Class 10 Rise of Nationalism in Europe

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Class 10 Rise of Nationalism in Europe

100 One-Word Answer Questions

  1. In what year did Frédéric Sorrieu prepare his series of four prints visualizing democratic and social Republics? 1848
  2. What term describes a government or system of rule that has no restraints on the power exercised? Absolutist
  3. What is the concept of a society so ideal that it is unlikely to actually exist called? Utopian
  4. Which nation, identifiable by the revolutionary tricolour, had just reached the Statue of Liberty in Sorrieu’s 1848 print? France
  5. What concept is symbolized by Christ, saints, and angels gazing upon the scene in Sorrieu’s print? Fraternity
  6. The emergence of the nation-state in Europe replaced what type of empires? Dynastic
  7. What is the term for a direct vote asking all the people of a region to accept or reject a proposal? Plebiscite
  8. In what year did the French Revolution provide the first clear expression of nationalism? 1789
  9. What French term, meaning ‘the citizen’, emphasized the notion of equal rights under a constitution? Citoyen
  10. The Estates General was renamed which governing body after being elected by active citizens? Assembly
  11. What did the French revolutionaries abolish internally to facilitate trade? Customs
  12. What were students and educated middle classes setting up when news of the French events reached European cities? Jacobin
  13. The Civil Code of 1804 is usually known by what single name? Napoleonic
  14. The Napoleonic Code secured the right to what essential possession? Property
  15. What system involving lords and peasants did Napoleon abolish? Feudal
  16. Restrictions on what organizations in towns were removed by Napoleon? Guild
  17. How many states did Napoleon’s administrative measures create a confederation of in the German regions? 39
  18. What was the cloth measuring standard used in German-speaking regions? Elle
  19. Which city was the focus of a German almanac cover designed by journalist Andreas Rebmann in 1798? Mainz
  20. What battle did Napoleon lose in 1813? Leipzig
  21. Which multi-national empire ruled over Austria-Hungary? Habsburg
  22. What language did the aristocracy in Galicia speak? Polish
  23. Which class was the dominant social and political class on the European continent? Aristocracy
  24. What language did the European aristocracy speak for diplomacy? French
  25. What social group made up the majority of the population in Europe? Peasantry
  26. The vast estates in Eastern and Central Europe were cultivated by what group? Serfs
  27. In what year did the Greek struggle for independence begin? 1821
  28. The concept of liberalism derives from what Latin root? Liber
  29. What term refers to the right to vote? Suffrage
  30. In what year was the customs union, the Zollverein, formed? 1834
  31. What ideology drove European governments following the defeat of Napoleon in 1815? Conservatism
  32. Who hosted the Congress of Vienna in 1815? Metternich
  33. What monarchy was restored to power in France after the Treaty of Vienna? Bourbon
  34. Which Italian city-state was Genoa added to under the Treaty of Vienna? Piedmont
  35. Which country was given control of northern Italy by the Vienna settlement? Austria
  36. Which dynasty was given part of Poland in the east by the Congress of Vienna? Russia
  37. What type of laws did conservative regimes impose to control content in newspapers and songs? Censorship
  38. The major issue taken up by liberal-nationalists criticizing the new conservative order was the freedom of what institution? Press
  39. What Italian revolutionary was born in Genoa in 1805? Mazzini
  40. Mazzini was a member of the secret society called the what? Carbonari
  41. Which underground society did Mazzini found in Marseilles? Italy
  42. Which constitutional monarch was installed in France after the July Revolution of 1830? Philippe
  43. Which country broke away from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands following the July Revolution? Belgium
  44. What cultural movement focused on emotions, intuition, and mystical feelings instead of reason and science? Romanticism
  45. Who was the English poet who died of fever in 1824 while fighting in the Greek War of Independence? Byron
  46. What treaty recognized Greece as an independent nation in 1832? Constantinople
  47. Which German philosopher claimed true German culture was discovered among the common people (das volk)? Herder
  48. What German city were the famous Grimm brothers born in? Hanau
  49. What Polish folk dance did Karol Kurpinski turn into a nationalist symbol? Polonaise
  50. The Polish language was forced out of schools and what language was imposed everywhere after Russian occupation? Russian
  51. Weavers in what region led a revolt against contractors in 1845? Silesia
  52. What term refers to widespread poverty resulting from high food prices or bad harvests? Pauperism
  53. Who was the journalist that described the events of the Silesian weavers’ revolt? Wolff
  54. The French National Assembly in 1848 proclaimed what political structure? Republic
  55. In 1848, the all-German National Assembly convened in the Church of what Saint? Paul
  56. Which city hosted the Frankfurt Parliament in 1848? Frankfurt
  57. Which Prussian King rejected the crown offered by the Frankfurt Parliament? Wilhelm
  58. What political philosophy stresses the social, economic, and political equality of the genders? Feminist
  59. Who was the political activist who founded a women’s journal and a feminist political association? Otto-Peters
  60. Who were the large landowners of Prussia that supported the monarchy and military in repressing the liberal initiative? Junkers
  61. Who was the Chief Minister of Prussia and the architect of German unification? Bismarck
  62. The German Empire proclamation was held in the Hall of Mirrors at what palace? Versailles
  63. Before unification, Italy was divided into how many states? Seven
  64. Which sole Italian state was ruled by an Italian princely house in the mid-nineteenth century? Sardinia
  65. What southern region of Italy was ruled by the Bourbon kings of Spain? Sicilies (The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies).
  66. What was the name of the secret society Mazzini formed for the dissemination of his goals for a unified republic? Italy (Young Italy).
  67. Which Chief Minister led the movement to unify Italy? Cavour
  68. Who was proclaimed King of united Italy in 1861? Emmanuel
  69. Which country was Sardinia-Piedmont tactfully allied with to defeat Austrian forces in 1859? France
  70. Garibaldi led the famous Expedition of the what group to South Italy? Thousand
  71. Garibaldi’s armed volunteers were popularly known as Red what? Shirts
  72. The peasant masses supporting Garibaldi believed “La Talia” was Victor Emmanuel’s what? Wife
  73. The English Parliament seized power from the monarchy in what year? 1688
  74. The Act of what established the ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain’ in 1707? Union
  75. The Scottish Highlanders were forbidden to speak their what language? Gaelic
  76. Who led the failed revolt of the United Irishmen in 1798? Tone (Wolfe Tone).
  77. What is the symbolic name for the British flag? Jack (Union Jack).
  78. What is the term for when an abstract idea is expressed through a person or a thing? Allegory
  79. What popular Christian name was the female allegory of France christened? Marianne
  80. What is the name of the female allegory of the German nation? Germania
  81. What type of leaves does Germania wear a crown of? Oak
  82. What is the significance of the broken chains in German allegories? Freed
  83. What animal symbolized the German empire on Germania’s breastplate? Eagle
  84. What encircles the sword carried by Germania, symbolizing a willingness to negotiate? Branch (Olive branch).
  85. What historical event is symbolized by the rays of the rising sun? Beginning (Beginning of a new era).
  86. By the last quarter of the nineteenth century, nationalism became a narrow what with limited ends? Creed
  87. After 1871, the most serious source of nationalist tension in Europe was the region called the what? Balkans
  88. The inhabitants of the Balkans were broadly known as the what group? Slavs
  89. A large part of the Balkans was under the control of which empire? Ottoman
  90. Nationalism aligned with what concept led Europe to disaster in 1914? Imperialism
  91. What regions included Tyrol, Austria, and Sudetenland under Habsburg rule? Alpine
  92. What was the common language of the nation established by discouraging regional dialects in France? French
  93. The French armies carried the idea of nationalism into which area in the 1790s? Italy (Also Holland, Belgium, Switzerland).
  94. What term refers to a system of ideas reflecting a particular social and political vision? Ideology
  95. In Hungary, half of the population spoke Magyar while the other half spoke a variety of what? Dialects
  96. Who suggested that equality between the sexes would only endanger harmony and destroy the dignity of the family? Welcker (Carl Welcker).
  97. The Habsburg rulers granted more autonomy to the people of which region in 1867? Hungarians
  98. Which European power was given a portion of Saxony by the Vienna Congress? Prussia
  99. In what year did France withdraw its troops from Rome, allowing the Papal States to join Italy? 1870
  100. In Sorrieu’s print, the shattered remains on the earth represent the symbols of what kind of institutions? Absolutist
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