introduction & repetition

Question 1

political system of the uk

Answer 1

constitutional monarchy

Question 2

1801 act of union

Answer 2

ireland would have 100 mps in the house of commons

Question 3

what is the industrial revolution?

Answer 3

a process of change from handmade economy to an industrialised one. 1770 - 1830

Question 4

greatest invention of the industrial revolution

Answer 4

steam engine

Question 5

queen victoria

Answer 5

ruled 1837 - 1901, also wore the title of an empress of india

Question 6

the sues canal

Answer 6

constructed in the 1800s, bought by the british on the initiatie of benjamin disraeli

Question 7

start of the french revolution

Answer 7

1789, france

Question 8

battle over the bastille fort

Answer 8

climax of the first french revolution

Question 9

declaration of the right of men

Answer 9

1789, france, “all men are born and remain free and equal in right”

Question 10

1792, france

Answer 10

the declaration of the first french republic

Question 11

1804, france

Answer 11

france was proclaimed an empire under napoleon’s rules

Question 12

battle of waterloo

Answer 12

1815, napoleon’s last battle

Question 13

the bourbon restoration

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1814-1830, under louis xviii, house of bourbon returned to power after the fall of the first french empire. later ruled by charles x. constitutional monarchy

Question 14

the july revolution

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1830, also known as the second french revolution. it marked the shift from a constitutional monarchy under charles x to the july monarchy, with louis philippe as the king

Question 15

the february revolution

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1848, Paris, led to the end of the july monarchy and paved the way for the second french empire.

Question 16

the second french empire

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1852-1870 under the rule of napoleon the third. in its early years it was an authoritarian state with heavily restricted civil liberties

Question 17

achievments of the second french empire

Answer 17

economic growth and industrialisation; bettering at foreign policy

Question 18

1815 vienna settlements

Answer 18

reduced france to its 1789 borders and formed the german confederation

Question 19

kingdom of prussia

Answer 19

1701-1918, formed by frederick the first, had a bicameral parliament

Question 20

zollverein / german customs union

Answer 20

a customs union of 1834 consisting of 28 out of 39 german federal states. internal tariffs were abolished and a common trade policy was developed with outside states

Question 21

junkers

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prussian nobility

Question 22

the seven weeks war

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austro-prussian war in 1866; prussia challenged austria for the leadership over the german confederation. it resulted in the treaty of prague,

Question 23

the treaty of prague 1866

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• annexation of Hanover, Nassau, Frankfurt and the danish states by prussia
• formation of the north german confederation

Question 24

north german confederation

Answer 24

formed in 1866, an union of northern german states north of the main river.
second step to german unification

Question 25

reichstag

Answer 25

the federal state’s lower house of parliament. it debated and approved (or not) taxes and laws and also could propose laws on its own.

Question 26

the franco-prussian war consequences

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• estabilishment of the second reich
• estabilishment of the third french republic
• italian annexion of the papal states

Question 27

the second reich

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founded on 18th january 1871; william the first was the german emperor and bismarck the chancellor; federal state consisting of four kingdoms and three cities; constituional monarchy in theory, authoritarian in practice

Question 28

foreign policy of the second reich

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very peaceful; bismarcks two concerns were the balkan peninsula and france

Question 29

four stages of german unification

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Step 1- War with Denmark.
Step 2- 7 Weeks War- 1866.
Step 3 – Creation of the Northern German Confederation – 1867.
Step 4 – Franco-Prussian War. (1870- 1871)

Question 30

the austrian empire

Answer 30

started in 1804 by francis the second (later francis the first) in response to the proclamation of the first french empire

Question 31

who started the hapsburg dynasty

Answer 31

rudolf the first in the 13th century

Question 32

list the emperors of austrian empire

Answer 32

francis the first, ferdinard the first and franz joseph the first

Question 33

compromise between hungary and austria name

Answer 33

ausgleich

Question 34

ausgleich what did it establish

Answer 34

austria and hungary shared a common ruler and ministries; hungary was given full internal autonomy and the parliament was re-estabilished

Question 35

kingdom of sardinia

Answer 35

an italian state in north western italy; until 1848 it was an absolute monarchy, but then it switched to a constitutional monarchy

Question 36

the papal staet

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756-1870, capital in rome, absolute monarchy

Question 37

kingdom of two scillies

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largest italian state, in southern part of italy; house of bourbon

Question 38

RISORGIMENTO

Answer 38

19th century political and social movement that resulted in the consolidation of different states of italy into one single state

Question 39

the second war of italian independence

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1861, provoked by minister of piedmot, kingdom of italy unified and victor emmanuel 2 became the king

Question 40

realpolitik

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bismarcks policy that principles mattered less than outcomes