Knowledge Test: German History for Advanced Players

In 1951, an important European Community was founded in Paris, later merging into the European Union. What products were regulated by this community at that time?

To which ruling dynasty did Charlemagne belong?

From 1618 to 1648, several wars took place which are collectively called the Thirty Years' War.

Who among the following was not a famous commander of this war?

At the end of the First World War, the November Revolution led to the fall of the monarchy in Germany and ultimately to the founding of the democratic Weimar Republic.

Which professional group set the revolution in motion through their uprising in Kiel?

After the revolution of 1848/49, a national assembly convened in a church to draft the first constitution for Germany. Which church was it?

On September 12, 1683, the Battle of Kahlenberg marked the end of the second siege of Vienna by a great power. Which power was it?

The German Customs Union (Zollverein) was an association of several German states of the so-called German Confederation, establishing a common customs and trade policy. When was it founded?

In 1919, the so-called Spartacus Uprising was bloodily put down in Berlin. The uprising is named after the Spartakusbund, an association of Marxist socialists in Germany.

Which party emerged from this alliance a few days before the uprising?

During the era of imperialism, the German Empire acquired colonies in Africa and East Asia from the 1880s onwards. Two of these colonies were Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land and the Bismarck Archipelago. Which state do these territories belong to today?

The Golden Bull of 1356, often referred to as the Basic Law of the Holy Roman Empire, regulated what aspect?