NATIONALISM IN EUROPE – CLASS X- HISTORY

REVISION – FA-1-2024-25
HISTORY- NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
Q.1 What steps did the French revolutionaries take to create a sense of identity among French
people? (3) CBSE 2015

Q.2 What changes did Napoleon introduce to make the administrative system more efficient in the
territories ruled by him? CBSE 2017

Q.3 Briefly trace the process of German Unification. (CBSE 2017-2018)

Q.4 Who are Marianne and Germania? What was the importance of way in which they were
portrayed?

Q.5 Write a note on

a. Greek war of Independence

b. Frankfurt Parliament

c. The role of women in nationalist struggle

d. Giuseppe Mazzini

e. Count Camillo Cavour

f. Balkan crisis

Q.6 How was the history of Nationalism in Britain unlike the rest of Europe?

Q.7 Why did nationalist tensions emerge in the Balkans?

Q.8 What was Zollverein? What were its wider implications?

Q.9 “The decade of 1830 had brought great economic hardship in Europe.” Support the statement
with arguments.

Q.10 Describe the role of Otto von Bismarck in the making of Germany.

Q.11 Explain the political situation of Italy before its unification.

Q.12 How did Britain came into existence as a nation- stat? Explain.

Q.13 Liberalism in the early – nineteen- century advocated for economic freedom, aiming to
eliminate barriers in the movement of goods and capital.” Justify the statement.

Q.14 “The growth of revolution nationalism in Europe sparked a struggle for independence amongst
the Greeks starting in 1821.” Justify this statement.

Q.15 “Mazzini believed that God had intended nations to be the natural units of mankind. So Italy
could not continue to be patchwork of small states and kingdoms.” How did Giuseppe Mazzini’s
vision of national unity, as a reflection of divine intent, influence his drive for Italian unification?
Q.16 Napoleon had destroyed democracy in France but in the administrative field he incorporated
revolutionary principles in order to make the whole system more rational and efficient.” Analyse the
statement with arguments.

Q.17 Explain New conservatism in Europe after 1815.

Q.18 How did culture and language play an important role in Europe in creating idea of a nation?

Q.19 Analyse the process of Unification of Italy.

Q.20 Analyse the decisions taken by conservatives at the Congress of Vienna in the year 1815.

COMPETANCY BASES QUESTIONS:

Q.1 In 1815, representative of the European powers – Britain, Russia, Prussia and Austria – who had
collectively defeated Napoleon, met at Vienna to draw up a settlement for Europe. The main
intention was to restore the monarchies that had overthrown by Napoleon and create a new
conservative order in Europe.

Q.2 Oliver ran a business that spread across Germany, the Dutch Republic and Italy when the
Napoleonic Code of 1804 was implemented.

POLITICAL SCIENCE- POWER SHARING

Q.1 What are the different forms of Power Sharing in modern democracies? Give an example of each
of these.

Q.2 State one prudential reason and one moral reason for power sharing with an example from the
Indian context.

Q.3 What is the complex ethnic composition of Belgium in terms of the percentage each language of
spoken there? What arrangements were worked out by the Belgium leaders in order to
accommodate regional differences and cultural diversities?

Q.4 Describe the tension that existed between the Dutch and the French speaking people in
Belgium.

Q.5 What impact would lack of power sharing have on the country?

Q.6 Name any two countries with which Belgium has borders with.

Q.7 What was the majoritarian measures taken in Srilanka to establish Sinhala supremacy?

Q.8 “Both Belgium and Srilanka are democracies but they follow different systems of power
sharing.” Support the statement by giving three points of differences.

Q.9 Explain the power sharing arrangement of Lebanon.

COMPETANCY BASES QUESTIONS:

Q.1 Virat Iyer visited Srilanka in 1980’s, where he witnessed social conflict among different
communities. What was the conflict and what was its ultimate consequence?