Prussia Crossword Puzzle for Kids
Free printable educational crossword puzzle. Every clue is a plain-English sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Prussia, with the key word blanked out.
Prussia Crossword
Name: ____________________ Date: ______________
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Across
- 1. In 1525, the leader of the Knights became a _____. (10 letters)
- 2. He gave more _____ to France at the Treaty of Tilsit. (4 letters)
- 8. They thought the Prussian way of life was very _____: (9 letters)
- 9. The Social Democrats and the _____ Centre had power for most of the 1920s. (8 letters)
- 10. In 1947, the United States, _____, France, and the Soviet Union formally agreed the end of Prussia. (7 letters)
- 11. At that time, the Duchy of Prussia was only the area east of the place where the Vistula River _____ the sea. (6 letters)
- 12. He wanted them to fight the Prussian tribes on his _____. (7 letters)
Down
- 2. Prussia was mostly German, but in the _____ 18th century, the new Polish areas had a lot of Polish people too. (4 letters)
- 3. In 1934, the Nazis _____ the German states' power. (4 letters)
- 4. This is part of why _____ entered World War I. (7 letters)
- 5. Polish and _____ people moved in in their place. (6 letters)
- 6. The economic and _____ future looked good. (9 letters)
- 7. Mostly, Prussia was a small part of what is today _____ Poland. (8 letters)
- 13. After a small number of Prussian people moved there to _____, Germans came to _____ there too. (4 letters)
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Prussia Word Search
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This is a fill-in crossword. Each clue is a sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Prussia, with the key term blanked out. The number in parentheses shows the letter count. Solve interactively on screen or check Show answers to view the answer key. To print a clean student worksheet, press Print Puzzle.
Prussia Crossword Answer Key & Definitions
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- 1 Across: PROTESTANT — Protestantism is a form of Christian faith and practice. Simple English Wikipedia: Protestantism
- 2 Across: LAND — Land can mean some territory, forming part of a country. Simple English Wikipedia: Land
- 8 Across: IMPORTANT — Importance is a property of entities that matter or make a difference. Wikipedia: Importance
- 9 Across: CATHOLIC — Catholicism is the traditions and beliefs of Catholic Churches. Simple English Wikipedia: Catholicism
- 10 Across: BRITAIN
- 11 Across: ENTERS
- 12 Across: BORDERS — The border between two regions is a line, where one region is next to the other. Simple English Wikipedia: Border
- 2 Down: LATE
- 3 Down: TOOK — Took is a variant of the English surname Tooke, originally found predominantly in the East Anglia region of the United Kingdom. Wikipedia: Took
- 4 Down: GERMANY — Germany is a country in the western region of Central Europe. Simple English Wikipedia: Germany
- 5 Down: RUSSIA — Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning parts of Eastern Europe and North Asia. Simple English Wikipedia: Russia
- 6 Down: POLITICAL — Politics (from Ancient Greek πολιτικά (politiká) 'affairs of the cities') is the way that people living in groups make planned decisions. Simple English Wikipedia: Politics
- 7 Down: NORTHERN — North is one of the 4 main directions on a compass. Simple English Wikipedia: North
- 13 Down: LIVE — Live can be a verb. It rhymes with "give". Simple English Wikipedia: Live
Definitions adapted from Simple English Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles (week 2026-W41), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Read about Prussia
Prussia (,, Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a series of countries. Originally it was a historically prominent German state that originated in 1525. Mostly, the name is used for the Kingdom of Prussia, which was in northern Europe. It was part of Germany for a while, and it included land in Poland, France, and Lithuania. The name "Prussian" has had a lot of different meanings in the past and now:
The land of the Baltic Prussians (today parts of southern Lithuania, Kaliningrad, and north-eastern Poland);
The lands of the Teutonic Knights (a group of religious soldiers in the 12th century);
A fief of the Polish Crown, Ducal Prussia, later under control of the Hohenzollern family of Brandenburg;
The largest part of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany from 1871 to 1945.
Geography
Prussia's borders have changed over time. It has not always been the exact same place. Mostly, Prussia was a small part of what is today northern Poland. After a small number of Prussian people moved there to live, Germans came to live there too. In 1934, Prussia's borders were with France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Lithuania. Some parts of Prussia are in eastern Poland. Before 1918, a lot of western Poland was also in Prussia. Between 1795 and 1807, Prussia also controlled Warsaw and most of central Poland.
West Prussia and East Prussia, which are now in Poland and Russia
some small areas in the south, for example Württemberg-Hohenzollern, the home of the leaders of Prussia
However, some regions were never part of Prussia, such as Oldenburg, Mecklenburg, and the Hanse city-states.
Northeast Germany was Protestant, so Prussians were mostly Protestant. But there were a lot of Catholic people in the Rhineland, East Prussia, Posen, Silesia, West Prussia, and Ermland. The states of south Germany (especially Austria and Bavaria) were Catholic, so they did not want Prussians to rule them. Prussia was mostly German, but in the late 18th century, the new Polish areas had a lot of Polish people too. In 1918, these Polish areas were given to Poland, and in 1945, Pomerania and East Prussia were given to Poland. Northern East Prussia, specifically Kaliningrad, was given to Russia.
History
In 1226, Polish Prince Conrad of Mazovia (Mazovia is a place in Northern Poland) asked the Teutonic Knights from Transylvania to come to Mazovia. He wanted them to fight the Prussian tribes on his borders. They fought for more than 100 years. Then they created a new state. After some time, this state controlled most of today's Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and parts of northern Poland. In 1466, the Knights were under the King of Poland and Lithuania. In 1525, the leader of the Knights became a Protestant. He made part of the Knights' land into the Duchy of Prussia, which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland.
At that time, the Duchy of Prussia was only the area east of the place where the Vistula River enters the sea. In 1618, the new Duke of Prussia was the Elector John Sigismund of Brandenburg. He was also Margrave of Brandenburg. Brandenburg was ruled by the Hohenzollern family. The Duchy of Prussia was important to the Hohenzollern family because it was not part of the Holy Roman Empire. The name for the new state was Brandenburg-Prussia. In the middle of the state was Polish land, but Brandenburg-Prussia was moving away from Poland. Under Frederick William, who was called the Great Elector, Prussia took some new land in Magdeburg and areas west of the Rhine.
In 1701, the Holy Roman Emperor and Polish King allowed Brandenburg-Prussia to call itself "Kingdom of Prussia" with Frederick I as its king. Under Frederick II ("the Great"), Prussia waged war against Austria and took Silesia. The wars ended in 1763; Prussia was then the most powerful state in eastern Germany. Other parts of Germany, including Pomerania, went to Prussia because of marriage or death.
During this time, the Prussian army got bigger, and so did the administration system. Until 1945, these were at the most important parts of the German state. Between 1772 and 1795, Prussia, Russia and Austria divided Poland into parts (the Partitions of Poland). Prussia controlled land in the far east, including the city of Warsaw.
Frederick William II had Prussia join the war with France in 1792. He lost at Valmy and gave his western land to France. Frederick William III started a new war, but lost at Jena. He gave more land to France at the Treaty of Tilsit.
Other websites
Part Map of Prussia by Gerard Mercator, Atlas sive cosmographica., Amsterdam 1594
Map of Prussia by K. Henneberger in: Christoph Hartknoch, Alt- und neues Preussen..., Frankfurt 1684
Map of East Prussia K. Flemming, F. Handtke, Głogów ca. 1920, after Treaty of Versailles
Text adapted from the Simple English Wikipedia article “Prussia” (revision 10892242, 2026-06-18), authors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.