| Description | Event | Year |
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| 1. This 'ice man', found mummified in the Alps in 1991, probably died of blunt trauma | |
| 2. The term used for civilization in central Europe during the Iron and Bronze Age, marked by use of iron, salt, and ceramics | |
| 3. The most important Roman outpost on the Danube, in the province of Noricum (Pannonia after 100 CE) | |
| 4. The term used to describe the push of Germanic 'barbarians' (e.g. Goths and Vandals) against Roman frontiers | |
| 5. This King of the Franks was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor | |
| 6. This ethnic group settled in the Danube region | |
| 7. This man received the 'Eastern March' (present-day Austrian lands) as a fief from the Dukes of Bavaria | |
| 8. 'Austria' was first mentioned in an official document under this name | |
| 9. This document elevated the Babenburg family (forerunners of the Habsburgs) to Dukes and granted them greater autonomy from the Holy Roman Empire | |
| 10. This last Duke of Babenburg was killed in battle | |
| 11. This early Habsburg leader received the Austrian duchies as a fief from the German king and was elected Holy Roman Emperor | |
| 12. #11 defended the Austrian lands against Premysl Ottokar, King of Bohemia, in this battle | |
| 13. This son of #11 was elected Holy Roman Emperor | |
| 14. This assassination of #13 by John of Swabia foiled the Habsburgs' first attempt at installing a hereditary monarchy in the Holy Roman Empire | |
| 15. Rudolf IV 'the Founder' forged this to elevate the Habsburgs to the status of Archdukes | |
| 16. Rudolf IV acquired this territory in western Austria | |
| 17. Habsburg lands were divided into how many different lines? | |
| 18. This man was elected Holy Roman Emperor, returning the office to the Habsburgs | |
| 19. Maximilian I was married to this heiress, facilitating his inheritance of much of present-day Switzerland | |
| 20. Maximilian I's son Philipp 'the Handsome' was married to this mentally unstable Spanish princess, a daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella | |
| 21. The Spanish and Austrian lands were inherited by this son of Philipp and #20 | |
| 22. Elected Holy Roman Emperor in 1519, Charles V granted his holdings in Austria to this brother, creating two different ruling Habsburg dynasties in Spain and Austria | |
| 23. Charles V attended this famous council in an attempt to deal with religious reformer Martin Luther | |
| 24. #22 inherited Hungary and Bohemia through his wife, Anna, after her father, King Louis, died in this battle against the Ottomans | |
| 25. This Ottoman threat to Habsburg power was repelled by Count Niklas Salm | |
| 26. After the defeat of #25, the Ottomans attacked this city, but were repelled again by Count Nikola Jurisic | |
| 27. This policy of 'cuius regio, eius religio' allowed the German princes to decide whether their lands would be Catholic or Protestant | |
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