The Road to World War I

Question 1

Civil Liberty

Answer 1

A freedom from absolute rule or power.

Question 2

French Revolution

Answer 2

The overthrow of the Bourbon monarchy in France. (1789-1799)

Question 3

France’s national motto

Answer 3

Liberté, égalité et fraternité. (Liberty, equality and fraternity)

Question 4

Jacobins

Answer 4

People who belonged to the Jacobin club

Question 5

What was the timeframe of Napoleon’s reign?

Answer 5

1799-1815

Question 6

The ruling family of Austria

Answer 6

The Hapsburgs

Question 7

The ruling family of Prussia

Answer 7

The Hohenzollerns

Question 8

Define Conscription

Answer 8

The process of drafting for the army.

Question 9

The Corsican who was a product of the revolution.

Answer 9

Napoleon.

Question 10

The two cities that were the borders of the French army under revolution.

Answer 10

Madrid and Moscow

Question 11

The year in which Napoleon was exiled

Answer 11

1815

Question 12

The parties of the Congress of Vienna

Answer 12

England, Russia, Prussia, and Austria

Question 13

The man who ruled Austria at the time of the Congress of Vienna

Answer 13

Metternich

Question 14

Define reactionary

Answer 14

Someone who resists change and wants to move to a previous condition

Question 15

The desire of the Congress of Vienna

Answer 15

Absolutism

Question 16

Define absolutism

Answer 16

An absolute monarchy

Question 17

The two things the Congress of Vienna wanted to crush

Answer 17

Nationalism and liberalism

Question 18

Define nationalism

Answer 18

Loyalty to ones’s country and desire for a country of your own.

Question 19

Define liberalism

Answer 19

The movement to secure individual liberties (religion, speech, press, etc…)

Question 20

The timespan of the Concert of Europe

Answer 20

1815-1848

Question 21

Define Concert of Europe

Answer 21

European government by agreement that resisted change, especially liberalism and nationalism

Question 22

The two beliefs which no longer coincided after 1848

Answer 22

Nationalism and liberalism

Question 23

The country that unifies Germany and the man responsible

Answer 23

Prussia and Bismarck

Question 24

The two enemies of Bismarck

Answer 24

Austria and France

Question 25

Define “real politik”- taking actions to solve conditions as they are, not as they should be

Answer 25

• Taking actions to solve conditions as they are, not as they should be

Question 26

Define: Danish war

Answer 26

A war between Austria and Prussia that occurred in 1864.

Question 27

Define: 7 weeks war.

Answer 27

Another way between Austria and Prussia

Question 28

Define: “needle gun”

Answer 28

A gun that could fire 6 times faster than a rifle

Question 29

Define: Franco-Prussian war

Answer 29

A war between France and Prussia (obviously) in which Prussia annihilated the French army that occurred between 1870-1871

Question 30

The treaty that emerges from the Franco-Prussian war

Answer 30

The Treaty of Frankfort

Question 31

The three conditions under the Treaty of Frankfort

Answer 31

1. Bismarck wants Alsace and Lorraine
2. Indemnity of 5 billion francs
3. Prussia king crowned Emperor at Versailles

Question 32

Define: ultimatum

Answer 32

Set of commands which must be completed within a certain time

Question 33

Define: mobilization

Answer 33

Calling of troops