Year of Revolutions in Europe
- 1. Which year is commonly referred to as the 'Year of Revolutions' in Europe?
A) 1848
B) 1776
C) 1914
D) 1789
- 2. Which city saw the beginning of the 1848 revolutions with the February Revolution?
A) Paris
B) Berlin
C) London
D) Vienna
- 3. Who was the leader of the Italian unification movement that emerged during the 1848 revolutions?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Giuseppe Garibaldi
C) Napoleon Bonaparte
D) Klemens von Metternich
- 4. Which monarch abdicated the throne as a result of the 1848 revolutions in France?
A) Louis-Philippe
B) Pope Pius IX
C) Tsar Nicholas I
D) Queen Victoria
- 5. Which country's revolution of 1848 was known as the 'Springtime of the Peoples'?
A) Russia
B) Austria
C) Germany
D) Italy
- 6. Who famously declared 'Let there be light!' during the 1848 revolutions in Hungary?
A) Lajos Kossuth
B) Giuseppe Mazzini
C) Camillo di Cavour
D) Franz Joseph I
- 7. Who was known as the 'Iron Chancellor' and played a significant role in German unification after the 1848 revolutions?
A) Otto von Bismarck
B) Camillo di Cavour
C) Giuseppe Garibaldi
D) Kaiser Wilhelm I
- 8. Which famous author wrote about the 1848 revolutions in his book 'The Communist Manifesto'?
A) Friedrich Nietzsche
B) Karl Marx
C) Charles Dickens
D) Leo Tolstoy
- 9. Which city saw intense fighting during the 1848 revolutions and became a symbol of the struggle for democratic rights?
A) Rome
B) Munich
C) Prague
D) Vienna
- 10. Who was the British Prime Minister during the 1848 revolutions in Europe?
A) Lord John Russell
B) Queen Victoria
C) William Gladstone
D) Robert Peel
- 11. Which country's revolution in 1848 was led by the 'June Days' uprising and resulted in a brutal government crackdown?
A) Austria
B) Denmark
C) Hungary
D) France
- 12. Which country's revolution in 1848 was known as the 'Revolution of the Seven Islands' and sought to achieve independence?
A) Finland
B) Poland
C) Greece
D) Belgium
- 13. Who was the Austrian Foreign Minister who resigned in March 1848 due to pressure from revolutionaries?
A) Giuseppe Garibaldi
B) Klemens von Metternich
C) Franz Joseph I
D) Lajos Kossuth
- 14. Which city witnessed a violent uprising by workers and students in March 1848, leading to the abdication of King Frederick William IV of Prussia?
A) Vienna
B) Warsaw
C) Berlin
D) Rome
- 15. Which country's revolution in 1848 led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and the abolition of feudalism?
A) Turkey
B) Greece
C) Austria
D) Russia
- 16. What was the outcome of the revolution in Denmark in 1848?
A) Communist government
B) Constitutional monarchy
C) Dictatorship
D) Military rule
- 17. Who became the President of the French Second Republic in 1848?
A) Georges Cuvier
B) Jules Ferry
C) Clémenceau
D) Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte
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