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      How Much Do You Know About Italian History?

      How Much Do You Know About Italian History?
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      History · Trivia / IQ

      By BrainFall Staff - Updated: December 12, 2024

      Italy is known for producing some of the most beautiful landscapes, iconic pop culture references, breathtaking art, scientific breakthroughs, and some of the best food in the world. There is such a rich Italian history to learn about. Italy has been involved in some of the earliest civilizations, wars, advancements, and societies. You could ask 10 different people what’s the first thing they think of when someone mentions Italy, and they could have 10 different answers. It is a country steep in culture, beauty, and style.

      You may be Italian, have visited Rome, or maybe you just like Italian food. That could affect how much you really know about Italian history. If you’re willing to test your knowledge of the Holy Roman Empire, the Italian Republic, or just what the Renaissance was like, you can do that here. Take our Italian history quiz and see if you can pass the test!

      Italian history

      Italy, or the Italian Republic, is a boot-shaped peninsula country in the Mediterranean Sea. The Italian peninsula shares borders with other countries in Europe like France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, the Vatican City, and San Marino. It is the third most populous country in the European Union. In the classical era, Greeks established settlements in Southern Italy while an Etruscan civilization and a Celt civilization were located in Central Italy and Northern Italy. The Italic tribe formed the Roman Kingdom in the 8th Century BC, which eventually became the Roman Republic. That eventually began conquering other parts of the world. The Roman Empire was the dominant power in the Mediterranean by the first century BC. The Italian Renaissance is one of the most important parts of Italian history, focusing mostly in Florence.

      Religion has played an important part in Italy's history with much of the country being Catholic. Different wars, like the Italian Wars, Punic War, and the Italian Civil Wars, have shaped the country into the military power it was and how they are now. At the start of World War II, Italy joined as an Axis power and joined that side of the war. From fascist regimes to its current unitary parliamentary republic, the Italian government has changed a lot.

      From Julius Caesar to Augustus Caesar to Benito Mussolini, there have been different rulers of Italy that have made their mark over history. Papal states, Italian states, and the idea of the city-state are all important to the history of the country. The political center of Italy has always been Rome, and the trade routes throughout the country have allowed for a certain amount of foreign domination. The whole country and the Italian Peninsula have played a large part in the shaping of the Western world.

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      Who is considered the founder of the Dolce Stil Novo, a school that added philosophy into love poetry?

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      What famous Punic general invaded Italy during the Punic Wars, delivering two devastating defeats before a win in the Battle of Zama made the Roman Republic victorious?

      • Crucio
      • Caesar Augustus
      • Hannibal
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      What year did Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party begin their rule of the Kingdom of Italy?

      • 1910
      • 1915
      • 1918
      • 1922
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      Who succeeded the Roman emperor Claudius and put forth a short-lived but tyrannical rule of the Roman Empire while being liked by the lower class population but despised by the aristocracy, leading to his suicide at age 30?

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      • Pythagoras
      • Nero
      • Phaon
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      What Italian filmmaker won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film four times in his career?

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      The Republic of Venice sold what main export to cities in the Po Valley in the seventh century in exchange for salami, prosciutto, cheese, and soft wheat?

      • Bologna
      • Coffee
      • Tobacco
      • Salt
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      Which of these did NOT lead to the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

      • Climate change
      • Epidemic diseases
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      What year did Vatican City become its own sovereign nation?

      • 1884
      • 1550
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      Stracciatella is ______?

      • An egg drop soup popular in central Italy
      • A gelato variety with chocolate flakes
      • A variety of soft Italian cheese from the Apulia region
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