Breakdown of Empires
Vocab
Important People
Power Shifts
Miscellaneous
100

The war that broke up the Austrian empire into several separate nation states.

What is world war 1?

100

Forcing Russian culture on all the ethnic groups in the empire.

What is russification?

100

He was crowned Kaiser/emperor.

Who was King Wilhelm I of Prussia?

100

The five Great Powers in Europe.

What are Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia?

100

The majority of southern Germans were of this religion.

What is Catholic?

200

The policy that helped crumbled the Russian empire .


What is Russification?

200

Strongly conservative members of wealthy landowning class.

What are Junkers?

200

He was Sardinia’s king in 1852.

Who was King Emmanuel ॥?

200

The Great Power in Europe that gained leadership over Germany.

What is Prussia?

200

Border conflicts with Austria over Schleswig and Holstein provoked Austria to declare war on Prussia in 1866 known as this.

What is the Seven Weeks’ War?

300

This caused tension and weakened the Ottoman empire.

What is the Ottomans granted equal citizenship to all under their rule?

300

Tough power politics.

What is realpolitik?

300

He was the greatest and noblest of Germany’s statesmen.


Who was Otto von Bismarck?

300

The two Great Powers in Europe was the most powerful in 1871.

What are Britain and Germany/Prussia?

300

Had several advantages that led to a strong German state. Had a mainly German population and their army was the most powerful in central Europe.

What is Prussia?

400

He led the unification of Italy.

Who is Camillo di Cavour?

400

Emperor of Germany.

What is a kaiser?

400

He led a small army of Italian nationalists and he was a bold & visionary soldier.

Who was Giuseppe Garibaldi?


400

Was crowned kaiser at the captured French palace.

Who is King Wilhelm I of Prussia?

400

With the king’s approval, Bismarck declared that he would rule without these two things.


What is the consent of Parliament and a legal budget?

500

This idea caused empires to unify or weaken.

What is Nationalism?

500

The process of being united or made into a whole.


What is unification?

500

He was the cunning statesman who worked tirelessly to expand Piedmont-Sardinia's power. 

Who was Camillo di Cavour?

500

This empire was considered the first Reich in Germany.

What is The Holy Roman Empire?

500

These two countries formed an alliance and went to war against Denmark and won two border provinces, Schleswig and Holstein. Which increased national pride among them.

What is Prussia and Austria?