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Russia
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Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu
capitalized on the religious struggle
known as this, between Protestants
and Catholics, fought mostly in
Germany.
What was the Thirty Year’s War?
This conflict began in this
country, which is the
present day Czech
Republic.
What was Bohemia?
He was was the Holy Roman
Emperor, who sent his royal officials
to convert the Protestants to
Catholicism.
Who was Ferdinand II ?
This was the name given to the
reception that the officials got
when they were thrown from a
castle window to plunge seventy
feet into a moat full of sewage.
What was the Defenestration of Prague?
The Thirty Year’s War was settled
by this Treaty in 1648, with
France victorious and gaining the
province of Alsace, and seriously
weakening the Hapsburgs.
What was the Treaty of Westphalia?
These were at least two of the
nations that Austria took control
of or took parts of after 1648.
What were Bohemia, Hungary,
Northern Italy and parts of Poland?
This was the agreement that
Charles VI of Austria had with the
rulers of Europe sign recognizing
his daughter as the sole ruler of
Austria.
What was the Pragmatic Sanction?
This was the eight year war
fought between Prussia and
Austria.
What was the War of the Austrian
Succession?
This was the country that the ruler of
Austria appealed to for help in the war
against Prussia in 1740.
What was Hungary? ( The Magyar
Nobles finally agreed to help Maria
Theresa)
This was the Austrian
royal family that ruled
diverse lands and peoples
in central Europe.
Who were the Hapsburgs – Marie
Theresa and Francis Joseph the
Peasant King?
This was the family of Prussia,
who confiscated Catholic
church lands and built an
empire, which became the
seed for the modern German
state.
Who were the Hohenzollerns
( promiscuous, chickens, screaming)?
He was the Prussian ruler who
organized Prussia like a military
barracks with an efficient
administration comprised of
Prussian nobles loyal to the king.
Who was Frederick William I, (
Prussia is an army that possesses a
state)?
He was the competent son, of
Frederick William I, who would
have rather played the flute, and
tried to run off to England
instead of leading Prussia.
Who was Frederick II or Frederick the
Great?
Roving armies of soldiers
for hire, who ravaged the
German states during the
Thirty Year’s War.
Who were mercenaries?
This is another name for the
Prussian nobility.
Who were the Junkers ( Jumpin
Jiminy It’s the Junkers)?
This is the Dynasty of
Russia from 1613 and
rules until 1917.
What was the Romanov Dynasty (
From Michael to Nicholas II )?
Two reasons Russia was
isolated before Peter the
Great.
What was a cold climate, bad roads,
the Mongol invasions, different
alphabet, different religion, no warm
water access, etc.?
His goals for Russia were to
westernize the country and bring
Russia into the modern world
and to obtain a warm water port
for his country that was open and
accessible year round.(He
accomplished one and not the
other)
Who was Peter I or Peter the Great?
She was the ruler of
Russia who seized
territory from Poland
and obtained a warm
water port off the Sea of
Azov for Russia.
Who was Catherine the Great or
Catherine II?
This was the country that
completely disappears in a series
of divisions between Austria,
Russia, and Prussia.
What was Poland?
This new Czar of Russia moved
the capital to the west on the Gulf
of Finland and named it this.
What Was Saint Petersburg or St.
Petersburg?
These were the haughty
landowning nobles of
Russia who were
controlled by Peter the
Great.
Who were the boyars ( no pointy shoes,
beards, or furry robes and hats)?
He was Danish explorer
hired by Peter the Great to
explore the eastern coast of
Russia.
Who was Vitus Berring?
What was the Seven
Year’s War?
This was the war that was fought on
four continents, changed the alliance
system in Europe, and was started by
an incident in North America involving
George Washington
The Holy Roman Emperor was
chose by seven of these men
who were German princes.
Who were the electors created by the
Golden Bull issued in 1356?
This was rich mining area of Austria
the Prussian monarch invaded and
took from the Queen of Austria
upon her taking the throne.
What was Silesia?