Italian Unification Quiz

Question 1

This man abandoned terrorism to become the pen of Italian unification through his creation of a group dedicated to making the Italian people aware of the benefits of unification.

Answer 1

Mazzini

Question 2

“architect” of the unification of Italy who was the prime minister of Piedmond, Sardinia

Answer 2

Cavour

Question 3

“sword” of the unification of Italy who took over the Kingdom of Sicily and gave it up as his contribution to Italian unification

Answer 3

Garibaldi

Question 4

This Italian terrorist’s attempted assassination of Napoleon III him to make a secret agreement to assist Piedmont-Sardinia in a war against Austria

Answer 4

Orsini

Question 5

small areas of land ruled by Austria that Italian nationalists dreamed of winning back and adding to the Italian state

Answer 5

Italia Irredenta

Question 6

king of Piedmond, Sardinia who later becomes first king of a newly created and united Italy

Answer 6

Victor Emmanuel II

Question 7

terrorist group who sought Italian unification and freedom by using violence as their tool

Answer 7

Carbonari

Question 8

Band of men who followed the radical republican Garibaldi and sought to liberate their country from foreign control

Answer 8

Red Shirts

Question 9

Region of Italy won back from Austria in 1866 during the Austro-Prussian war

Answer 9

Venetia

Question 10

The intellectual movement for the resurgence hoped a unified Italy could recapture the glories of her past history

Answer 10

Risorgimento