Medieval
This political entity dominated German speaking Europe from 962-1806
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
This event transformed Christianity in much of Northern Germany.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
This famous German monument in Berlin was built following Prussian military success.
What is the Brandenburg Gate?
This family unified Germany.
Who are the von Hohenzollerns?
Germany was involved in these two devastating conflicts.
Famous Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa died while marching to Jerusalem during the Third one of these.
What are the Crusades?
This family from Austria began to dominate HRE politics.
Who are the von Habsburgs?
This family who ruled Brandenburg and later Prussia began to dominate North German politics in this era.
Who are the von Hohenzollerns?
This man was known as the Iron Chancellor.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
Germany and Austria were a part of this alliance during World War 1.
Who were the Central Powers?
This man crowned Charlemagne Emperor of the Romans.
Who is the Pope? (Leo III)
This invention by Johannes Gutenberg greatly expanded literacy and allowed ideas to spread quickly.
What is the Printing Press?
This major European conflict in the 1600s was the final European religious war.
What is the 30 Years War?
The collection of Fairy Tales made by these German brothers was instrumental in establishing a unified German culture.
This process which began during the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Warsaw pact concluded on October 3 1990 and marked the end of the Cold War.
What is German Re-Unification?
In the year 800, this Frankish Emperor united much of Western and Central Europe under his control and established a namesake dynasty that would rule in these lands for several more centuries to come
Who is Charlemagne/Karl
This Augustinian monk developed a new understanding of Christianity and broke with the Catholic Church.
Who is Martin Luther?
The Kingdom of Bohemia and the Kingdom of Hungary were among the titles held by this German speaking family.
Who are the von Habsburgs?
Prussia's victory in this war led to the creation of the German Empire.
This false flag attack in 1933 led to Hitler declaring emergency powers.
What is the Reichstag fire?
This primarily German speaking crusading order was made to rival the French Knights Templar. They served in Jerusalem and later in the Baltics.
What is the Teutonic Order?
This document was posted on a church door in Wittenberg, signaling the start of the Reformation.
What is the 95 Theses?
This Prussian King saw incredible military success during the War of Austrian Succession and the 7 Year's War.
Who is Frederick the Great?
This struggle between Otto von Bismarck and the Catholic church imprisoned many German Catholic officials and eroded much of the Catholic Church's influence in Southern Germany.
What is the Kulturkampf?
This event provided a brief peace for German and French soldiers during World War 1.
What is the Christmas Truce?