Regions/Cities/Places

Question 1

Island in the Mediterranean. Birthplace of Napoleon.

Answer 1

Corsica

Question 2

Wealthy region of Northwest Italy. Site of Napoleon’s First Italian Campaign

Answer 2

Lombardy

Question 3

A broad valley in Northern Italy separated by the Alps and the Appenines.
Wealthy area.
The Po River, which flows through the valley, drains into the Adriatic Sea near Venice.

Answer 3

The Po Valley

Question 4

A town in the former Austrian Empire.
Site of a famous battle between France and the Third Coalition (Russia, Austria, Sweden, and Prussia, heavily financed by Britain).
French victory over combined allied forces.

Answer 4

Austerlitz

Question 5

A small country in central Italy governed by the pope.

Answer 5

Papal States

Question 6

Capital of France. Site of Napoleon’s self-coronation.

Answer 6

Paris

Question 7

Capital of Austria. Taken by Napoleon during his 1805 campaign.

Answer 7

Vienna

Question 8

New state in Northern Italy created by Napoleon.

Answer 8

Cisalpine Republic

Question 9

Another name for the Austrian Empire, the last Catholic kingdom on the continent that presented a serious political rival to Napoleon’s revolutionary French Empire.

Answer 9

Holy Roman Empire