Quiz 2: Nationalism, Latin American Revolution

What is Nationalism?

• A sense of unity based upon shared characteristics: language, culture, religion, and geography
• Advocates legitimate, tradition government in order to preserve the status quo
• Advocates limited government in order to protect individual liberties

Why were the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 so widespread?

• People opposed nationalism
• People supported absolute monarchs
• Trade increased and united Europe into a market economy
• Enlightenment ideas and nationalism had spread across Europe

• Appointment of Otto von Bismarck as Chancellor

• Austro-Prussian War, 1866

• Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1871

These events led directly to

• the unification of Germany

• foreign rule in Italy

• the rebellion of the Sepoys

• an alliance between Serbs and Russians

The slogan “Blood and Iron” and a united Germany are most closely associated with

• Prince Metternich

• Simón Bolívar

• Camillo Cavour

• Otto von Bismarck

One political objective of both Otto von Bismarck and Giuseppe Garibaldi was to

• overthrow divine right monarchies

• unify their nations

• establish communist systems

• form an alliance with Great Britain

“To him who wishes to follow me, I offer hardships, hunger, thirst and all the perils of war.”

— Garibaldi’s Memoirs

This quotation from Garibaldi is most closely associated with Italian

• exploration

• nationalism

• imperialism

• neutrality

The unification of Italy and the unification of Germany show that

• socialism was an effective way of organizing the economy

• nationalism could be used to consolidate political interests

• colonialism could be used to spread European civilization

• interdependence was a significant obstacle to waging war

The unification of Germany under Otto von Bismarck demonstrates the

• influence of Marxist ideology

• impact of nationalism

• force of civil disobedience

• power of democratic ideals

Which individual is associated with the phrase blood and iron as related to the unification of Germany?

• Otto von Bismarck

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Kaiser Wilhelm II

• Count Camillo di Cavour

One reason Italy and Germany were not major colonial powers in the 16th and 17th centuries was that they

• had self-sufficient economies

• lacked political unity

• rejected the practice of imperialism

• belonged to opposing alliances