The Rise of Prussia

In the years after the Thirty Years' War, how many little states was Germany divided into?

• 10

• 50

• 100

• 300

True or false?

• False

• Germans thought of themselves as German citizens.

• True

• Frederick started to call his kingdom Germany.

• False

• Frederick acted like a great king with elaborate feasts and parties.

• False

• Frederick started calling himself King Frederick I.

• True

• Frederick had permission to call himself king in Brandenburg, but not in Prussia.

Which two German states did Prince Frederick rule?

• Brandenburg

• Berlin

• Prussia

• Russia

• Bavaria

Brandenburg lay inside the borders of what empire?

• German

• Italian

• Papal States

• Holy Roman

• Russian

Prior to the self-proclaimed reign of King Frederick I, what thing or things had most Europeans given their loyalty to?

• A piece of land

• A ruler

• A flag

• A diplomat

Frederick wanted his people to be loyal to a ​ (a)   , to the idea of a ​ (b)   ruled by a ​ (c)   .

• state
• German kingdom
• German king
• country
• Holy Roman Emperor
• facist
• monarch
• German flag

The first German kingdom is also known as the first _________.

• European Union

• Hitler state

• Reich

• Holy Roman Empire

Frederick did many things to make his people think of themselves as citizens of one country. But he did not do this.

• Founded a Prussian university

• Founded a Prussian Academy of the Arts

• Founded a Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences

• Founded a Reich Mathematicians Circle

Frederick's academy taught people how to speak this language properly.

Frederick's successors

Groups:

(a) Frederick William I

,

(b) Frederick the Great

• Strengthened the army

• Son

• Pronounced Prussia and Brandenburg part of the Prussian kingdom

• Built a palace in Brandenburg

• Fought to add land to Prussia

• Grandson