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Europe 1815-1900

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : European : Europe 1815-1900

Introduction:
"This quiz is primarily concerned with broad historical trends in this period and ought not to be particularly hard. Have fun!"


1. The peace settlement agreed at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 favored dynasties at the expense of nationalities.
    True
    False


2. Which of the following was NOT a member of the Holy Alliance?
    Russia
    Prussia
    Britain
    Austria


3. In 1815 industrialization was already well under way in Britain. Which region was the next to industrialize on a large scale?
    Saxony-Bohemia
    N. France-S.Belgium
    N. Rhineland-The Ruhr
    The Ukraine


4. Which was last European country to abolish serfdom?
    Portugal
    Austria
    Russia
    Spain


5. Which set of beliefs, ideology or '-ism' proved most disruptive to the settlement of 1815?
    Social Darwinism
    Conservatism
    Nationalism
    Socialism


6. Until the late 1850s which European power sought to be predominant in both Germany and Italy?
    Answer: (One Word)


7. Which country, having lost most of its overseas empire by 1825, failed to re-establish itself as a major imperial power again?
    Spain
    Portugal
    France
    Italy


8. Which European country, by contrast, having lost (and sold) most of its empire outside Europe by about 1810, succeeded in establishing a new and substantial overseas empire from 1830 onwards?
    Answer: (One Word)


9. There were two years in the earlier part of this period when large areas of Europe erupted in rebellion and revolution. One was 1848, the other was ...?
    Answer: (Year . Hint - before 1848)


10. Until about 1880 which decaying empire was artificially sustained by Britain and, to a somewhat lesser extent, also by France?
    Ottoman Empire
    Russian Empire
    Austrian Empire
    Spanish Empire


11. In the 1880s and 1890s intense overseas rivalries developed in particular between Britain, France and Germany in the 'Scramble for ______'?
    Answer: (A continent - one word)


12. Industrialization led to the rise of labor unions and later also of socialist parties. Which was the first country to have a significant number of socialist representatives in the national legislature?
    France
    Germany
    Italy
    Britain


13. In the second half of the 19th century two thinkers had a particularly revolutionary impact that continued well into the next century. One was Charles Darwin, the other was a political thinker and philospher of history. What was his name?
    Answer: (Two Words - First and last name)


14. In which of these countries was *politically organized* anti-Semitism weakest at the end of the century?
    Austria-Hungary
    Britain
    France
    Russia


15. By 1875 (at the latest) which country had emerged unambiguously as the leading military and economic power in Continental Europe?
    Answer: (One Word)


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