Italian Unification 1849-60 Factual Revision Quizzes & Flashcards

 

Tests & Quizzes - Part 3...

...On the events of 1849-59 as part of revision for the OCR AS level History paper on Italian Unification.

This resource contains 35 different questions on the period in question and can be used as Flashcards, a quiz, a crossword & a wordsearch. You should (hopefully) get different questions each time you do a quiz. 

Also check out Mr Podesta's Italian Unification Podcasts & PowerPoints - http://ictforlearning.org.uk/italy/

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The name of the laws introduced in Piedmont in March 1850 with the aim of limiting the Church's power
Siccardi
1 of 33
Thanks predominantly to Cavour's Free Trade laws and programme of spending to induce growth, by how much did import/expect in Piedmont increase between 1850-59 (to the nearest hundred percent))
Three
2 of 33
The Prime Minister of Piedmont between 1849 and 1852
D'Azeglio
3 of 33
The name of the Parliamentary alliance between the Centre-Right and the Centre-Left in late 1851/early 1852
Connubio
4 of 33
The name of the leader of the centre-left at the time of the parliamentary alliance in 1851/2
Rattazzi
5 of 33
Cavour was passionate about building infrastructure and growing the economy. As part of his railway building project, through which mountain did he build?
Mont Cenis
6 of 33
The main French banking family that helped to find the Piedmontese Railway developments
Rothschild
7 of 33
The public debt in Piedmont by 1859 (to the nearest 100 million lire)
Seven
8 of 33
The alternative name for the Austrian empire
Habsburg
9 of 33
The name of the Prussian economic policy that gave Prussia the upper hand over Austria in European Trade and Economics over Autria
Zollverein
10 of 33
The number of troops that Cavour ordered to be dispatched to the Crimea (to the nearest thousand)
Fifteen
11 of 33
The number of Piedmontese men lost in battle at the fall of Sebastopol
Fourteen
12 of 33
The war that lasted between 1853 and 1856
Crimean
13 of 33
The society founded in 1856 in Piedmont, with the aim of promoting Italian Unity
National
14 of 33
The name of the main leader of the pro-Unification society in Piedmont (founded in 1856)
Pallavicino
15 of 33
As a young man and prior to his Kingship, Louis Napoleon had taken part in which liberal Italian rebellion in 1831?
Papal States
16 of 33
The name of the post-Crimean war peace settlement
Congress of Paris
17 of 33
On the 14th January 1858, who led a plot to assassinate Louis Napoleon at the Opera in Paris?
Orsini
18 of 33
The location of the secret meeting that took place on 20th July 1858
Plombieres
19 of 33
The number of troops promised by France in order to fight Austria at the secret meeting of 1858 (to the nearest hundred thousand)
One
20 of 33
The two provinces promised to France in return for military support against Austria
Nice & Savoy
21 of 33
The name of the 15-year-old daughter of Victor Emmanuel II who sealed the secret deal of 1858 by marrying the middle-aged Prince Jerome Bonaparte
Marie Clotilde
22 of 33
The name of the Austrian General who led the Austrian army in their invasion of Piedmont following the declaration of war on 29th April 1859
Gyulai
23 of 33
The name of the leader of the provisional government of Tuscany who, following the removal of Duke Leopold in 1859, annexed his country and became part of Piedmont
Ricasoli
24 of 33
The name of the leader of the provisional government of Modena & Parma who, following the removal of their Dukes in 1859, annexed his countries and became part of Piedmont
Farini
25 of 33
The name of Garibaldi's specialist guerilla corps of 3000 devoted men who lived in the mountains & forests and launched small scale attacks on the Austrians
Alpine Hunters
26 of 33
The name of the battle that took place on the 4th June 1859
Magenta
27 of 33
The name of the battle that took place on the 24th June 1859
Solferino
28 of 33
The name of the place where the armistice between Austria and France was signed on 11th July 1859
Villafranca
29 of 33
The British Prime Minister who came to power in 1859 and was supportive of the Italian cause
Lord Palmerston
30 of 33
At the 1859 Armistice, Lombardy was given to France, who gave it to...
Piedmont
31 of 33
The name of the Treaty that formally ended the Franco Piedmont-Austrian war
Zurich
32 of 33
Following a brief resignation in 1859, who returned to be Prime Minister of Piedmont on 21st January 1860?
Cavour
33 of 33

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Card 2

Front

Thanks predominantly to Cavour's Free Trade laws and programme of spending to induce growth, by how much did import/expect in Piedmont increase between 1850-59 (to the nearest hundred percent))

Back

Three

Card 3

Front

The Prime Minister of Piedmont between 1849 and 1852

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The name of the Parliamentary alliance between the Centre-Right and the Centre-Left in late 1851/early 1852

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The name of the leader of the centre-left at the time of the parliamentary alliance in 1851/2

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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