Dates
The Battle of White Mountain
What is 1620?
Final Jeopardy: Explain the social hierarchy of Europe at this time
King at the top, whose reign was justified by divine power and the Great Chain of Being. Second layer was nobility (and in Catholic countries it was the church clergy). A second level of nobility appeared as a part of the mercantile families who bought and married their way into the nobility. As the bottom of the social ladder was the peasants, who made up the vast majority of society.
The king of the Holy Roman Empire who provoked the 30 year's war by forcefully converting the entirety of the Holy Roman Empire to Catholicism
Who is Ferdinand II?
The Treaty which not only ensured Danish immunity but returned all conquered Danish lands to the Danish. However, as a consequence, the Danish were banned from participating in the war any more
What is the Treaty of Lubeck?
The only mammal that is unable to jump
What is the elephant?
The beginning and end of the Thirty Year's war
What is 1618-1648?
This phase saw the entrance of the army of king Christian IV, who lost to many Catholic victories and ultimately left the war in a treaty to ensure his country's immunity
What is the Danish Phase?
The king of France from 1643-1715
Who is king Louis XIV?
A series of civil wars in France between 1648-1653 which were subsequently suppressed
What is the Fronde?
The number of grooves on the edge of a quarter (leniency of 25)
What is 119?
The Peace of Westphalia
What is 1648?
This phase saw the introduction of the army led by king Gustavus Adolphus, who oversaw many Protestant victories but was killed in battle.
What is the Swedish Phase?
The king of Spain from 1621-1665, who was a major belligerent in the 30 year's war on the side of the Catholic League.
Who is Philip IV of Spain?
When the Bohemian nobility threw out the king's representatives in defiance of his religious intolerance, kicking off the Thirty Year's War
What is the Defenestration of Prague?
The antonym of the word synonym
What is antonym?
The reign of Gustavus Adolphus
What is 1594-1632?
This phase saw the introduction of a Catholic country who supported the Protestants for fear of the Habsburgs. They oversaw many victories and ultimately brought the war to an end.
What is the French Phase?
The king of Denmark from 1588-1648, who supported and led the Protestant Union during the Danish Phase of the 30 year's war
Who is king Christian IV of Denmark?
A battle that resulted in not only a decisive Catholic win over the Protestants but also marked the end of the Bohemian Phase of the 30 year's war
What is the Battle of the White Mountain?
The average lifespan of a major league baseball (leniency of 5)
What is 7 pitches? (some sources say 6 so that also works)
The reign of Christian IV of Denmark
What is 1588-1648?
This phase saw the beginning of the war, as this Protestant region rejected Ferdinand II's conversion of the empire to Catholicism.
What is the Bohemian Phase?
The king of Sweden from 1594-1632, who supported and led the Protestant Union during the 30 Year's War
Who is King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden?
Natural and economic crises of the 17th century (name three)
What are famine, plague(typhoid and smallpox), little ice age, food shortage, malnutrition, textile production decreased, food prices soaring, wages stagnated, high unemployment
The name of the dot over the letter 'i'
What is a tittle?