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The Congress of Vienna Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about The Congress of Vienna? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The Congress of Vienna redrew European borders after the Napoleonic Wars.

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The Congress of Vienna (1814-1815) redrew national boundaries to restore stability and balance of power after Napoleon's defeat.

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The Congress of Vienna was attended by representatives from Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France.

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The five major powers at the Congress of Vienna were Austria, Prussia, Russia, the United Kingdom, and France, represented by Metternich, Hardenberg, Alexander I, Castlereagh, and Talleyrand.

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The Congress of Vienna was held in the city of Paris.

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The Congress of Vienna took place in Vienna, Austria, from September 1814 to June 1815, not in Paris.

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The Congress of Vienna established the German Confederation, a loose union of German states.

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The Congress of Vienna created the German Confederation on June 8, 1815, as a replacement for the dissolved Holy Roman Empire.

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The Congress of Vienna was a one-day meeting held in 1815.

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The Congress of Vienna lasted from September 1814 to June 1815, with numerous sessions and negotiations among the great powers.

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The Congress of Vienna awarded the entire Italian peninsula to the Austrian Empire.

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The Congress of Vienna gave Lombardy and Venetia to Austria, but other Italian states like Piedmont, the Papal States, and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies remained separate.

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The Congress of Vienna granted full independence to Greece from the Ottoman Empire.

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Greece gained independence later in 1830 after the Greek War of Independence; the Congress of Vienna did not address this.

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The Congress of Vienna contributed to the creation of the Congress System, which held periodic meetings among major European powers.

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Following the Congress of Vienna, the great powers established the Congress System—a series of conferences beginning with Aix-la-Chapelle (1818)—to maintain peace and address issues collectively.

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