German History

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Current Chancellor of Germany

Olaf Scholz

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Current President of Germany

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Year both West Germany and East Germany were founded

1949

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Chieftain of the Cherussi Tribe who led Germanic alliance at Battle of Teutoburg Forest

Arminius

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Year East Germany was absorbed by West Germany

1990

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Charlemagne crowned “Roman” Emperor by Pope Leo III

800

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German Congress

Diet

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What did pre-Christian regions believe in?

Thor, Odin, that the horse was sacred, and holy trees

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The style of economic rule in Germany in the 1700s

Feudalism

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How did Thomas Muntzer die?

In the peasant war

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Difference between west and east berlin before the wall fell

west was colorful and Americanized and the east was worn and decrepit

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How did the 30 years war start

Defenestration ( Protestant leaders threw Catholic governors out windows)

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Zwingli vs. Luther

Zwingli thought communion was a metaphor and Luther didn’t

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Calvin vs. Luther

heaven was predestined, Luther thought it was determined by an individual fath.

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Roman Emperor at the time of the Battle of Teutoburg Forest

Octavian

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Emperor Henry IV goes to Canossa to submit to the pope’s authority

1077

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Martin Luther nails 95 theses to church door in Wittenberg

1517

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Holy Roman Emperor when Martin Luther nailed his theses to the church door

Charles V

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Names of three reformers besides Martin Luther

Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin, Thomas Müntzer

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Military leader who became supreme commander of the Imperial Army in the Thirty Years War

Albrecht von Wallenstein

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1618-1649

30 years war

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who joined the 30 years war

Sweden

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Peace of Augsburg

1555

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alternative German native languages

Frisian and Sorbian

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what did peace of Westphalia and Augsburg lead to

States being allowed to choose their practiced religion

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