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Unit 7 Study Guide

Age of Realpolitik

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1. Tell me two people who were instrumental in
the unification of Italy. Circle who was more

Answer
1.
2.

important.
2. What country dominated the German
unification movement?
3. What leader was instrumental in the German
unification movement?
4. Describe Cavours role in Italian unification.
5. What does the term realpolitik mean? What
was it a reaction against?
6. Why was Napoleon IIIs reign called the
liberal empire?
7. Which countrys unification greatly upset the
balance of power in Europe?
8. Who was kind to Austria after their military
victory
9. What difficulties did Italy face after
unification?
10. How did leaders during this time use
nationalism to their advantage?
11. Describe Garabaldis role in Italian unification.
12. What were the Falloux laws?
13. What social class (German name) was
Bismarck from?
14. Garibaldis followers were known as the:
15. The dual monarchy refers to what country?
16. What was the Eastern Question? Who was the
sick man of Europe?
17. The Frankfurt Parliament was an attempt to do
what?
18. Why did Napoleon III lose his thrown?
19. What was the Second French Republic? What
was the Second French Empire?
20. The Concert of Europe was shattered as a
result of what war?
21. What is Florence Nightingale known for?

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2.

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22. What was changed about the city of Paris

during the late 1800s?

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Age of Mass Politics

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Answer

23. What does mass politics even mean?

24. What was the Paris Commune? What happened to
it?
25. How would you describe Alexander II of Russia?
26. What is an example of social welfare? What is it
also known as?
27. What country was excluded from German
unification? Who did they unify with instead?

1.
2.
1.
2.

28. What is a pogrom?

29. Ideas of free speech and press and representative
governments are associated with what ism?
30. What action would an anarchist be likely to
commit? Who did this happen to?
31. What is the German parliament called?
32. Who was the first country to set up a social welfare
state?
33. Religiously, northern Germany is ____ and southern
is ___.

1.
2.

34. Where/what were Ferry Laws?

35. Which country had universal male suffrage first?
36. What was the Dreyfus Affair? Who helped expose
the truth? What was the result?
37. What was the Emancipation Act? What was the
result?

38. What rights were women concerned with in the

second half of the 19th century (besides suffrage)?
39. What was the Jewish question?
40. What is a Zemstvo? What is a mir?
41. What happened to education during this time?
Who became responsible for providing it?
42. What was the result of Alexander IIs
assassination?
43. In England, which two parties jockeyed for power?
Who led the parties?
44. What country was most brutal to their Jews? Why
did they do that?
45. During 1900 to 1914, what was happening to
Russia in terms of industrialization?

1.
2.
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2.
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2.
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46. What was Zionism? Who wrote the book that

helped launch the movement?

47. Britain supported the Ottoman Empire during the

19th century because they wanted to discourage
the expansion of

Age of Imperialism

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48. What is imperialism?

49. What was the Berlin Conference?
50. What were the requirements for the Berlin
Conference if a country wanted to add
territory to their empire?
51. Tell me the names of the top 5 imperial powers
of this time.
52.

Tell me two main reasons why imperialism

started? (the search for ___ and ___)

53.

How was Indias government structured?

What made it a little more enlightened than,

say, African govs?
54.

Which Asian country avoided European

imperialism and instead became their own

colonial power?
55.

Which countries were involved in China?

Also, which Asian country was too?

56.

The white mans burden is an example of

____ ____.
57.

What happened to world trade as a result

of imperialism?
58.

What years made up the Age of

Imperialism?
59.

Culturally speaking, what can we say about

the countries of north Africa?

60.

Why were European countries interested in

Africa in the 17th and 18th century? (pay

attention to the years)
61.

What was the result of the Sepoy

Rebellion?
62.

Which country had control of southern

Africa?

1.
2.
3.

4.
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What was the underlying reason for the

Sepoy rebellion?
64.

Why does the Suez Canal matter? Who did

it matter most to?

65.

Who/what first conquered India?

66.

Why did Christian missionaries travel to

Africa?
67.

What were some benefits India received

from British occupation?

68.

What area did Leopold II make his own

personal colony? What resource did it

possess?
69.

What major Middle Eastern resource was

discovered in 1908?
70.

These two major religions of India were

often fighting, allowing for the British to take

advantage.
71.

What did the British do to local Indian

industries? What did the British force Indians

to buy?
72.

What did imperial powers in Africa and

India do to the local food crop system? What

was the result?
73.

What methods did Gandhi use to oppose

British rule?
74.

Some people in Indian learned English,

began to read, and as a result

75.

What lesson did China learn from the

Opium War?
76.

What did the rest of the world learn from

the Opium War?

77.

What city did Britain gain as a result of

their victory in the Opium War?

78.

Christians in China were attacked in the

____
79.

Who was Livingston? What was he doing?

Who was Stanley?

80.

Describe Social Darwinism.

81.

What was the Fashoda Incident?

82.

What were some French assets in Africa?

Where are they located? How does it impact

France today?

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2.

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What were some Germany territories in

Africa?
84.

What two countries maintained their

independence in Africa?
85.

Who was the only European power to be

defeated in Africa?
86.

China wasnt conquered, exactly. Instead,

countries of the world established ____ __ ____

or trading zones.
87.

What valuable resource came from India?

88.

What was the Taiping Rebellion? Who

won?
89.

Who won the Russo-Japanese War?

90.

Which country forced their way into

isolated Japan? What was the surprising

result?
91.

After what major world event did

imperialism seem to come to an end? (for ex:

Indian was given independence)
92.

Whats the difference between New and

Old Imperialism?
93.

What countries were having emigrants

leave their lands? Where were they headed?

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