Hapsburg Dynasty In Seventeenth Century Europe
Which of the following best characterizes the role and importance of the Hapsburg family in seventeenth-century Europe?
AThe Hapsburgs were a decidedly Protestant family that backed the Reformation and supported numerous territorial wars fought over religious freedom, while also playing an instrumental role in repelling the Ottoman Empire and defeating Poland's Cossack army.
BThe Hapsburgs were part of the Ottoman Empire, a region dominated by Russian troops known as Cossacks, who formed marauding bands that terrorized both peasants and nobles and posed a constant threat to seventeenth-century Poland.
CThe Hapsburgs dominated the region surrounding the Black Sea near Brandenburg-Prussia, forming an alliance with the Hohenzollern royal line that reshaped the map of Europe by the end of the Thirty Years' War.
DThe Hapsburgs dominated much of European politics in the seventeenth century, wielding influence over the Holy Roman Empire and significantly concentrating their power within Austria, Silesia, Bohemia, Moravia, and parts of Hungary, where they fervently suppressed Protestantism.
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