The Eastern Question

Question 1

Count Andrassy

Answer 1

Austrian Foreign Minister (1871-1879)

Question 2

Lord Beaconsfield (Benjamin Disraeli)

Answer 2

British Prime Minister (Feb - Dec 1868, 1874-1880)

Question 3

Constantinople

Answer 3

Capital of the Ottoman Emprire

Question 4

Constantinople Agreement (1915)

Answer 4

(March 18, 1915), secret World War I agreement between Russia, Britain, and France for the postwar partition of the Ottoman Empire.

It promised to satisfy Russia’s long-standing designs on the Turkish Straits by giving Russia Constantinople together with a portion of the hinterland on either coast in Thrace and Asia Minor. Constantinople, however, was to be a free port.

In return, Russia consented to British and French plans for territories or for spheres of influence in new Muslim states in the Middle Eastern parts of the Ottoman Empire.

(From Encyclopedia Britannica)

Question 5

French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)

Answer 5

A French expeditionary force occupied Egypt

Question 6

Prince Gorchakov

Answer 6

Russian Foreign Minister during the Eastern Question

Question 7

Greek War of Independence

Answer 7

From 1821-1932.

Question 8

Mehmet Ali Pasha

Answer 8

Ruler of Egypt who hoped to achieve greater Egyptian autonomy and the lands of Syria and part of Anatolia. It frustrated the major powers because they wanted to maintain the status quo.

Question 9

Nicholas I

Answer 9

Czar of Russia. Led Russia into the Crimean War. Succeeded by Alexander II

Question 10

Treaty of Paris (1856)

Answer 10

Signed on March 30, 1856. Resolved the Crimean War between Russia and the alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, Britain, and Sardinia.

Demilitarization and neutralization of the Black Sea. Any infraction against this treaty would constitute as a reason to go to war by the powers.