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The Thirty Years' War Trivia Quiz

The Thirty Years' War marked a turning point in the history of diplomacy, which moved away from religious issues to the interests of states. The Catholic-Protestant animosity in Central Europe led to one of the most destructive wars ever.

A multiple-choice quiz by FrancuDaniel. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
FrancuDaniel

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
353,429

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

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Question 1 of 15

1. Who was the Holy Roman Emperor when the Thirty Years' War started? Hint

Charles IV of Luxembourg

Charles V of Habsburg

Ferdinand II of Habsburg

Maximilian of Habsburg

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who was the leader of the German and Czech Protestant cause? Hint

General Tilly

General Wallenstein

Gustav II Adolphus, King of Sweden

Frederick V, King of Bohemia

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Question 3 of 15

3. What was the name of the Protestant Alliance? Hint

The Holy Alliance

League of Cognac

Evangelical Union

League of Schmalkaden

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Question 4 of 15

4. Where were the Protestant forces crushed by the Catholics in 1620? Hint

The Battle of Lutzen

The Battle of the White Mountain

The Battle of Castiglione

The Battle of Blenheim

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which prince of Transylvania besieged Wien in 1619? Hint

George Rakoczi I

Gabriel Bethlen

Michael Apafi

John Zaploya

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Question 6 of 15

6. What was the name of the edict from 1629 that forced the protestants to restitute all the properties gained from the catholics after 1552? Hint

The Edict of Restitution

Pragmatic Sanction

The Edict of Nantes

The Edict of Caracalla

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was the name of the monarch who entered the war on the Protestant side in 1625? Hint

Louis XIII of France

Charles I of England

Christian IV of Denmark

Christina of Sweden

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Question 8 of 15

8. What country supported Sweden's ambitions in the war with money? Hint

Spain

Russia

England

France

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Question 9 of 15

9. Why did Cardinal Richelieu enter the war on the protestant side? Hint

to prevent Habsburg encirclement of France

to expand France's colonial empire

to defend France against England

to gain control of the Baltic Sea

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which Transylvanian prince entered the war in 1644? Hint

Sigmund Bathory

Elizabeth of Brandenburg

George Rakoczi I

Michael the Brave

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Question 11 of 15

11. After the the Thirty Years' War ended, the hostilities between France and Spain continued. When did they end? Hint

1660

1656

1648

1659

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Question 12 of 15

12. What is the name of the peace that concluded the Thirty Years' War? Hint

Peace of Westphalia

Peace of the Pyrenees

Treaty of Ryswick

Treaty of Utrecht

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Question 13 of 15

13. According to the Peace of Westphalia, Spain recognized the independence of which country? Hint

Bohemia

The Dutch Republic

Portugal

Ireland

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which country emerged as the de facto hegemonic power in Europe after the war? Hint

Austria

Spain

France

England

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Question 15 of 15

15. What region of Europe was most affected by the horrors of war? Hint

France

The German states

The Habsburg domains

Sweden

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the Holy Roman Emperor when the Thirty Years' War started?

Answer: Ferdinand II of Habsburg

Ferdinand II of Habsburg's objective was to institute a form of centralized rule throughout the Holy Roman Empire and subsequently to consolidate the Catholic position by annulling most of the Protestants' rights gained after the Peace of Augsburg (1555).

2. Who was the leader of the German and Czech Protestant cause?

Answer: Frederick V, King of Bohemia

Frederick V was elected King of Bohemia after the German and Czech Protestant magnates deposed Ferdinand II. Frederick V was also the Count Palatine (on the Rhine) and in principle, at least, the Viceroy of the Holy Roman Empire.

3. What was the name of the Protestant Alliance?

Answer: Evangelical Union

The Evangelical Union included most of the Protestant states and soon gained support from the other protestant nations: the United Provinces (Netherlands), England, Denmark, Sweden. They were opposed by the Catholic League, the Holy Roman Empire and, later, also by Spain.

4. Where were the Protestant forces crushed by the Catholics in 1620?

Answer: The Battle of the White Mountain

The Battle of White Mountain was a major setback for the Protestants and was followed by a period of virulent repression by the Imperial side.

5. Which prince of Transylvania besieged Wien in 1619?

Answer: Gabriel Bethlen

Gabriel Bethlen was a Calvinist. His objective was to be recognized as King of Hungary, but he had to settle for seven counties in Partium together with Eastern Hungary. (This corresponds roughly to Transylvania, the Banat and the area of Hungary between Debrecen and the modern border with Romania. It also included Ruthenia).

6. What was the name of the edict from 1629 that forced the protestants to restitute all the properties gained from the catholics after 1552?

Answer: The Edict of Restitution

This edict represented the high water mark of Imperial power in the German-speaking lands, and triggered the involvement of France in the war on the Protestant side.

7. What was the name of the monarch who entered the war on the Protestant side in 1625?

Answer: Christian IV of Denmark

Christian IV was soon defeated by Wallenstein and eventually was forced to pull out of the war.

8. What country supported Sweden's ambitions in the war with money?

Answer: France

France subsidized Sweden with 1 million livres for the maintenance of 30,000 swedish soldiers in the German states.

9. Why did Cardinal Richelieu enter the war on the protestant side?

Answer: to prevent Habsburg encirclement of France

The war became less and less of a Catholic-Protestant conflict. Richelieu understood the menace for France if Habsburg monarchs in Spain and Austria, both already flanking the northern and southern borders of France, were to increase their power.

10. Which Transylvanian prince entered the war in 1644?

Answer: George Rakoczi I

George Rakoczi I continued Gabriel Bethlen's foreign policy and had great ambitions against the Habsburgs, but stopped his campaign on the intervention of the Sultan Suleyman the Magnificent.

11. After the the Thirty Years' War ended, the hostilities between France and Spain continued. When did they end?

Answer: 1659

The war between these two countries continued after the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War. In 1659 France gained Roussillion in the south and several key fortresses in the Spanish Netherlands. This marked the end of Spanish supremacy in Continental Europe, and the long decline of Spanish power worldwide accelerated.

12. What is the name of the peace that concluded the Thirty Years' War?

Answer: Peace of Westphalia

Westphalia is a region of Germany containing the two cities where the treaties at the end of the war were signed, namely, Osnabr�ck and M�nster.

13. According to the Peace of Westphalia, Spain recognized the independence of which country?

Answer: The Dutch Republic

The Dutch Republic (United Provinces) had been in conflict with Spain from the last decades of the 16th century and their de jure independence was recongnized by Spain in 1648.

14. Which country emerged as the de facto hegemonic power in Europe after the war?

Answer: France

France gained Alsace and the episcopates of Verdun, Metz and Tours. The French Hegemony in Europe did not end till 1713-14 after the War of Spanish Succession.

15. What region of Europe was most affected by the horrors of war?

Answer: The German states

Approximately 50% of the male population died in the German states by the end of the war. Most of the destruction was caused by the mercenaries, Wallenstein's troops having the right from Ferdinand II to loot all the villages instead of being paid directly. Moreover, the large numbers of troops carried disease from place to place.

Source: Author FrancuDaniel

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