WorksheetsNationalism comes to aging empires
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 16mins
Which empire had the largest population in Europe but was poor and slow to industrialize.
German
Austrian
Ottoman
Russian
Austria's biggest problem was having many ___ within its borders that wanted to break away.
nationalities
races
empires
cities
Which of the following was NOT a nationality (mini-nation) in the Austrian Empire?
French
Serbs
Hungarians
Czechs
To bring its vast territory closer together, Russia built _____.
a network of factories
the world's largest navy
a network of railroads from Moscow to the Pacific
the world's largest army
In Russia, a pogrom was an act of violence against _______.
Poles
Germans
Jews
Austrians
Mahmud II of the ______ Empire tried but failed to make his country stronger. His empire continued to lose land.
Ottoman
Austro-Hungarian
Russian
German
This empire lost land to Russia, Austria, Britain, and France.
Russian
Austrian
Ottoman
German
Russia's Alexander II tried to reform his empire by ___.
freeing the peasants (serfs)
declaring war on the Ottoman Empire
creating a strong parliament
building a powerful navy
Austria's emperor, Franz _______, was in power for more than 50 years.
Josef
Leopold
Wilhelm
Harold
In the First Balkan War, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece drove the ______ Empire out of Europe.
Ottoman
Russian
Austrian
German
Some people in ______ were ready to use terror to take land held by Austria and create a much larger country.
Serbia
Romania
Greece
Bulgaria
A Serb killed the heir to the Austrian Emperor, ______, in June 1914.
Franz Ferdinand
Franz Joseph
Alexander III
Nicolas II
Serbia was furious that Austria took over _____, where many Serbs lived.
Bosnia
Romania
Bulgaria
Greece
