Introduction
German history filled with the struggle to unite a people who share a common culture. This webquest will help you look at the early history of Germany and how its struggle to unit will impact the Rise of Hilter.
Task
For this webquest you will asnwer questions over information we have covered in class. This will allow you to reivew the material we have covered so far, as well as, expand on some of the notes. You may have to go to different pages on the websites to find all the answers.
Process
Use the following links to complete the questions.
http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac…
http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/History/Germany-history.htm
http://www.justgermany.org/germany-history.asp
https://www.britannica.com/place/Germany/The-Thirty-Years-War-and-the-P…
Evaluation
1: _______________ had an empired that included northern Italy, all of west Germany, and was crowned emperor or Rome, creating the Holy Roman Empire.
2: War broke out between Louis the Pious' sons over their inheretence resulting in 843 the land was divided up between the three when they signed a treaty in _______________.
3. Martin Luther posts his ______ _________ on a church door in Wittenberg in 1517.
4: The controversy over the writings of Martin Luther lead to the ________________ ________________.
5: Now Germany lacked religious unity as well as physical and political unity. This would impact the _________ ____________ _________, leaving Germany in devastation it would not see again until WWII.
6. Germany was divided into hundreds of states following the _____________ ________ ________________.
7. Therefore, ___________ and ___________ struggled for dominance in this area.
8. Frederick William I was able to expand economic growth when the Huguenots came to Prussia due to the _____________ ____________ _________ being revoked.
9. Frederick William I built his standing army over _________ men, making it the fouth largest army on the continent at the time.