History of Poland during the Jagiellonian dynasty - Quiz
- 1. Who was the first king of Poland from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Władysław II Jagiełło
B) Casimir III the Great
C) Henry IV Probus
D) Bolesław II the Generous
- 2. Which country was ruled by Władysław II Jagiełło before becoming king of Poland?
A) Lithuania
B) Russia
C) Bohemia
D) Hungary
- 3. In which battle did Władysław II Jagiełło decisively defeat the Teutonic Order in 1410?
A) Battle of Varna
B) Battle of Grunwald
C) Battle of Kosovo
D) Battle of Tannenberg
- 4. What treaty ended the Polish-Lithuanian union of the Jagiellonian dynasty in 1569?
A) Treaty of Brest
B) Union of Lublin
C) Treaty of Hadiach
D) Peace of Thorn
- 5. Who was the last male monarch of the Jagiellonian dynasty in Poland-Lithuania?
A) Sigismund I the Old
B) Władysław II Jagiełło
C) Sigismund II Augustus
D) Casimir IV Jagiellon
- 6. What was the capital city of Poland during the reign of the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) Kraków
B) Poznań
C) Vilnius
D) Warsaw
- 7. Who was the last monarch from the Jagiellonian dynasty who lost the throne to the Swedish king, Sigismund III Vasa?
A) Henry of Valois
B) Isabella Jagiellon
C) Anna Jagiellon
D) Sigismund II Augustus
- 8. In which city was the Jagiellonian University founded during this period?
A) Poznan
B) Krakow
C) Gdansk
D) Warsaw
- 9. During whose reign did Poland's capital move from Kraków to Warsaw, marking a transition away from the Jagiellonian dynasty?
A) John III Sobieski
B) Sigismund III Vasa
C) Stanisław August Poniatowski
D) Stephen Báthory
- 10. Which royal house did the Jagiellonian dynasty have close ties with?
A) Wittelsbach
B) Habsburg
C) Plantagenet
D) Capet
- 11. Which queen consort was a key figure during the Jagiellonian period?
A) Bona Sforza
B) Anna Jagiellon
C) Barbara Radziwill
D) Elisabeth of Austria
- 12. Which famous Italian artist was invited by King Sigismund I the Old to paint the ceiling of the Gothic vault in the Wawel Castle in Kraków?
A) Sandro Botticelli
B) Michelangelo Buonarroti
C) Raphael Sanzio
D) Leonardo da Vinci
- 13. Which famous astronomer, who proposed a heliocentric model of the universe, studied at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków?
A) Johannes Kepler
B) Nicolaus Copernicus
C) Galileo Galilei
D) Tycho Brahe
- 14. Which territory did Poland lose to the Ottoman Empire in 1672, marking the declining years of the Jagiellonian era?
A) Masovia
B) Podolia
C) Galicia
D) Red Ruthenia
- 15. In what year did the Jagiellonian dynasty begin ruling Poland?
A) 1434
B) 1523
C) 1386
D) 1306
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