Nationalism in 19th Century Europe

Nationalism is....

• The belief that one should be loyal to the ruler of a country.
• The belief that one should be loyal to the country, not the ruler.
• The process of uniting separate areas into one country.
• The process of gaining new colonies.

What happened at the Congress of Vienna?

• World Powers met to execute Napoleon.
• Napoleon decided to invade Russia.
• European Nations met to sign a new constitution.
• European Powers met to re-establish the balance of power after Napoleon.

Who is NOT a key figure in the Italian Unification movement

• Giuseppe Mazzini

• Camillo Benso, count di Cavour

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Otto Von Bismark

Who is the most important individual when discussing German Unification?

• Otto von Bismark

• Albrecht von Roon

• Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

• Frederick III

Otto von Bismarck created a strong unified German State under Prussian dominance by employing what political strategy of

• realpolitik.

• machiavellianism.

• utopianism.

• populism.

What is the most famous phrase by Bismarck?

• "The great question of the day are decided by speeches or majority votes"

• "Blood & Iron"

• "He who kills me dies."

• "There is an iron curtain descending upon Europe."

Which conflict would see the unification of the German Empire and upset the balance of power in Europe?

• Schleswig War

• Austro-Prussian

• Franco-Prussian War

• Russo-Japanese War

Germany, before it was a unified country was divided into...

• two smaller states
• 100's of little kingdoms
• 6 duchies
• 15 equally powerful states.

Why were the Balkans considered a “powder keg” in the early 1900s?

• The Ottoman Empire engaged in a war for control of the region.
• The competing interests of nationalist groups and foreign countries destabilized the region.
• The countries of the region sough to establish their own colonial empires.
• Religious differences led to conflicts within the newly independent nations.

Mazzini, Cavour, and Garibaldi were all 

• German socialists
• Italian nationalists
• Russian communists
• Turkish separatists