AP European History : Treaties; Diplomacy; International Organizations
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Example Question #263 : Political History
After the final Defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, what meeting took place to decide the future of Europe?
Congress of Berlin
Congress of Geneva
Congress of Osnabrück
Congress of Vienna
Congress of Vienna
After the Napoleonic Wars were over an Austrian politician, Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, hosted a meeting of the major powers of Europe to decide how the redraw the map of Europe so as to avoid further wars like the Napoleonic Wars, which had brought Europe to the point of exhaustion.
Example Question #264 : Political History
What was the Primary purpose of the Congress of Vienna?
To weaken France to the point that it could no longer threaten the rest of Europe
To surround France with a series of powerful nations
To reinforce the rights of Monarchies
To undo the changes of the French Revolution
To surround France with a series of powerful nations
The Congress of Vienna was meant to stabilize Europe by surrounding France with several powerful nations, thus discouraging them from attempting large scale military invasions like they had in the Napoleonic Wars.
Example Question #265 : Political History
Which of the following was not part of the Edict of Nantes?
Allowed protestants to fortify their towns
Allowed protestants to hold any professional position
Declared France a protestant nation
Granted religious tolerance
Declared France a protestant nation
The Edict of Nantes sought to end the religious wars by separating religion from public life. The reasoning behind the Edict was that if protestants and Catholics were both allowed the same universal rights regardless of religion, a secular society could be built in the aftermath of the protracted, bloody religious conflict.
Example Question #268 : Political History
The League of Nations __________.
succeeded because of American support
was created by Bismarck after the Berlin Conference
helped centralize and stabilize the Weimar Republic
prevented the Russian Revolution
came out of the peace after World War I
came out of the peace after World War I
The Berlin Conference and Russian Revolution both took place before the League of Nations was created. It didn't prevent the collapse of the Weimar Republic and many historians think that the lack of American support weakened the League. However, the League did emerge out of the peace following World War I.
Example Question #35 : Treaties; Diplomacy; International Organizations
What was the significance of the Union of Lublin?
It unified Germany into one nation
It merged Poland and Lithuania
It merged the two Hapsburg kingdoms into one
It brought the Ukraine into Russia
It merged Poland and Lithuania
The union of Lublin unified the two nations of Poland and Lithuania into one nation under the Jageillonian Dynasty
Example Question #271 : Political History
What European Alliance was set up to defend against Ottoman aggression?
The Holy League
The Catholic League
The Quadruple Alliance
League of Augsburg
The Holy League
The Holy League was set up by nearly all of the nations in Europe that neighbored the Ottoman Empire as a joint military force with the purpose of warding off attack by the Ottomans.
Example Question #271 : Political History
What is the signifigance of the Union of Kreva (1386)?
It joined the royal families of Poland and Lithuania
A Hapsburg prince married a Bourbon princess
It reorganized the Holy Roman Empire
It joined together many small Germanic Principalities
It joined the royal families of Poland and Lithuania
The Union of Kreva saw the marriage of the Grand Duke of Lithuania to the daughter of the recently passed Polish king. Jadwiga had no brothers so she was crowned King of Poland, set to rule until she married. Her mother then arranged a marriage with the leader of Lithuania, the Grand Duke Jogalia, thus joining the royal lines of Poland and Lithuania.
Example Question #272 : Political History
Who was the only member of the Holy League to come to the aide of the Austrians was their capital city of Vienna was besieged by the Ottomans in 1683?
the Papal States
Republic of Venice
Russia
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Of the Dozen members of the Holy League, only the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth sent an army to relive the siege of Vienna. The other nations were reluctant to become involved for fear of provoking an invasion of their own nations.
Example Question #273 : Political History
Prussia was a major power within and electorate of which major European international organization?
The Holy Roman Empire
The North German Confederation
The German Confederation
The Rhineland Confederation
The Holy Roman Empire
Prussia was an electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, which meant that the leader of Prussia had a vote when it came time to elect a new leader to be the Holy Roman Emperor. The Holy Roman Empire was a loose confederation of primarily Germanic speaking nations and principalities.
Example Question #274 : Political History
When was the Congress of Vienna held?
The Congress of Vienna was held in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars. The nations also met with the purpose of addressing several other pressing issues Europe was faced with. The meeting began in September of 1814 and went on for nine months until the issues were settled in June of 1815.
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