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Unification of Italy and Germany

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the founder of "Young Italy?" He was also known as the soul of Italian Unification.

a)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
b)

Giuseppe Mazzini

c)

Camillo di Cavour

d)
Emmanuel I
2.

Who unified much of Southern Italy with only a volunteer army in 1860? He was also known as the sword of Italian Unification.

a)
Giuseppe Mazzini  
b)
Giuseppe Garibaldi
c)
Cavour
d)
Emmanuel II
3.
Giuseppe Garibaldi may have been able to become the first leader of a unified Italy, but instead, turned over control of Naples and Sicily to _________ who was shortly thereafter crowned king.  
a)
Bismarck
b)
Mazzini
c)

Vittorio Emmanuel II 

d)
Cavour
4.

What patriotic and nationalist group was formed in the beginning of the unification of Italy?

a)
Young Italy
b)
Old Italy
c)
Red Shirts
d)
United Italy
5.
Unification is…
a)
The belief that one should be loyal to the ruler of a country
b)
The belief that one should be loyal to the country, not ruler
c)
The process of uniting separate areas into one country
d)
The process of gaining new colonies
6.
What were Garibaldi’s patriots known as?
a)
Green Shirts
b)
Blue Shirts
c)
Red Shirts
d)
Black Shirts
7.

The first Kaiser of a unified Germany?

a)
Victor Emanuel 
b)
WIlhelm I
c)
Nicholas I
d)
Charles I
8.

The Brains of Italian Unification: unites Italy under the kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia.

a)
Cavour
b)

Mazzini

c)
Garibaldi
d)
Bismarck
9.

What war started from an altered telegram sent by Bismarck? The German nations supported Prussia in this war and it ended with the creation of the country of Germany.

a)

Crimean War

b)

Austro-Hungarian War

c)

Russo-Japanese War

d)

Franco-Prussian War

10.

This is the name of the man who led German unification:

a)

Otto von Bismarck

b)

Guiseppe Garibaldi

c)

Count Cavour

d)

Mikhail Gorbachev

11.

Ethnic Groups share a common what?

a)

Culture and Heritage

b)

Government

c)

Economy

d)

Ancestor

12.

The Frankfurt Assembly would be defined as?

a)

The first war that Bismark was victorious in

b)

A National Revolution in which Liberals successfully formed a unified Germany under a Constitutional Monarchy

c)

A National Revolution in which Liberals failed to form a unified Germany under a Constitutional Monarchy

d)

An agreement between the Emperor of Austria and King of Prussia to be allies

13.

"Blood and Iron' was Prussia and Bismark's policy of?

a)

Open Borders

b)

Militarism

c)

Amoral foreign policy

d)

Realpolitik

14.

Austria and Prussia joined together to beat which country in the 7 Days War?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

England

d)

Denmark

15.

Prussia was able to win this war in 7 weeks after they broke an alliance and forced their emperor to declare war on them?

a)

Austro-Prussian War

b)

Franco-Prussian War

c)

Danish War

d)

War of 1868

16.

Which two territories did France have to give to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?

a)

Lorraine and Versailles

b)

Alsace and Paris

c)

Bavaria and Venice

d)

Alsace and Lorraine

17.

Bismarck's practice of Realpolitik was guided by which of the following?

a)

Doing what was moral

b)

Doing what would best serve the people

c)

Doing what was necessary to support the nation

d)

None of the above