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Jeopardy 29
Unification and Nationalism
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History
10th Grade
04/03/2007

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Prime minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890
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Otto van Bismarck
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Basis of Prussian strength
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the army
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Bismarck's official position
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prime minister, or chancellor
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Title of the German emperor
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Kaiser
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Dominant state in the new German union of 1867
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Prussia
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Major rival of Prussia for German leadership
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Austria
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Capital of the German empire (and of Prussia)
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Berlin
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France's war against Prussia in 1870
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the Franco-Prussian War
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Foundation of Germany's strong economy
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German industries
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Reformers strongly opposed by Bismarck
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socialists
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Event engineered by Bismarck to make the southern German states allies of the North
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the Franco-Prussian War
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Northern country Prussia and Austria fought in 1864
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Denmark
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Bismarck's nickname, from his statement that he would unite Germany by "blood and iron"
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the Iron Chancellor
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Union of German states after the Congress of Vienna
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the German Confederation
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Prussia's brief 1866 war against Austria
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the Seven Weeks' War
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New union of German states established in 1867
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the North German Confederation
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King of Prussia from 1861 to 1868 and German emperor as of 1871
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William I
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Conservative aristocratic landowners
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Junkers
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Customs union that promoted free trade among German states
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the Zollverein
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Two small northern states Austria and Prussia fought Denmark for
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the Schleswig and Holstein
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Realistic, tough-minded politics pursued by Bismarck
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Realpolitik
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Message from the Prussian king released by Bismarck to anger the French people
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the Ems dispatch
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The two houses of the German legislative branch
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the Bundesrat and Reichstag
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Italian states ruled by the pope
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the Papal States
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Large island at the southern end of Italy
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Sicily
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City ruled by the pope until 1870
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Rome
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Economic base of northern Italy
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industry
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Economic base of southern Italy
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agriculture
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Secret society formed by local strong men in Sicily
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the Mafia (or Camorra)
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The self-proclaimed "prisoner of the Vatican"
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the pope
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Capital of the kingdom of Italy
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Rome
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Leader who liberated southern Italy
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Kingdom of the lower half of Italy
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the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
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Garibaldi's army
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the Red Shirts
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Southern capital seized by Garibaldi and his army
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Naples
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King of Sardinia and of Italy
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Victor Emmanuel II
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French ruler who allied his nation with Sardinia
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Napoleon III
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Prime minister of Sardinia who wored for Italian unity
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Count di Cavour
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Ally of Sardinia in its war with Austria
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France
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Major power that dominated a divided Italy
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Austria
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Leader of Italian unification movements before 1850
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Giuseppe Mazzini
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The Italian nationalistic movement: Italian for "resurgence"
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Risorgimento
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Northern Italian state Sardinia gained after the brief war with Austria
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Lombardy
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Secret Italian nationalist society of the early 1800s
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the Carbonari
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New youthful Italian nationalist movement of the 1830s
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Young Italy
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State added to Italy after the Austro-Prussian War in 1866
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Venetia
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Dominant power of Central Europe
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the Austrian Empire
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Ruling family of Austria
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the Hapsburgs
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Region that joined equally with Austria in 1867
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Hungary
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The Dual Monarchy
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Austria-Hungary
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Feeling of loyalty and patriotism toward a country, strong in Central Europe
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nationalism
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Majority population and language of Hungary
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Magyar
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Dominant nationality and language of Austria
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German
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Dominant power in the Balkans in the 1860s
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the Ottoman Empire
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Nickname for the Ottoman Empire
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"The Sick Man of Europe"
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The Ottoman type of government
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autocratic
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Country that defeated the Ottoman Empire in 1878
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Russia
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International conference that rewrote the Russian-Ottoman treaty
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the Congress of Berlin
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Ruler of the Ottoman Empire
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sultan
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Ally of the Balkan people
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Russia
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Major ally of the Ottoman Empire
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Great Britain
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Emperor of Austria from 1848 to 1916 and King of Hungary as of 1867
Definition
Franz Josef I
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Conflict in which Austria lost territory to both Prussia and Italy
Definition
the Seven Weeks' War
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Three of the major peoples of the Balkans
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Serbs, Bulgarians, Romanians, and Greeks
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Treaty between Russia and the Ottoman Empire in 1878
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the Treaty of San Stefano
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Mediterranean island gained by Great Britain from the Turks in 1878
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Cyprus
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Balkan state that gained self-rule in 1878 and independence in 1908
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Bulgaria
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Russian form of government under the tsars
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autocracy
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Institution abolished by the tsar in 1861
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serfdom
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Freedom from serfdom (or slavery)
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emancipation
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Cause of Alexander's death
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assassination
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Radicals who favored bombings and political killings
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terrorists
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Russia wanted access to this sea.
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the Mediterranean
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Program that forced non-Russians to adopt Russian culture and customs
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Russification
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Policy that favored the union of all Slavic peoples
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Pan-Slavism
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War Russia fought against France, Great Britain, and the Ottoman Empire in 1855-56
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the Crimean War
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Body of water that bordered the Crimea
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the Black Sea
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The only real benefit of the Crimean War
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creation of modern field hospitals, prof. nursing for wounded
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Tsar who allowed a number of liberal reforms
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Alexander II
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Moderate reformers who became more and more radical
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socialists
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Type of language shared by Russians, Bulgarians, and Serbs
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Slavic
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Strongly nationalistic European people who were part of the Russian Empire
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Finns and Poles
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New class that supported freedom for the serfs
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middle-class industrialists
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Russian naval base under siege for 11 months
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Sevastopol (or Sebastopol)
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Radical activists who wanted to abolish all political and social structures in Russia
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Nihilists (or anarchists)
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Radicals who urged land reform and a better life for the peasants
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Populists
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Violent, often fatal mob attacks, especially against Jews
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pogroms
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Russia claimed to be the protector of these peoples within the Ottoman Empire
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Orthodox Christians
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