Unit 3- Central European Monarchs Clash

Question 0

Maria Theresa

Answer 0

Daughter of Charles VI.

Question 1

Thirty Year’s War

Answer 1

A European conflict over religion, territory and power between ruling families between 1618-1648.

Question 2

Frederick the Great

Answer 2

He was the king of Prussia.

Question 3

Seven Year’s War

Answer 3

A conflict between Britain and Prussia v. Austria, France and Russia lasting from 1756 to 1763.

Question 4

What was the Peace of Westphalia?

Answer 4

The treaty that ended the Thirty Year’s War. It had the following important consequences:
~Weakened Hapsburg states of Spain and Austria.
~Strengthened France by rewarding it German territory.
~German princes independent of Holy Roman Empire.
~Ended religious wars in Europe.
~Introduced a new system where a meeting is held negotiate terms of war and peace.

Question 5

What was the most important result of the Thirty Year’s War?

Answer 5

It abolished the rule of the Catholic empire and viewed all European states as one.

Question 6

What was the economic contrast between Central and Western Europe?

Answer 6

In Central Europe serfs were allowed to move into the cities to get better jobs to improve their lifestyle and increase their income.

In Western Europe serfs were not allowed to do so as nobles owned them and used them to grow their crops.