This British author was famous for his realistic novels which vividly described the urban poor and the brutalization of human life during Britain’s industrial age.
Who is Charles Dickens?
100
This British naturalist/biologist argued against the idea of special creation and believed that animals evolved over time and in response to their environment.
Who is Charles Darwin?
100
This was the name of the customs union of all the German states except Austria, formed by Prussia in 1834.
What is the Zollverein?
100
This man's policies included the rebuilding and beautification of Paris and going to war against Bismarck-led Prussia.
Who is Napoleon III?
100
This country was the dominant power on the Italian peninsula.
What is Austria?
200
Realism was first used to describe this French painter’s works which included factory workers, peasants, and road workers.
Who is Gustave Courbet?
200
This French biologist formulated the germ theory of disease
Who is Louis Pasteur?
200
This was Prussia’s prime minister who helped unify the German states into the new German Empire.
Who is Otto von Bismarck?
200
These two wrote the Communist Manifesto.
Who are Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels?
200
This man was the prime minister who allied with France to fight the Austrians in Italy.
Who is Count Camillo di Cavour?
300
This French author wrote Madame Bovary about a woman who seeks romance but kills herself when her dreams are unfulfilled.
Who is Gustave Flaubert?
300
This is the name of the book written by Charles Darwin in which he argued for the animal origins of human beings.
What is The Descent of Man?
300
This political strategy based on practical concerns rather than theory or ethics was used by Prussia’s prime minister to help achieve German unification.
What is Realpolitik?
300
In addition to the Ottoman Empire, these two countries also declared war on Russia during the Crimean War.
What are France and Britain?
300
This man led the Army of Red Shirts to fight for independence in southern Italy.
Who is Giuseppe Garibaldi?
400
The themes of this German composer included myths and epic tales.
Who is Richard Wagner?
400
This British-born woman became the first female to receive a medical degree in the United States.
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
400
Bismarck did this to goad France into war in 1870.
What is altered a telegram?
400
He freed the Russian serfs, which gave them some benefits, but nobles limited the amount of good land available to them.
Who is Alexander II?
400
This northern Italian state/kingdom was instrumental in fighting for Italian unification.
What is the Piedmont?
500
This French painter depicted scenes of rural life, especially painters laboring in the fields as evidenced in his most famous work The Gleaners.
Who is Jean-Francois Millet?
500
This British surgeon discovered that bacteria can enter a wound and cause infection so he developed the use of antiseptics to clean wounds.
Who is Joseph Lister?
500
This man became Germany’s first kaiser.
Who was William I?
500
This Tory prime minister helped pass the Reform Act of 1867 which helped enfranchise many male urban workers in England.