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