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History exam 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Junker | Conservative members of Prussia's wealthy landowning class |
| Kaiser | Leader or emperor (in German) |
| Radicals | A person whose philosophy calls for drastic change |
| Conservative | Typically calls for the return to traditional monarchies of Europe |
| Nationalism | the belief that a person's loyalty to their country & culture |
| Russification | the act of forcing Russian culture on non- Russian citizens that were part of the Russian Empire |
| Camillo di Cavour | Hes prime minister by Victor Emmanuel the 2nd & was known for skilled diplomacy & well chosen alliances |
| Victor Emmanuel the 2nd | Became the 1st king of a united Italy since the 6th century |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi | Leader of the Red Shirts was nicknamed 'The Swords of Italy' for his bravery in war during unification |
| Prussia | led the unification of Germany |
| Victor Emmanuel & Cavour were leaders of____ prior to unification | Sardinia |
| Otto von Bismarck | German statesmen led the unification movement for Germany |
| Romanticism | art movement that reflected deep interest in both nature & emotion |
| Realism | Art style that attempted to imitate life as it actually was |
| Impressionism | Art movement that used shimmering colors & appeared almost dream-like |
| Wilhelm the 2nd | Became the 1st kaiser of a united Germany |
| Peninsulares | Citizens of Latin America who was born in Spain made up a small % of population & had the best jobs & most wealth |
| Creoles | Spaniards who were born in Latin America |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture led the independence movement for this country against France | Haiti |
| This South American nation was the only to achieve independence without shedding any blood | Brazil |
| Miguel Hidalgo & Jose Maria Morelos were leaders of this country's independence movement | Mexico |
| This geographical region includes Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, & Yugoslavia | The Balkan Peninsula |
| Louis- Napoleon, the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, was elected to be president of this country | France |
| Alexander the 2nd, the king of _____, tried to modernize & bring social change to his country | Russia |
| Things that promote nationalism | Land,Religion & Nationality |
| 3 empires Nationalism lead to let it breakup | Austria, Russia, & Ottoman empire |
| 1 ethnic group under the control of the Ottoman Empire | Turks |
| This city became the capital of a united Italy | Rome |
| Prussia went to war with these 2 countries to claim land for the new German nation | Austria & France |
| What are the 4 main causes of imperialism? | |
| Alexander the 2nd | Tried to free the serfs, tried to make Russia a better place, got assassinated |
| Nation State | defends the nation's territory & way of life & represents the nation to the rest of the world |
| Mulattos | mixed European & African ancestry & enslaved Africans |