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The Civil Code of 1804 that abolished birth privileges is usually known as the:Read the answer and worked solution →The term liberalism derives from the Latin root liber, meaning:Read the answer and worked solution →Napoleon's measures turned the German principalities into a confederation of how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →The German customs union formed in 1834 at Prussia's initiative was the:Read the answer and worked solution →The Zollverein reduced the number of German currencies from over thirty to:Read the answer and worked solution →The Congress of Vienna of 1815 was hosted by the Austrian Chancellor:Read the answer and worked solution →Which dynasty was restored to power in France by the Treaty of Vienna?Read the answer and worked solution →Metternich described which revolutionary as the most dangerous enemy of our social order?Read the answer and worked solution →The Greek war of independence against the Ottoman Empire began in:Read the answer and worked solution →Which English poet died of fever in 1824 while fighting in the Greek war of independence?Read the answer and worked solution →Which German philosopher held that true German culture lay among the common people, das volk?Read the answer and worked solution →The Grimm brothers published their first collection of folktales in:Read the answer and worked solution →The Frankfurt parliament of 1848 convened in the:Read the answer and worked solution →How many elected representatives marched to the Frankfurt parliament on 18 May 1848?Read the answer and worked solution →The large landowners of Prussia who backed the monarchy were called:Read the answer and worked solution →The architect of German unification, chief minister of Prussia, was:Read the answer and worked solution →Prussia's three wars of unification over seven years were fought against Austria, Denmark and:Read the answer and worked solution →In the mid nineteenth century Italy was divided into how many states?Read the answer and worked solution →Garibaldi's volunteers marched into South Italy and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in:Read the answer and worked solution →Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed king of united Italy in:Read the answer and worked solution →Garibaldi's volunteers were popularly known as:Read the answer and worked solution →The female allegory of the French nation was christened:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the makers of ItalyRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the German unification wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the nationalist yearsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the nationalism wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Italy or GermanyRead the answer and worked solution →Sort people, treaties and symbolsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Nationalism in Europe bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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The Civil Code of 1804 that abolished birth privileges is usually known as the:

  1. Napoleonic Code
  2. Code of Vienna
  3. Zollverein
  4. Frankfurt Code
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Correct answer: A. Napoleonic Code

1. It established equality before the law and the right to property. 2. It is the Napoleonic Code. 3. It was exported to regions under French control. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 1, The Rise of Nationalism in Europe._

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The term liberalism derives from the Latin root liber, meaning:

  1. Equal
  2. Free
  3. Book
  4. Rich
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Correct answer: B. Free

1. Liberalism stood for individual freedom and equality before law. 2. Liber means free. 3. It also meant government by consent. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 1, The Rise of Nationalism in Europe._

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Napoleon's measures turned the German principalities into a confederation of how many states?

  1. 39
  2. 11
  3. 30
  4. 19
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Correct answer: A. 39

1. Each state had its own currency and measures. 2. There were 39 states. 3. The Congress of Vienna left the confederation untouched. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 1, The Rise of Nationalism in Europe._

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