The way it used to be
Giuseppe Garibaldi was famous for fighting and uniting which nation?
Italy
Who was the politician (the "iron chancellor") that pushed for Prussian power and helped unite Germany as a nation? He hated democracy and gave his famous "Blud und Eisen" ("Blood and Iron") speech to show how strong his desire was to build a united Germany.
Otto von Bismarck
Which 18th century event sparked the rise of "nationalism," causing other nations to follow its model?
French Revolution
What island did Napoleon escape from and return for the "100 Days" AND what was his last battle?
Elba; Waterloo
Besides the Industrial Revolution (IR), what other major European event brought about the ideology of socialism?
French Revolution
Identify the two nations that experienced the most stunning nationalistic achievements of the 19th century. They both had ancient regional identities, but a total lack political unity.
Italy and Germany
Who was the Englishman who said of the common man, they are "uneducated, inexperienced ... " and that they "had no business" in politics?
Edmund Burke
The notion that some nations had "spirits," invested in the core principle of their people, and the people believed in folktales and myths about their ancient past (such as Germany) was called:
Romanticism
Otto Von Bismarck's kulturkampf ("culture struggle") proved he was against which three of four groups:
Catholics, socialists, feminists, and Jews
The ideas of reason, rationality, and progress found their source in which term?
Liberalism
How long had the monarchical or conservative systems of government in Europe been the rule before the French Revolution?
1,000 years
Whose work in the Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races helped push a racist ideology, that Europeans were superior to other people, and greatly influenced Adolf Hitler's views on anti-Semitism?
Arthur de Gobineau
"Realpolitik" was the favorite political approach of Otto von Bismarck of Germany ... Give two responses to what the term means:
A political philosophy that insisted on being completely pragmatic and realistic, rather than pursuing empty goals like "glory" or pulling punches in the name of moral rectitude.
Name the country whose leader, when handed the new nation's constitution, refused it, calling it a "crown from the gutter." (He already had the powerful army backing him and he felt didn't need political rule!)
Prussia (King Wilhelm IV)
What is the "Marseillaise?"
French national anthem
It was written in 1792 when France declared war on Austria.
The "Decembrist Uprising" of the 19th century was the only revolt by this nation. It was based on the desire for a new constitution, new rights, and freeing the serfs. Which nation witnessed this event?
Russia
This person believed that "productivity was tied to happiness" and was the originator of early English labor unions:
Robert Owen
List at least two of the three nations that formed the Holy Alliance, assembled after the Napoleonic Wars had ended:
Austria, Prussia, Russia
What relation was Napoleon III to Napoleon Bonaparte?
He was his nephew.
Just like the first Napoleon, there had been a short period of democracy, then a dictator; this process repeated itself under Napoleon III.
Which nation, when trying to address irregularities in its voting districts, found that there were real problems ... some districts had no one living in them, some were farmland, and some districts were underwater due to rising sea water!
Great Britain
Which nation had been carved up "like pieces of a cake" between Austria, Prussia, and Russia in the 18th century, till it no longer existed as a nation?
Hint: This "carving" happens in WWI and again in WWII to the same nation.
Poland
US President James Monroe issued the Monroe Doctrine in 1823 ... what was its message to European powers?
It forbade European powers from interfering in the politics of the Americas.
Two-word term for the idea that spread throughout Europe such that traditional monarchies would be dethroned, and all people would inhabit all nations, asserting their sovereignty and independence ...
Youth Movement
(Young Italy, Young Germany, etc)
The Hohenzollerns helped take this nation from a backwater, natural resource-lacking country, far from intellectual and cultural centers to a prominent military power in the 18th century. Identify this nation:
Prussia
Name at least two of the Balkan territories that were ruled by the Ottoman Empire (and in 1914 would fight to be free, starting WW I):
Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia