The disappearance of Poland during the eighteenth century was due in part to the fact that, unlike most European nations,
A) Poland was not defined by natural frontiers.
B) Poland suffered from continual religious divisions.
C) there was no distinctive Polish nationality to unify the state.
D) Poland lacked a noble class.
E) Poland was too small to function as a national state.
Answer: A) Poland was not defined by natural frontiers.
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