WORLD HISTORY REVIEW Short Answer

Short Answer Questions Short Answer: Write in complete sentences. Which Czar had the three pillars of Russian absolutism and what were the pillars? Nicholas I, Autocracy, Nationalism, Orthodoxy What three wars did Prussia fight to have a unified Germany? Denmarck, Austria, and France

WORLD HISTORY REVIEW

Who put the needs of the state of Prussia above all else? He was Prussia’s chancellor. Otto von Bismarck Who was the first emperor of a united Germany? William I Who was the king of Sardinia who added other states to his own to increase power? Victor Emmanuel II Who was the prime minister of Russia who tried to restore order by having arrests, pogroms and executions? Peter Stolypin Who was appointed by the king of Sardinia to prime minister and was a monarchist who believed in Realpolitik? Camillo Cavour Who was a moderate Hungarian leader who came up with the idea of a country called Austria-Hungary? Francis Deak

Who founded Young Italy who set up a revolutionary republic in Rome only to have the French topple it? Giuseppe Mazzini Who was a business tycoon who created a company that went from 70 workers to 50,000? August Thyssen Who was an ally of Mazzini. He led red-shirted volunteers who took over Sicily and later marched on to Naples? Giuseppe Geribaldi Who was the emperor of the Austrian Empire until 1916? Francis Joseph What was the economic union created by Prussia that dismantled trade barriers between many German states? Zollverein Otto von Bismarck was made ____, or Prime Minister of Prussia. Chancellor What term was used to describe the needs of the state goes above principles? Realpolitik

Prussia _____ or added on several northern German states. Annex In January of 1871 Germany celebrated the creation of the second German _____, or empire. Reich What was a meeting where “the people” offered the crown of a unified German state to Fredrick IV of Prussia? (he turned it down) Frankfurt Assembly Who was the ruling family of Prussia? Hohenzollern What was the German upper house, they were chosen by rulers of the German States? Bundesrat What became a huge industrial complex that produced steel and weapons for the world market? House of Krupp

What is a German word of emperor? Kaiser Which country was chosen to lead the weak German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna? Austria What is a German word for noble? Junker Bismarck edited the ____ to make it sound like the King of Prussia insulted the French ambassador. “Ems Dispatch” What was the German lower house, elected by universal male suffrage and could be vetoed by the upper house? Reichstag Because of his ruthlessness Otto von Bismarck was known as the ____. Iron Chancellor

What is the “battle for civilization” where Bismarck made Catholics put their loyalty to the state above allegiance of the Church. Kulturekampf The two groups did Bismarck view as a threat to the new German state were the Catholic Church and _____. Socialists What is the name given to the Italian nationalist movement? Risorgimento What term describes the movement away from one’s homeland? Emigration Venetia was taken from Austria during the ______ War of Austro-Prussian Pope opposed the Italian acquisition of the _______. Papal States

What are programs are set to help certain groups of people by the government? Social Welfare Which country did Bismarck label as “Water Rats?” Britain People who oppose all forms of government are called what? Anarchist Sardinia joined the _____ War with Britain and France; it caught the attention of Napoleon III of France and made them an Ally. Crimean What part of Italy was richer? North About a quarter of the fifty million people of the Austrian Empire spoke _______. German

Under the ______ Austria and Hungary had the same ruler they also shared ministries of finance, defense and foreign affairs. Dual Monarchy What country was the first to break away from the Ottoman Empire in 1817? Serbia When Alexander I died, a group of army officers from the Napoleonic wars started the _____ because they wanted reforms. Decemberist Revolt What was the idea of suppressing the non-Russian cultures in Russia? Pogrom What was czar’s reforms that he promised, “freedom of person, conscience, speech, assembly, and union?” October Manfesto What word describes the freeing of a group of people? Emancipation

What country was considered the “the sick man of Europe” of Europe? Ottoman Empire What was the nickname given to the region of the Balkans? “Balkan Powder Keg” Who was the czar who freed the serfs in 1861? Alexander II What happened January 22, 1905? It’s when people paraded through the streets of St. Petersburg to the czar’s Winter Palace. Russian soldiers were called up and opened fired on the crowd. Bloody Sunday The Russian ______ or giant; was looked by Europeans with a mixture of wonder and misgiving. Colossus

What was a system of local government that was responsible for matters such as road repair, schools and agriculture? Zemstvo What policy called for violent mob attacks on Jews? Pogrom What was the name of the elected national legislature of Russia? Duma

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