The Unification of Italy

What was the Italian movement for national unification called?

• Risorgimento

• Risorgimento Italiano

• Rinascimento

• Risorgere

Who was the prime minister of Sardinia after 1852?

• Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

• Alfonso Maria Visconti

• Vittorio Emanuele II

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

Which empire controlled Lombardy and Venetia before 1860?

• Ottoman Empire

• Austrian Empire

• Spanish Empire

• Roman Empire

What was the name of the newspaper founded by Count Camillo di Cavour?

• Il Risorgimento

• Il Giornale

• La Stampa

• Corriere della Sera

Who was the nationalist revolutionary associated with the Young Italy movement?

• Vittorio Emanuele II

• Giuseppe Mazzini

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Camillo Cavour

What were the Papal States controlled by?

• The Pope

• The Italian Government

• The Cardinals

• The Holy Roman Emperor

Which dynasty ruled the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies?

• Bourbon dynasty

• Habsburg dynasty

• Savoy dynasty

• Medici dynasty

What year did the unification of Italy begin to take shape?

• 1871

• 1850

• 1848

• 1861

What was the significance of the term 'Il Risorgimento'?

• Il Risorgimento was a cultural movement in France.

• Il Risorgimento referred to the industrial revolution in Italy.

• Il Risorgimento was a term used for the Italian Renaissance.

• Il Risorgimento was significant as the movement for Italian unification and national identity.

Which region of Italy had the only native Italian dynasty?

• Sicily

• Tuscany

• Lazio

• Piedmont