2. Who would unite several German kingdoms in A.D. 700? Charlemagne

3. The German states that arose in the region became part of a loose confederation know as what? Holy Roman Empire

4. What country would create a single German country? Prussia

5. Who would help bring the Nazi party to power in 1933? Adolf Hitler

6. What country did Germany invade to spark WWII? Poland

7. Over how many people lost their lives in WWII? 50 million

8. Who would control East and West Germany after WWII? East Germany would be USSR, The United States controlled West Germany

9. What year did East and West Germany reunite? 1990

10. What is Germanys government today? Democracy

11. What is Germany’s rank in GDP? 4 th behind the Untied States, Japan, and China

12. What two countries are located in the Alps? Austria and Switzerland

13. What empire was a major power in Europe in the 1800’s The Austrian Empire

14. What United State is Austria the size of? South Carolina

15. More than 75 percent of Austrians are what religion? Roman Catholic

16. What country would take over Austria during WWII? Germany

17. What is Switzerland considered to be? Confederation or a group of states joined together for a common purpose

18. Since Switzerland has formed it has generally considered to be what? Neutral

19. Switzerland has not been involved in what in recent years? wars

20. Poland gets its name from what group of people who moved into the area long ago Slavic people who moved into the area long ago. The name means plain or field

21. What nation is the largest of the European countries? Poland

22. What countries make up the Baltic countries? Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuanian

23. What do some people in the Baltic's want to return to? Communism

24. Where did Germans force Jews to live during WWII?  The Ghetto!

25. How many Jews died as a result as a result of the Ghetto Uprising of 1943 60,000 Jews would die

26. What nation did the Czech republic and Slovakia form once? Czechoslovakia