WorksheetsHistory 10 - Italian Unification
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Italy was part of what Empire prior to Napoleon?
Austrian Empire
British Empire
Ottoman Empire
Holy Roman Empire
Prior to unification, Italy was fragmented into several different kingdoms, and smaller states.
True
False
The small Italian kingdoms were often at war with each other, and they relied on other European powers to support them. This led to several European powers fighting and governing over different parts of Italy.
True
False
Before unification, the Italian Emperor was....
Harsh
Brutal
Indecisive
Absentee
Before unification, Italy gradually developed into a system of different city-states.
True
False
Before unification, Central Italy was governed by the pope as a temporal kingdom known as the Papal States.
True
False
The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved because...
The Emperor died
They were defeated by Napoleon
German and Italian armies overtook the capital
Austria took over the Empire
During the Napoleonic era what symbol of Italian self-determination arose?
The national anthem
The Italian tricolor
The Italian coat of arms
The Italian cross
When Napoleon invaded Italy, he combined small Italian states into larger Italian kingdoms. This was important because…
It allowed Italians to govern themselves freely
It showed that there was commonalities in Italian nations
It gave Italians a sense of unity and pride in their state
It removed Austrian influence from the Italian Peninsula
When Napoleon fell in 1814, Italy was restored to the pre-Napoleonic independent kingdoms at the...
Congress of Vienna
Berlin Conference
Treaty of Versailles
Banquet of Sicily
After the Congress of Vienna, Italy was again controlled largely by other European powers.
True
False
The Congress of Vienna had set up what family to rule sections of Italy?
Bourbon
Wales
Ettenberg
Viensa
Italian nationalism had roots in the...
French Revolution
American Revolution
Industrial Revolution
British Revolution
Italian nationalists struggled for independence and unity throughout the 16th century.
True
False
An Italian nationalist leader, who organized a secret society called Young Italy and worked toward Italian unification.
Otto von Bismarck
Giuseppe Mazzini
Victor Emmanuel II
Count Cavour
King Wilhelm I
In 1831 the nationalist leader Giuseppe Mazzini organized a secret society called...
Young Italy
Italian Youth
Italian Roots
Free Italy
What Italian Nationalist had this idea for unification? A confederation of Italian states under the leadership of the pope.
Vincenzo Gioberti
Giuseppe Mazzini
Cesare Balbo
What Italian Nationalist had this idea for unification? A unification of Italy under a federal republic.
Vincenzo Gioberti
Giuseppe Mazzini
Cesare Balbo
What Italian Nationalist had this idea for unification? A confederation of separate Italian states led by Piedmont.
Vincenzo Gioberti
Giuseppe Mazzini
Cesare Balbo
The King of Sardinia, a strong supporter of Italian unification, and eventually the first King of Italy.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Count Cavour
King Wilhelm I
Otto von Bismarck
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II, who became King of Sardinia in 1849, did not support Italian unification.
True
False
The Prime Minister of Sardinia, Italian nationalist, and fought for Italian unification.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Count Cavour
King Wilhelm I
Otto von Bismarck
Victor Emmanuel II
A skillful politician, believed in Italian nationalism and unification.
Giuseppe Mazzini
Count Cavour
King Wilhelm I
Otto von Bismarck
Victor Emmanuel II
Cavour wanted Sardinia to be a model for...
Italian Unification
Italian Language
Religious Freedom
Human Equality
How did Sardinia become an emerging European power?
The experienced and Industrial Revolution
The had a period of rapid economic growth
They overthrew the King and established a totalitarian government
They made alliances with other prominent Italian kingdoms
The Crimean War was important important to Cavour because...
It was a chance for Cavour to win potential allies that could help him against Austria
It was a chance for Cavour to gain more Italian territory
It dethroned the King for the Kingdom of Two Sicily's
It unified Italy
Sardinia entered the Crimean War on the side of...
France and Germany
Germany and Spain
France and Britian
Britain and Spain
Sardinia’s participation in the Crimean War had two important results.
True
False
Sardinia’s participation in the Crimean War had two important results. Which is NOT one of these results?
Sardinia took part in the peace conference which Cavour used as a chance to publicize Italian nationalism and unification
Cavour earned the support of Napoleon III of France, who supported Cavour’s struggle to end Austrian rule in Italy
Cavour used the opportunity at the peace conference to lobby for total Italian unification, which he got
The Austro-Sardinian War was a war between...
Austria and France
Prussia and Sardinian
Austria and Sardinian
Germany and Sardinian
In 1858, Cavour met secretly with WHO to strategize against Austria?
Napoleon III
George V
Louis XVIII
Otto Von Bismarck
In return for In return for France’s support during the Austro-Sardinian War, Cavour agreed to give France Savoy and Nice.
True
False
How did Cavour provoke Austria into declaring war against Sardinia, starting the Austro-Sardinian War?
He started a revolution
He declared Italian unification
He encouraged Italian nationalist revolts
He invaded Austria
Why did Napoleon III withdraw support from Italy during the Austro-Sardinian War?
He realized that he had too many domestic problems to fight in a foreign war
He realized that unified Italy could pose a threat to France
He signed an agreement to Austria to withdraw from the war in exchange for support against Prussia
He wanted both Italy and Austria to destroy each other so he could reclaim the land that his uncle, Napoleon, lost
After Napoleon III withdrew from the Austro-Sardinian War, Sardinia continued to fight without France's help.
True
False
The Austro-Sardinian War was significant for Italian unification because...
Through the peace treaty they won Northern Italy
Through the peace treaty they won Lombardy
Through the peace treaty they won Venetia
None of the above
What is NOT a reason the Austro-Sardinian War was significant for Italy...
Several states held popular votes demanding unification with Sardinia
It ended Austrian influence in Italy
Through popular votes, Tuscany, Modena, Parma, and Romagna unified with Sardinia
It inspired further Italian nationalism
In Southern Italy the nationalist movement was growing under the leadership of...
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Victor Emmanuel II
Count Cavour
The army of 1000 volunteers who fought with Giuseppe Garibaldi for Italian unification…
The Red Shirts
The Italian Princes
Unified Fighters
Italian Warriors
Why did Garibaldi and the Red Shirts attack the kingdom of the Two Sicilies?
They wanted to oust the Austrians
They wanted to establish a democratic state
They wanted to drive out the Bourbon rulers
They wanted to free Italian nationalists who were imprisoned
Garibaldi and his army landed on the island of Sicily and conquered it in a brief military campaign.
True
False
Why did Italy not immediately invade Rome when unifying?
It was occupied and supported French troops
Cavour wanted states to join the Kingdom of Italy willingly
King Emmanuel II forbade him for entering the city
Austria threatened war if Rome was invaded
They did not want to risk destroying the historical setting of Rome with a war
By the end of 1860, Sardinia had annexed Sicily, Naples, and two outlying papal provinces.
True
False
In March 1861, a parliament representing all of Italy met at Turin to discuss unification.
True
False
The Turin parliament proclaimed the Kingdom of Italy with Victor Emmanuel as the King in 1861.
True
False
The Austro-Prussian War was a war between...
Britain and France
Austria and Italy
Austria and Prussia
Prussia and the Holy Roman Empire
In the Austro-Prussian War, Italy joined the side of....
Austria
Prussia
Italy gained Venetia back from Austria during the…
The Crimean War
The Austro-Sardinian War
The Dano-Prussian War
The Austro-Prussian War
The Franco-Prussian War
Franco-Prussian War was a war fought between...
France and Prussia
France and Austria
Britain and Italy
Austria and Italy
During the Franco-Prussian War, France was forced to withdraw troops from Rome to support the war against Prussia. This is important because....
It meant Rome was no longer occupied by France, and they could unify
It meant that Napoleon III finally got his karma for betraying Italy in the past
It meant that France was loosing power and influence, allowing Italy to recover from the last war
It meant Italy could aid them, and gain international recognition as a nation
The Franco-Prussian War was important because....
It allowed for the unification of the entire Italian peninsula
It allowed Italy to become a world power
It brought Italy closer to entire unification
It ended Austrian influence in Italy
The phrase Italia Irredenta means....
Long Live Italy
Italy Unredeemed
Italy Invincible
Italy Incomplete
After unification, many republicans were disappointed that the government of the new nation was not more democratic.
True
False
After unification, Southern Italy began it industrialize quicker then Northern Italy.
True
False
What was NOT a problem in unified Italy?
There were strained relations between the Catholic Church and the state
The Kingdom of Italy had gone into debt during the numerous wars fought during its unification, causing high taxes, and political unrest
Unification increased the antagonism between the north and the south
Many republicans were disappointed that the government of the new nation was not more democratic
Some Italian nationalists were unhappy with unification because they considered it incomplete
