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Nationalism comes to aging empires

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This empire once had land in three continents.
a)
Austrian
b)
German
c)
Russian
d)
Ottoman
2.

Which empire had the largest population in Europe but was poor and slow to industrialize.

a)

German

b)

Austrian

c)

Ottoman

d)

Russian

3.

Austria's biggest problem was having many ___ within its borders that wanted to break away.

a)

nationalities

b)

races

c)

empires

d)

cities

4.

Which of the following was NOT a nationality (mini-nation) in the Austrian Empire?

a)

French

b)

Serbs

c)

Hungarians

d)

Czechs

5.

To bring its vast territory closer together, Russia built _____.

a)

a network of factories

b)

the world's largest navy

c)

a network of railroads from Moscow to the Pacific

d)

the world's largest army

6.

In Russia, a pogrom was an act of violence against _______.

a)

Poles

b)

Germans

c)

Jews

d)

Austrians

7.

Mahmud II of the ______ Empire tried but failed to make his country stronger. His empire continued to lose land.

a)

Ottoman

b)

Austro-Hungarian

c)

Russian

d)

German

8.
What empire was called the "Sick Man of Europe"?
a)
Russian
b)
Austrian
c)
Ottoman
d)
German
9.

This empire lost land to Russia, Austria, Britain, and France.

a)

Russian

b)

Austrian

c)

Ottoman

d)

German

10.
Austria had to share power with what country in 1867?
a)
Germany
b)
Prussia
c)
Hungary
d)
Poland
11.

Russia's Alexander II tried to reform his empire by ___.

a)

freeing the peasants (serfs)

b)

declaring war on the Ottoman Empire

c)

creating a strong parliament

d)

building a powerful navy

12.

Austria's emperor, Franz _______, was in power for more than 50 years.

a)

Josef

b)

Leopold

c)

Wilhelm

d)

Harold

13.

In the First Balkan War, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece drove the ______ Empire out of Europe.

a)

Ottoman

b)

Russian

c)

Austrian

d)

German

14.

Some people in ______ were ready to use terror to take land held by Austria and create a much larger country.

a)

Serbia

b)

Romania

c)

Greece

d)

Bulgaria

15.

A Serb killed the heir to the Austrian Emperor, ______, in June 1914.

a)

Franz Ferdinand

b)

Franz Joseph

c)

Alexander III

d)

Nicolas II

16.

Serbia was furious that Austria took over _____, where many Serbs lived.

a)

Bosnia

b)

Romania

c)

Bulgaria

d)

Greece