Industrialization and Nationalism

Question 1

What countries were in the Holy Alliance?

Answer 1

Russia
Austria
Prussia

Question 2

Who led the effort to unite Italy as one Country?

Answer 2

Camillo di Cavour

Question 3

Who wrote The Communist Manifesto in 1848?

Answer 3

Karl Marx

Question 4

Who developed the telegraph in the 1830’s?

Answer 4

Samuel Morse

Question 5

What was the name of the most powerful tribe that fought the British in South Africa?

Answer 5

Zulu

Question 6

What type of engine produced faster ships and trains for transportation?

Answer 6

Steam

Question 7

What item was made stronger and less expensive by the Bessemer process?

Answer 7

Steel

Question 8

What is the German title for “emperor”?

Answer 8

Kaiser

Question 9

Which country was defeated in the Haitian Revolution?

Answer 9

France

Question 10

Who improved conditions in British hospitals during the Crimean War?

Answer 10

Florence Nightingale

Question 11

Who led a military force called the Red Shirts?

Answer 11

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Question 12

Did Britain fight against France during the Crimean War?

Answer 12

NO

Question 13

Did Florence Nightingale become know as the “Lady with the Lamp?”

Answer 13

YES

Question 14

Did Kaiser Wilhelm II expand the German navy to rival Britain?

Answer 14

YES

Question 15

Did the Carlsbad Decrees suppress liberal ideas in the German states?

Answer 15

YES

Question 16

Did the unions use strikes to improve their working conditions?

Answer 16

YES

Question 17

How did the Crimean war affect the development of both combat and medicine?

Answer 17

More accurate rifles and artillery made trenches and sieges more common
Florence Nightingale saved lives in British field hospitals

Question 18

Who was Otto von Bismarck? How did he help the development of the German Empire?

Answer 18

Prime minister of Prussia

Militarization and war against Denmark, Austria and France

Question 19

What happened across Europe in 1848? Which Countries were involved?

Answer 19

A revolution in France spread to other countries

France, Austria and the German States

Question 20

Why did Britain become the center of industrialization? What did the British produce?

Answer 20

Iron, coal, rivers and canals
Colonial empire provided markets for manufactured goods
Cotton and other Textiles

Question 21

Who was Klemens von Metternich? What did he believe about European governments?

Answer 21

Austrian foreign minister

Conservative who believed that strong governments should prevent revolutions

Question 22

What did the southern part of America supply for British textiles?

Answer 22

Cotton

Question 23

Who let troops in Gran Colombia, Peru and Bolivia?

Answer 23

Simon Bolivar

Question 24

What is the term that refers to direct British rule in India until 1947?

Answer 24

Raj

Question 25

What was the Zollverein?

Answer 25

German custom union

Question 26

Why was France bitter toward Germany after the Franco-Prussian War?

Answer 26

1) France lost control of Alsace-Lorraine 2) Paris was forced to surrender 3) German Empire was proclaimed in the Palace of Versailles

Question 27

What country saw Germany as a rival after the Franco-Prussian War?

Answer 27

Russia

Question 28

What city was the most important for the British East India Company?

Answer 28

Calcutta

Question 29

What allowed Britain to gain more power in India?

Answer 29

Victory over France in the Seven Years' War

Question 30

Did Adam Smithy want workers around the world to unite in a revolution?

Answer 30

NO

Question 31

Did Karl Marx view history as a story of class struggle?

Answer 31

YES

Question 32

Did Metternich want to create a classless society with collective wonership?

Answer 32

NO

Question 33

Were Sepoys Indian soldiers in the British Army?

Answer 33

YES

Question 34

Who wrote The Wealth of Nations? What did he believe about economics?

Answer 34

Adam Smith Economy would flourish without government involvement

Question 35

What was the Sepoy Rebellion? How did it affect the British Empire?

Answer 35

Cartridges greased with animal fat created mutiny among Indian soldiers Massacres spread along the Ganges River British won and replaced the East India Company with the Raj

Question 36

Discuss German unification - how did Prussia gain power in German Confederation - how did this become the German Empire - what were the consequences for Europe in general and France in particular?

Answer 36

Prosperous territory in the Rhineland Zollverein excluded Austria Bismarck focused on militarization Schleswig-Holstein taken from Denmark Successful wars against Austria and France Rivalries with Britain and Russia

Question 37

Discuss British colonialism in India - what was the role of the East India company - why was India so valuable to the British Empire - what challenges did the British face and what lessons did they learn?

Answer 37

East India company had a monopoly on Eastern trade Expansion from Calcutta with local troops and European muskets Access to cotton, silk, indigo and saltpeter India provided money and soldiers Mistrust around military service and Christianity led to the Sepoy Rebellion More British soldiers, railroads and telegraph line Raj replace the east India Company