Q 01/05

Which war between Spain and the Dutch became part of the Thirty Years' War and ended in the same year?

A) Eighty Years' War

B) Nine Years' War

C) Seven Years' War

D) Hundred Years' War

Answer · why

A) Eighty Years' War

The Eighty Years' War began as a Dutch revolt against Spanish rule in 1568, paused for a twelve-year truce in 1609, and resumed in 1621 as one front o...

Q 02/05

Where was most of the Thirty Years' War fought?

A) Iberian Peninsula

B) Central Europe

C) Scandinavia

D) The Balkans

Answer · why

B) Central Europe

Central Europe, above all the German lands, was ravaged because the unpaid mercenary armies of every side lived off the countryside they marched throu...

Q 03/05

Which 1648 settlement ended the Thirty Years' War?

A) Treaty of Utrecht

B) Peace of Prague

C) Peace of Westphalia

D) Treaty of the Pyrenees

Answer · why

C) Peace of Westphalia

The Peace of Westphalia left each German state free to run its own affairs, and it is often credited with founding the modern system of sovereign stat...

Q 04/05

Which 1555 settlement divided the Holy Roman Empire into Catholic and Lutheran states?

A) Peace of Passau

B) Edict of Worms

C) Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis

D) Peace of Augsburg

Answer · why

D) Peace of Augsburg

The Peace of Augsburg let each prince choose Lutheranism or Catholicism for his lands and made that faith binding on his subjects, though those who di...

Q 05/05

Frederick V held the Bohemian throne so briefly in 1619–20 that he was mocked with which nickname?

A) The Winter King

B) The Snow King

C) The Sun King

D) The Soldier King

Answer · why

A) The Winter King

The Winter King lost far more than Bohemia: after his army was routed in November 1620 the emperor outlawed him, and in 1623 gave his electoral title ...