MWH - Unit 3 Lesson 2 Vocab - "Rise of Austria, Prussia, and Russia"

series of treaties that ended the Thirty Years' War

• Austrian Agreement

• Peace of Westphalia

• Treaty of Versailles

area of eastern and central Europe that came under Polish and German rule in the Middle Ages, and that from 1701 was ruled by the German Hohenzollern dynasty

• Prussia

• Holy Roman Empire

• Russia

tsar of Russia; proclaimed emperor in 1721. He was one of Russia's greatest statesmen, organizers, and reformers.

• Peter the Great

• Eric the Great

• Frederick II

having unlimited power

• oligarchic

• autocratic

• democratic

soldier serving in a foreign country for pay

• mercenary

• freedom fighter

• warlord

German-born empress of Russia (1762–1796) who led her country in becoming part of the political and cultural life of Europe.

• Maria Theresa

• Harriett II

• Catherine the Great