Declining HRE and Poland

Question 1

What empire was never the same since the 30 years war?

Answer 1

Holy Roman Empire

Question 2

What hurts HRE in terms of religion

Answer 2

Portestants and Catholic fighting hurts them

Question 3

Which two states emerge as strong states?

Answer 3

Austria and Prussia

Question 4

Which country is fairly tolerant?

Answer 4

Poland

Question 5

As a result of Poland being quite tolerant, which religious people were gathered there

Answer 5

Jews

Question 6

what language did Jews speak?

Answer 6

Yiddish?

Question 7

In government, which group of people were independent?

Answer 7

nobles

Question 8

Who elected their king

Answer 8

nobles

Question 9

Why was the king in poland always a foreigner?

Answer 9

So the King would compromise with nobles

Question 10

What is the diet?

Answer 10

Parliament

Question 11

who was the diet made of?

Answer 11

nobles

Question 12

Liberium veto

Answer 12

if one noble disagrees, law does not pass

Question 13

What does it mean by exploding the diet?

Answer 13

Led to anarchy (lawlessness) in political life

Question 14

Poland: What are the problems mainly caused by

Answer 14

Weak central government

Question 15

What does serfdom lead to?

Answer 15

Poorness everywhere

Question 16

Because of poland’s bad location, what will start to happen

Answer 16

start losing Land

Question 17

HRE decline main points

Answer 17

30 years war

protestant vs. catholic fighting hurts them

Question 18

Poland decline main points

Answer 18

Terrible central govenment
Liberium Veto –> exploding idet
too much serfdom
bad location