Question

How did the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary function? A) Austria controlled departments of foreign affairs and defenses. B) each country was responsible for managing its own affairs. C) both countries shared the same constitution and parliament. D) the ruler of each country took turns ruling the empire.

Answer 1

The answer is:

B) each country was responsible for managing its own affairs.

The Austro-Hungarian Empire was a constitutional monarchy created in 1867, in which the two kingdoms of Austria and Hungary were ruled by the same monarch: Franz Joseph I. Each separate state had their own parliament and distinct governmental powers, although both shared the same ministries of war, Finance and Foreign Affairs.