Internet Exercises       If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.   Back to Exercise List     The Division of Poland The Division of Poland, 1772, 1793, 1795 For a map of the divisions, go to http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/polhistory.htm. 1. What are the differing reactions of the three monarchs to the seizure of Polish territory? Which one most obviously states a desire to increase power? 2. How would a realist interpret the divisions of Poland? What about a liberal idealist? 3. Poland had a weak central government. Is this an indication that a strong central government is necessary for the survival of a state? 4. Note that by the late eighteenth century many of Europe’s small states had disappeared. Is this a lesson that small states don’t survive in the long run? Or have the rules of the international system changed over the last 300 years? What were the rules in 1750? What are the rules now? What role has the geographical spread of democracy and its accompanying ideals played in changing the rules? What about the growth of international trade and economic interdependence? How about the growing sense of ecological interdependence?