Scientist stuff
A very famous Polish scientist from about 1500!
Who is Copernicus?
The word 'diet' just means this.
What is assembly?
Szlachta means this.
What is nobility?
The Polish–Lithuanian state became an important part of Europe and helped spread this to the east.
What is Western Culture?
The Polish capital was moved from here to here?
(Must be in correct order. Double points for the year the column commemorating this was erected! +/- 3 years. TRIPLE points for exact year!)
What is Kraków and Warsaw?
What is 1644?
The famous Polish Scientist of the early 1500's is from this city.
What is Torun?
John III Sobieski represented this ruling dynasty.
Who are the Piasts?
This country attacked Poland (and all of Central Europe) in the 1650s during a time called "The Deluge."
What is Sweden?
In 1610, Wladyslaw was elected this, but never took the throne.
What is Tsar of Russia?
Upon the king's death in 1586, the queen chose not to rule and instead promoted her nephew whose reign established this ruling dynasty on the Polish-Lithuanian throne for the next eighty years (1587–1668)
What is the House of Vasa?
The belief that the Earth is the center of the universe.
What is geocentric?
Nihil Novi is Latin for this.
What is "Nothing New without the common consent?"
This 1569 treaty, signed under Sigismund II, created the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
What is "The Union of Lublin?"
Wladyslaw IV promoted . . . , initiated . . ., and established . . .
(Each correct answer is worth 300 points!)
What are religious tolerance, military reforms and the Commonwealth Navy?
Though he ruled for only ten years, he is remembered as one of the most successful kings in Polish and Lithuanian history, especially in military matters.
Who is Stephen Bathory?
What the sun is the center of the universe.
What is Heliocentric?
Sigismund II Augustus was the first ruler of this, but he was the last of these.
What is the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the last male king of the Jagiellonian Dynasty?
After legislation was passed by the Polish diet in 1505, the government was given this nickname.
What is the "Nobles' Democracy" or "Nobles' Commonwealth?"
The "Pacta Conventa" did this.
What is contained personal commitments the new king had to uphold and enact once he was on the throne?
The first Polish royal election took place in 1573 and elected this person to become King of Poland.
Who is Henry III Valois?
That famous Polish scientist from the 1500's studied at this university.
What is the University of Ferrara?
The stage was set for later astronomers like these two, who built on and supported the sun-centered theory.
(You only need last names. points for one name, double points for both.)
Who are Galileo and Kepler?
The ruling dynasty disappeared in the mid-1600s and led to a new type of government called . . .
What is a non-hereditary elective monarchy?
The Battle of Vienna happened this year.
What is 1683?
In 1637, Wladyslaw IV had a medal created to commemorate his victories over these THREE nations.
Who are Russia, The Ottomans, and Sweden?