History 10 - Italian Unification

Italy was part of what Empire prior to Napoleon?

• Austrian Empire

• British Empire

• Ottoman Empire

• Holy Roman Empire

Prior to unification, Italy was fragmented into several different kingdoms, and smaller states.

• True

• False

The small Italian kingdoms were often at war with each other, and they relied on other European powers to support them. This led to several European powers fighting and governing over different parts of Italy.

• True

• False

Before unification, the Italian Emperor was....

• Harsh

• Brutal

• Indecisive

• Absentee

Before unification, Italy gradually developed into a system of different city-states.

• True

• False

Before unification, Central Italy was governed by the pope as a temporal kingdom known as the Papal States.

• True

• False

The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved because...

• The Emperor died

• They were defeated by Napoleon

• German and Italian armies overtook the capital

• Austria took over the Empire

During the Napoleonic era what symbol of Italian self-determination arose?

• The national anthem

• The Italian tricolor

• The Italian coat of arms

• The Italian cross

When Napoleon invaded Italy, he combined small Italian states into larger Italian kingdoms. This was important because…

• It allowed Italians to govern themselves freely

• It showed that there was commonalities in Italian nations

• It gave Italians a sense of unity and pride in their state

• It removed Austrian influence from the Italian Peninsula

When Napoleon fell in 1814, Italy was restored to the pre-Napoleonic independent kingdoms at the...

• Congress of Vienna

• Berlin Conference

• Treaty of Versailles

• Banquet of Sicily