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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who was the Italian military commander that gained control of Sicily, overthrew the King in Naples, and joined with Northern Italy? He was instrumental in the unification of most of the Italian Peninsula (not Rome and Venetia). He was known as the "Sword of Unification."
Count Cavour
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Otto Von Bismarck
- 2. Multiple Choice
Who was the founding member of Young Italy and was instrumental in the early unification process of Italy? He believed that common ideals and a single nationality is better for the well being of the nation.
Sylvester Stallone
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Count Cavour
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was the "Brain" of Italian unification? He was Victor Emmanuel II's prime minister and brought Piedmont to the world stage when he sent Italian troops to fight in the Crimean War on the side of the French and British. This political move ensured French and British support getting the Austrian's out of Northern Italy.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Count Cavour
Benito Mussolini
- 4. Multiple Choice
What were the last two regions to join Italian unification?
Sicily and Sardinia
Piedmont and Rome
Rome and Venetia
Austria and France
- 5. Multiple Choice
What year was Italian unification complete?
1848
1861
1870
1871
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the belief that each ethnic group should have their own sovereign nation?
colonialism
imperialism
nationalism
militarism
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why was the German Confederation created in 1815?
To create a buffer against French expansion (Napoleon)
To unite all of the German states
To start the process of unification
To establish a military power
- 8. Multiple Choice
How did the German Confederation create the first steps in unity?
Trade barriers were lifted
A common currency was formed
weights and measures were standardized
all of the above
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is the name for an aristocratic landowner in Germany?
junta
coup
junker
none of the above
- 10. Multiple Choice
What is the term used to describe the right of the nation-state to pursue its own advantage by any means, including war and the repudiation of treaties?
geopolitics
realpolitik
socialism
absolutism
- 11. Multiple Choice
What was NOT an objective of Otto Von Bismarck?
Raise money to increase and expand the military
Bring Austria and Switzerland into a unified Germany
Reduce the power of the Austrians
Unify all the German States
- 12. Multiple Choice
Prussian leader who wanted to unite all of the German states using "Blood and Iron."
William I
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Otto the Great
Otto Von Bismark
- 13. Multiple Choice
Who did Bismarck engage in war and was victorious over in order to receive Schleswig? Prussia's ally, Austria, received Holstein.
Sweden
Netherlands
France
Denmark
- 14. Multiple Choice
What war stripped Austria of allies and ended with the treaty of Prague in 1867?
Seven Years' War
Seven Weeks' War
Thirty Years' War
French and Indian War
- 15. Multiple Choice
What war started from an altered telegram sent by Bismarck? The German nations supported Prussia in this war and it ended with the creation of the country of Germany.
Crimean War
Austro-Hungarian War
Russo-Japanese War
Franco-Prussian War
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