailed explanation-3: -The First Partition of Poland took place in 1772 as the first of three partitions that eventually ended the existence of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795.

Detailed explanation-4: -At the end of the eighteenth century, Poland was partitioned between the great powers of Prussia, Russia and Austria. As a result of this partition, Poland did not remain an independent territory.

Detailed explanation-5: -In English, the term “Partitions of Poland” is sometimes used geographically as toponymy, to mean the three parts that the partitioning powers divided the Commonwealth into, namely: the Austrian Partition, the Prussian Partition and the Russian Partition.

There is 1 question to complete.