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Quiz about The Provinces of Prussia
Quiz about The Provinces of Prussia

The Provinces of Prussia Trivia Quiz


Prussia became a European super power from ca. 1700. This strong military state won many notable victories. This quiz is about some of the provinces of Prussia.

A multiple-choice quiz by author. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
author
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
192,904
Updated
Feb 04 23
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
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766
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Question 1 of 15
1. This province was also the capital of Prussia from 1701. It was made a separate region of Prussia in 1881, but didn't became a province until 1920 and its province status only lasted until 1934.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 2 of 15
2. The Elector of this province became the king of Prussia in 1701. Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. This province was a vassal of Poland from 1466. It was included in the duchy of Prussia by Albert of Brandenburg in 1525. Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. This province became a province of Prussia as a result of the Austro-Prussian war in 1866. The province was formerly a duchy, later a kingdom. As a duchy it had a personal union with England 1714-1837. It was a kingdom 1814-1866. Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. This province was formed in 1849 from the territories of __________-Hechingen and _________-Sigmaringen. Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. This province was formed from territories annexed in 1866 including Hesse-Kassel (sometimes called "Electoral Hesse"), the duchy of Nassau and the free city of Frankfurt am Main. Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. This province belonged to Poland from 1466 as a duchy. It later came under Brandenburg who divided it with Sweden in 1648. The Swedish part was ceded to Prussia in 1720 except for the island of Rügen and adjoining territory on the mainland which also was ceded to Prussia in 1815. Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. The award of this territory to Prussia in 1815 represented the greatest Prussian territorial gain since the partitions of Poland. At first divided into two provinces, the entire region was constituted as _______ in 1824, with capital at Koblenz. Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. This province came to Prussia in 1793. It became a part of Poland in 1918. Its capital is one of the oldest cities in Poland. Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. In 1815 Prussia won 40 % of a kingdom. This became the Prussian province of ________, with capital at Magdeburg. The rest of the kingdom became a member of the German Confederation. Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. All of this province except for the extreme south-east was ceded to Prussia from Austria in 1742. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Two former duchies were annexed to Prussia as this province in 1866. Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. This province was divided between Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803. It was reorganized by the Congress of Vienna and became a province of Prussia in 1816. In 1946 it was divided among North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Hesse states, West Germany.

Answer: (One Word)
Question 14 of 15
14. This province became a part of Prussia in 1772. In 1919 it was divided between Poland, the Free City of Danzig and Germany. Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. This province is a part of a province that was subdivided into two provinces in 1742. The south east portion which included many large mining and industrial communities was assigned to Poland in 1921. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This province was also the capital of Prussia from 1701. It was made a separate region of Prussia in 1881, but didn't became a province until 1920 and its province status only lasted until 1934.

Answer: Berlin

Berlin was also the capital of the German Empire 1871-1918, of the Republic 1918-1933 and of the Third Reich 1933-45. It again became German capital in 1990.
2. The Elector of this province became the king of Prussia in 1701.

Answer: Brandenburg

The administration of Brandenburg was reorganized in 1815. The east part fell to Poland after WWII, the west part constituted the East German districts of Potsdam, Frankfurt an der Oder and (in part) Cottbus from 1952-1990. In 1990 it was re-established as a state in unified Germany. This province includes most of the original heartland of what grew to become Prussia.
3. This province was a vassal of Poland from 1466. It was included in the duchy of Prussia by Albert of Brandenburg in 1525.

Answer: East Prussia

East Prussia was divided between Poland and USSR after WWII. The former Soviet part is now a part of Kaliningrad region, Russia, and includes the city of Königsberg (Kaliningrad), once the capital of entire Prussia.
4. This province became a province of Prussia as a result of the Austro-Prussian war in 1866. The province was formerly a duchy, later a kingdom. As a duchy it had a personal union with England 1714-1837. It was a kingdom 1814-1866.

Answer: Hanover

Hanover became the capital of Lower Saxony in 1946.
5. This province was formed in 1849 from the territories of __________-Hechingen and _________-Sigmaringen.

Answer: Hohenzollern

Hohenzollern is now a part of Baden-Württemberg.
6. This province was formed from territories annexed in 1866 including Hesse-Kassel (sometimes called "Electoral Hesse"), the duchy of Nassau and the free city of Frankfurt am Main.

Answer: Hesse-Nassau

Hesse-Nassau was reconstituted in 1945, with most of the area becoming part of the new state of Hesse, West Germany.
7. This province belonged to Poland from 1466 as a duchy. It later came under Brandenburg who divided it with Sweden in 1648. The Swedish part was ceded to Prussia in 1720 except for the island of Rügen and adjoining territory on the mainland which also was ceded to Prussia in 1815.

Answer: Pomerania

The section of Pomerania east of the Oder river (but including Stettin/Szczecin, mainly on the left bank) was assigned to Poland by the Potsdam Conference in 1945.
8. The award of this territory to Prussia in 1815 represented the greatest Prussian territorial gain since the partitions of Poland. At first divided into two provinces, the entire region was constituted as _______ in 1824, with capital at Koblenz.

Answer: Rhine Province

From 1815-22 the Rhine Provinces was divided into the provinces of Lower Rhine and Jülich-Kleve-Berg. Much of the Rhineland is now a part of German state Rhineland-Palatinate and its capital of the state is Mainz. The northern part of the former Rhine Province is in the postwar "Land" (state) of Nordrhein-Westfalen.

The capital of the latter is Düsseldorf, but the biggest city is Cologne.
9. This province came to Prussia in 1793. It became a part of Poland in 1918. Its capital is one of the oldest cities in Poland.

Answer: Posen

Most of Posen (Polish: Poznan) became part of Poland in 1919, but this area was annexed by Germany in 1939, Since 1945 it has been a part of west Poland from 1945.
10. In 1815 Prussia won 40 % of a kingdom. This became the Prussian province of ________, with capital at Magdeburg. The rest of the kingdom became a member of the German Confederation.

Answer: Saxony

Saxony was a part of the districts of Cottbus, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt and Leipzig, East Germany until 1990.
11. All of this province except for the extreme south-east was ceded to Prussia from Austria in 1742.

Answer: Silesia

All of German Silesia fell to Poland after WWII when it was incorportated in an enlarged Polish Silesia.
12. Two former duchies were annexed to Prussia as this province in 1866.

Answer: Schleswig-Holstein

Schleswig and Holstein were duchies held by the king of Denmark, although Holstein was also a German state. After a war Schleswig-Holstein came under joint administration of Austria and Prussia in 1865. Both provinces were annexed to Prussia as a province in 1866. The northern part of Schleswig was again returned to Denmark in 1920.
13. This province was divided between Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt in 1803. It was reorganized by the Congress of Vienna and became a province of Prussia in 1816. In 1946 it was divided among North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Hesse states, West Germany.

Answer: Westphalia

Napoleon created a kingdom here 1807-1813 for his brother, Jerome Bonaparte, with capital at Kassel.
14. This province became a part of Prussia in 1772. In 1919 it was divided between Poland, the Free City of Danzig and Germany.

Answer: West Prussia

West Prussia was divided in 1919 between Pomorze province, Poland, the free city of Danzig and West Prussia governmental district in East Prussia province (Germany) and part of Grenzmark-Posen-West Prussia province (Germany). The entire region was assigned to Poland in 1945.
15. This province is a part of a province that was subdivided into two provinces in 1742. The south east portion which included many large mining and industrial communities was assigned to Poland in 1921.

Answer: Upper Silesia

After much unrest the south east part of Upper Silesia, where the Polish population constituted tha majority, was assigned to Poland in 1921. All of Silesia was recovered for Poland in 1945.
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