Il Risorgimento

Il Risorgimento is an important part of Italian history.

• True

• False

Which of these people was NOT a leader of Italian independence?

• Giuseppe Mazzini

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Franceso Totti

• Vittorio Emmanuele II

Who was the first King of Italy?

• Giuseppe Garibaldi

• Vittorio Emmanuele II

• Carlo Alberto

• Camillo di Cavour

Garibaldi took 1000 men to Sicily in 1860, what colour shirts did they wear?

• Blue

• Green

• Red

• Yellow

How many wars of independence did Italians fight?

• 1

• 3

• 6

• 2

Who started the secret group Young Italy to fight for independence?

• Vittorio Emmanuele II

• Umberto I

• Camillo di Cavour

• Giuseppe Mazzini

What is the capital city of Italy?

• Milan

• Sicily

• Rome

• Paris

Which foreign countries wanted to control Italy?

• USA and England

• France, Germany and Austria

• Turkey and Greece

• USA and Australia

Italy became a republic in 1946.

• True

• False

Where is the monument to Vittorio Emmanuele II?

• Pisa

• Rome

• Turin

• Milan