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