B1Division hinder unification1840s

Question 1

Where were the greatest divisions most significant?

Answer 1

Between the wealthiest and poorest masses

Question 2

What did the peninsula suffer from?

Answer 2

Diverse language, lack of education and communication

Question 3

What was the influence of the Riformisti?

Answer 3

After 1830 growing interest in social and economic reform. The Riformisti believed that if Italy was free from Austrian control then it would flourish

Question 4

Where did the Riformisti ideas spread to?

Answer 4

Journals such as “politecnico” stressing the importance of economic growth and put forward plans for schools, banks

Question 5

An example of Italian growth?

Answer 5

Cheese and wine industries

Question 6

Who did the Riformisti oppose?

Answer 6

Mazzini and republicanism and wanted some sort of Italian federation

Question 7

Between what years did peasants take part in riots and disorder due to poor harvests?

Answer 7

1820 and 1840

Question 8

What was the life expectancy in Naples in the 1840s?

Answer 8

24

Question 9

How many deaths per year from malaria?

Answer 9

330,000 deaths

Question 10

How many industrial workers in Piedmont?

Answer 10

114,000

Question 11

How many workers in wool industry in Lombardy and Venetia?

Answer 11

32,000

Question 12

By what % did GDP per head increase by per year in the North and what was it like for the South?

Answer 12

0.5%. South didn’t develop due to lack of entrepreneurs

Question 13

How much did the population increase by in the years 1800-50, which led to food shortages?

Answer 13

17.8m to 24m

Question 14

Where had population grown by 139,000 to 185,000 between the years 1814-36?

Answer 14

Milan