German Unification

The unification of Germany upset the balance of power created by this ______ as a result of the actions of _______.

• United Nations; Napoleon Bonaparte

• NATO; Hirohito

• Congress of Vienna; Napoleon Bonaparte

• League of Nations; Adolf Hitler

Unification 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 ruler
• The process of uniting separate areas into one country
• The process of gaining new colonies

Germany and Italy were made up of many _____ before 1850.

• unified countries

• organizations

• independent provinces

• none of the above

Why did the 39 German states decide to unify in to one powerful nation?

• communism
• capitalism
• imperialism
• nationalism

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

The strongest of the German states were

• Alsace-Lorraine
• Naples and Venetia
• Russia and Sweden
• Prussia and Austria

What was the German Confederation?

• 39 loosely joined states
• 39 Complete Unified States
• 39 Kings who rules these states
• Just the Nation of Prussia

This nation took the lead in the unification of Germany

• Austria
• Bavaria
• Prussia
• Holstein

This is the name of the man who led German unification:

• Otto von Bismarck

• Guiseppe Garibaldi

• Count Cavour

• Mikhail Gorbachev

These were the methods that Bismarck used to unite Germany --

• Militarism and realpolitik

• Truman doctrine and militarism

• Containment policy and militarism

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