Free Printable The rise of nationalism in Europe TWGIS

1.

Elle, the measuring unit in Germany was used to measure:

a)

(a) cloth

b)

(b) thread

c)

(c) land

d)

(d) height

2.

Zollevrein started in 1834 in Prussia refers to a:

a)

(a) Trade Union

b)

(b) Customs Union

c)

(c) Labour Union

d)

(d) Farmer’s Union

3.

What do the saints, angels and Christ symbolise in the Utopian vision?

a)

(a) Equality among people

b)

(b) Fraternity among nations

c)

(c) Freedom of nations

d)

(d) Resentment against nations

4.

Who were the ‘Junkers’?

a)

(a) Soldiers

b)

(b) Large landowners

c)

(c) Aristocracy

d)

(d) Weavers

5.

Which treaty recognised Greece as an independent nation?

a)

(a) Treaty of Constantinople, 1832

b)

(b) Treaty of Vienna, 1815

c)

(c) Treaty of Versailles, 1871

d)

(d) None of these

6.

By which of the following treaties was the United Kingdom of Great Britain formed?

a)

(a) Treaty of Versailles

b)

(b) Act of Union

c)

(c) Treaty of Paris

d)

(d) Treaty of Vienna

7.

Which of the following group of powers collectively defeated Napoleon?

a)

(a) England, France, Italy, Russia

b)

(b) England, Austria, Spain, Russia

c)

(c) Austria, Prussia, Russia, Britain

d)

(d) Britain, Prussia, Russia, Italy

8.

Romanticism refers to a:

a)

(a) cultural movement

b)

(b) religious movement

c)

(c) political movement

d)

(d) literary movement

9.

Which one of the following types of government was functioning in France before the revolution of 1789?

a)

(a) Dictatorship

b)

(b) Military

c)

(c) Body of French Citizen

d)

(d) Monarchy

10.

Which of the following countries is considered as the ‘Cradle of European civilization’?

a)

(a) England

b)

(b) France

c)

(c) Greece

d)

(d) Russia

11.

Choose the correct nationality of the artist Frederic Sorrieu who visualised in his painting a society made up of Democratic and Social Republic

a)

(a) German

b)

(b) Swiss

c)

(c) French

d)

(d) American

12.

‘Nationalism’, which emerged as a force in the late 19th century, means

a)

(a) strong devotion for one’s own country and its history and culture.

b)

(b) strong devotion for one’s own country without appreciation for other nations.

c)

(c) strong love for one’s own country and hatred for others.

d)

(d) equally strong devotion for all the countries of the world.

13.

Match the term with the correct statement - A ‘Utopian Society’ is:

a)

(i) a society under a benevolent monarchy

b)

(ii) a society that is unlikely to ever exist

c)

(iii) a society under the control of a chosen few wise men

d)

(iv) a society under Parliamentary Democracy

14.

Pick out the correct phase to complete - ‘Plebiscite is a direct vote in which’

a)

(a) only the female members of a region accept or reject a proposal.

b)

(b) by the female members of a matriarchal system accept or reject a proposal.

c)

(c) only a chosen few from the total population of a particular region accept or reject a proposal.

d)

(d) all the citizens of a region accept or reject a proposal.

15.

Ernst Renan believed that the existence of nations is a necessity because it ensures

a)

(a) protection to all inhabitants.

b)

(b) liberty to all inhabitant citizens.

c)

(c) parliamentary form of govern-ment to its inhabitants.

d)

(d) jobs and good health to all its inhabitants.

16.

Which of the following countries did not attend the Congress of Vienna?

a)

(a) Britain

b)

(b) Russia

c)

(c) Prussia

d)

(d) Switzerland

17.

The first great revolution which gave the clear idea of nationalism with its core words: ‘Liberty, Equality and Fraternity’ was:

a)

(a) The Russian Revolution

b)

(b) The French Revolution

c)

(c) The American Revolution

d)

(d) India’s First War of Independence

18.

Which of the following statements about the ‘French Revolution’ is correct?

a)

(i) The people would henceforth constitute the nation and shape its destiny.

b)

(ii) The new republic will be headed by a member of the royal family.

c)

(iii) A system will be put in place to formulate privileges based on birth.

d)

(iv) Imposition of internal custom duties and duties.

19.

The French revolutionaries declared that the mission and destiny of the French nation was

a)

(a) to conquer the people of Europe.

b)

(b) to liberate the people of Europe from despotism.

c)

(c) to strengthen absolute monarchies in all the countries of Europe.

d)

(d) to support conservative regime

20.

The Civil Code of 1804 in France is usually known as:

a)

(a) The French Revolutionary Code

b)

(b) Napoleonic Code

c)

(c) European Imperial Code

d)

(d) The French Civil Code

21.

The Napoleonic Code was exported to which of the following regions?

a)

(a) England

b)

(b) Spain

c)

(c) Regions under French control

d)

(d) Poland

22.

The liberal nationalism stands for:

a)

(a) freedom for the individual and equality before law.

b)

(b) preservation of autocracy and clerical privileges.

c)

(c) freedom for only male members of society and equality before law.

d)

(d) freedom only for senior citizens.

23.

Who among the following formed the secret society called ‘Young Italy’?

a)

(a) Otto von Bismarck

b)

(b) Giuseppe Mazzini

c)

(c) Metternich

d)

(d) Johann Gottfried Herder

24.

The term ‘Universal Suffrage’ means:

a)

(a) the right to vote to men.

b)

(b) the right to vote for all adults.

c)

(c) the right to vote exclusively to property owning men.

d)

(d) the right to vote only to educated men and women.

25.

Which of the following is NOT a feature or belief of ‘Conservatism’?

a)

(a) believe in established, traditional institutions of state and policy.

b)

(b) stressed the importance of tradition and preferred gradual development.

c)

(c) proposed ideas of modernisation to strengthen monarchy.

d)

(d) believed in the monarchy, church, and other social hierarchies.

26.

The Treaty of -------------recognized Greece as an independent nation:

a)

(a) Vienna 1815

b)

(b) Constantinople 1832

c)

(c) Warsaw 1814

d)

(d) Leipzig 1813

27.

Who said ‘When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches cold’?

a)

(a) Garibaldi

b)

(b) Bismarck

c)

(c) Mazzini

d)

(d) Duke Metternich

28.

What happened to Poland at the end of 18th century

a)

(a) achieved independence at the end of the 18th century.

b)

(b) cameunder the control of Russia.

c)

(c) became the part of East Germany.

d)

(d) partitioned at the end of the 18th century by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

29.

Who played the leading role in the unification of Germany?

a)

(a) Kaiser William I.

b)

(b) Otto Von Bismarck.

c)

(c) Johann Gottfried Herder

d)

(d) Duke Metternich.

30.

Three wars over seven years with Austria, Denmark and France ended in____ victory.

a)

(a) Danish

b)

(b) Prussian

c)

(c) French

d)

(d) German

31.

Who was proclaimed the emperor of Germany in 1871?

a)

(a) Otto Von Bismarck

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia

32.

Who became the King of United Italy in 1861?

a)

(a) Giuseppe Garibaldi

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Giuseppe Mazzini

33.

What helped in the formation of a nation-state in Britain?

a)

(a)the result of a sudden upheaval.

b)

(b) the monarchy had seized the power from Parliament.

c)

(c) The parliament seized power from the monarchy

d)

(d) result of a war with Scotland and Wales.

34.

Who was responsible for the unification of Germany?

a)

(a) Count Cavour

b)

(b) Bismarck

c)

(c) Garibaldi

d)

(d) Giuseppe Mazzini

35.

The allegory of the German nation who wears a crown of oak leaves was :

a)

(a) Marianne

b)

(b) Union Jack

c)

(c) Britannia

d)

(d) Germania

36.

A large part of Balkan region was under the control of:

a)

(a) Russian empire

b)

(b) Ottoman empire

c)

(c) German empire

d)

(d) Habsburg rulers

37.

Austrian Chancellor ___________ hosted the Congress of Vienna

a)

(a) Kaiser William I

b)

(b) Otto Von Bismarck

c)

(c) Johann Gottfried Herder

d)

(d) Duke Metternich.

38.

The first clear expression of nationalism came with the ___________

a)

(a) The Russian Revolution

b)

(b) The French Revolution

c)

(c) The American Revolution

d)

(d) The Russian Revolution

39.

The Civil Code of 1804 was known as the ___________

a)

(a) The French Revolutionary Code

b)

(b) Napoleonic Code

c)

(c) European Imperial Code

d)

(d) The French Civil Code

40.

___________ became the allegory of the German nation

a)

(a) Marianne

b)

(b) Union Jack

c)

(c) Britannia

d)

(d) Germania

41.

Frederic Sorrieu was a ___________ artist

a)

(a) German

b)

(b) Swiss

c)

(c) French

d)

(d) American

42.

A large part of the Balkans was under the control of the ___________ Empire

a)

(a) Russian empire

b)

(b) Ottoman empire

c)

(c) German empire

d)

(d) Habsburg rulers

43.

To which country did the artist Frederic Sorrieu belong?

a)

(a) England

b)

(b) France

c)

(c) Greece

d)

(d) Russia

44.

What is referred to as Absolutism?

a)

(a) monarch holds supreme autocratic authority

b)

(b) church has some say in the governance

c)

(c) elected representative run the government by negotiation

d)

(d) authority is vested in the people

45.

Nation - a large body of people united by:

a)

common history, culture, or language

b)

unification of provinces

c)

an invasion or war

d)

act or treaty

46.

What is incorrect about the concept of a nation-state?

a)

(a) well defined delineated boundaries

b)

(b) resided by people with a similar culture

c)

(c) shared religion and language

d)

(d) shared history and ethnic character

47.

Define Plebiscite

a)

(a)a voting process

b)

(b) a type or rock

c)

(c) a type of resource

d)

(d) a type of tax

48.

Which form of government was operating in France before the revolution of 1789?

a)

(a) Dictatorship

b)

(b) Military

c)

(c) Body of French Citizen

d)

(d) Monarchy

49.

What was not the mission of the French revolutionaries?

a)

(a) to liberate the people of Europe

b)

(b) to sing La Marsailles

c)

(c) to exterminate all royalty

d)

(d) to form Jacobin club

50.

What is correct about Napoleonic Code?

a)

(a) Only peasants secured the right to property

b)

(b) Only nobles secured the right to property

c)

(c) Only middle-class secured the right to property

d)

(d) Everyone secured the right to property

51.

Name the two Italian-speaking provinces under the Habsburg Empire

a)

(a) Lombardy and Venetia

b)

(b) Ireland and Scotland

c)

(c) Bolsheviks and Mensheviks

d)

(d) Ukraine and Poland

52.

Name the two provinces of the Habsburg Empire

a)

(a) Sudetenland and Bohemia

b)

(b) Sardinia and Piedmont

c)

(c) Belgium and Netherlands

d)

(d) Poland and Ukraine

53.

What was the tie that bound the diverse groups of Habsburg Empire?

a)

(a) hatred for the emperor

b)

(b) common allegiance to the emperor

c)

(b) friendship with the French monarchy

d)

(d) slave trade

54.

What new social group came into being in the 19th century comprised of?

a)

(a) middle-class

b)

(b) peasants

c)

(c) revolutionaries

d)

(d) agriculturists

55.

What ideas gained popularity among the educated liberal middle class?

a)

(a) national unity

b)

(b) women suffrage

c)

(c) Imperialism

d)

(d) uniform weights and measures

56.

What did liberalism stand for the new middle classes?

a)

(a) educational opportunities

b)

(b) employment opportunities

c)

(c) freedom for the individual and equality before the law

d)

(d) better transport and communication facilities

57.

What does women's suffrage mean?

a)

(a) suffering of women

b)

(b) domestic work of women

c)

(c) voting rights for women

d)

(d) women participation in Frankfurt Parliament

58.

What was the status of women under the Napoleonic Code?

a)

(a) deprived women of any individual rights

b)

(b) deprived women of any education

c)

(c) deprived women of divorce

d)

(d) deprived women of any property rights

59.

What did liberalism stand for the economic sphere?

a)

(a) freedom of markets & abolition of restriction on trade

b)

(b) freedom for individual and equality before law

c)

(c) abolition of custom duties

d)

(d) women’s suffrage

60.

What was the strong demand of the emerging middle class in Europe during the 19th century?

a)

(a) Freedom of markets

b)

(b) Free transport

c)

(c) Restriction on guilds

d)

(d) set up industries

61.

What was the basic philosophy of the conservatives?

a)

(a) bring drastic changes

b)

(b) form a constitutional monarchy

c)

(c) preserve the traditional institutions

d)

(d) establish equality

62.

Which dynasty was deposed during the French Revolution and later restored to power by conservatives

a)

(a) Bourbon

b)

(b) Windsor

c)

(c) Romanov

d)

(d) Hohenzollern

63.

What was the nature of Conservative regimes set up in 1815?

a)

(a) were autocratic in nature

b)

(b) were democratic in nature

c)

(c) were radical in nature

d)

(d) were liberal in nature

64.

What was the major issue taken up by the liberal nationalists?

a)

(a) freedom of trade

b)

(b) freedom of press

c)

(c) freedom of religion

d)

(d) freedom of occupation

65.

What was the main aim of the revolutionaries of Europe?

a)

(a) forming secret societies

b)

(b) publishing articles in newspapers

c)

(c) opposing the monarchial order

d)

(d) bringing technological improvements

66.

What views did Giuseppe Mazzini have about Italy? (choose the INCORRECT)

a)

(a) God wanted nations to be the natural units of mankind.

b)

(b) Italy could no longer be a patchwork of small states.

c)

(c) Learning about French and Austrian culture will improve Italian nation building.

d)

(c) Single unified republic within a wider alliance of nations.

67.

How was Mazzini described by Metternich?

a)

(a) the most dangerous enemy of our social order

b)

(b) the most influential revolutionary in Europe

c)

(c) a relentless opposer of monarchy

d)

(d) visionary of democratic republics

68.

Who headed the constitutional monarchy installed by liberal revolutionaries in 1830?

a)

(a) Charles X

b)

(b) Louise XVIII

c)

(c) Louis Philippe I

d)

(d) Ferdinand Philippe

69.

Who remarked “When France sneezes the rest of Europe catches cold”?

a)

(a) Kaiser William I.

b)

(b) Otto Von Bismarck

c)

(c) Frederric Sorreau

d)

(d) Duke Metternich.

70.

How did Lord Byron contribute to the Greek war of Independence?

a)

(a) fought on behalf of the Greeks

b)

(b) fought on behalf of the Romans

c)

(c) fought on behalf of the Balkans

d)

(d) fought on behalf of the Austrians

71.

What did the Romantic artists and poets criticise?

a)

(a) reason and science

b)

(b) shared collective heritage

c)

(c) emotions, intuition and mystical feelings

d)

(d) a common cultural past

72.

Who claimed that true German culture was to be discovered among the common people?

a)

(a) Otto von Bismarck

b)

(b) Giuseppe Mazzini

c)

(c) Metternich

d)

(d) Johann Gottfried Herder

73.

What is meant by das volk?

a)

(a) daily newspaper

b)

(b) the government

c)

(c) the emperor

d)

(d) the people

74.

What was the term given to true spirit of a nation in Germany?

a)

(a) Volkwagon

b)

(b) Volksgeist

c)

(c) Das Volk

d)

(d) Jungvolk

75.

What was the result of the rise in population in Europe in the first half of the 19th century?

a)

(a) growth in agriculture

b)

(b) increase in military power

c)

(c) increase in unemployment

d)

(d) spread of nationalism

76.

Where was the Frankfurt Parliament convened?

a)

(a) Palace of Versailles, France

b)

(b) Vienna, Austria

c)

(c) Frankfurt, Germany

d)

(d) Istanbul, Turkey

77.

Why did the middle class lose its support after the failure of the Frankfurt Parliament?

a)

(a) they resisted the demands of the workers and the artisans.

b)

(b) they resisted the demands of the junkers.

c)

(c) they resisted the demands of the king.

d)

(d) they resisted the demands of the farmers.

78.

Which state led the unification of Germany?

a)

(a) Britain

b)

(b) Russia

c)

(c) Prussia

d)

(d) Switzerland

79.

Who holds the credit of unifying Germany?

a)

(a) Otto Von Bismarck

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia

80.

Who was proclaimed the German Emperor in a ceremony held at Versailles in January 1871?

a)

(a) Otto Von Bismarck

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Kaiser William I

81.

Who headed Sardinia-Piedmont?

a)

(a) Otto Von Bismarck

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia

82.

Who led the movement to unify the regions of Italy?

a)

(a) Otto Von Bismarck

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia

83.

In 1861, who was proclaimed the king of united Italy?

a)

(a) Otto Von Bismarck

b)

(b) Victor Emmanuel II

c)

(c) Count Cavour

d)

(d) Kaiser William I of Prussia

84.

Name the ethnic groups who inhabited the British Isles

a)

(a) Protestants, Jews, Gypsies, and Mennonites.

b)

(b) Hani, Li, Kazakh and Dai

c)

(c) English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish

d)

(d) Slovenes, Croats, Serbs, and Bulgarians

85.

What was the result of the Act of Union (1707)?

a)

(a) formation of a constitutional monarchy

b)

(b) annexation of Scotland

c)

(c) coronation of Kaiser William 1

d)

(d) guillotining of Louis XVI

86.

What is an allegory?

a)

(a) literary device to express complex ideas in an approachable manner

b)

(b) use of a word referring back to a word used earlier in a text

c)

(c) a part is made to represent the whole

d)

(d) comparison of one thing with another

87.

Who represented France as nation?

a)

(a) Louis XVI

b)

(b) Mary Antoinette

c)

(c) Marseilles

d)

(d) Marianne

88.

Who designed the cover of the German Almanac?

a)

(a) Bismarck

b)

(b) Cavour

c)

(c) Sorreau

d)

(d) Rebmann

89.

What was Germania?

a)

(a) a folk take

b)

(b) a lady of royal family

c)

(c) allegory of Germany

d)

(d) National anthem of Germany

90.

Who were the Slavs?

a)

(a) the natives of the Turkish region

b)

(b) the natives of the Balkan region

c)

(c) the natives of the Hungarian region

d)

(d) the people who were bought and sold as servants

91.

What made the Balkan area explosive?

a)

(a) They made explosives

b)

(b) Ottoman Empire was weak

c)

(c) Balkans were small

d)

(d) Balkans wanted to be part of Austria

92.

Name the powers that were keen in countering the hold of other powers over the Balkans and extending their control over the area

a)

(a) Russia and Germany,

b)

(b) England and Austro-Hungary

c)

(c) Russia, Germany, England and Austro-Hungary

d)

(d) Germany and England

93.

What led Europe into disaster in 1914?

a)

(a) Colonialism lined with wealth

b)

(b) Nationalism lined with imperialism

c)

(c) Weak rule of the monarchy

d)

(d) Unification of Germany and Italy

94.

Conservative regimes set up in 1815 were democratic in nature

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Not sure

d)

No idea

95.

A direct vote by which all the people of a region are asked to accept or reject a proposal is known as lapatrie

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Not sure

d)

No idea

96.

In 1861, Friedrich Wilhelm IV was proclaimed the king of united Italy

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Not sure

d)

No idea

97.

The term ‘absolutist’ referred to monarchical government

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Not sure

d)

No idea

98.

The Treaty of Constantinople of 1838 recognised Greece as an independent nation

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Not sure

d)

No idea

99.

Giuseppe Mazzini formed a secret society called Young Italy for the dissemination of his goals

a)

true

b)

false

c)

Not sure

d)

No idea

100.

Shobana ma'am is the best Social Science teacher in:

a)

Coimbatore

b)

Tamil Nadu

c)

India

d)

the world

The rise of nationalism in Europe TWGIS

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