| A | B |
|---|
| Risorgimento | The word used for the process of Italian Unification |
| Kingdom of Italy | Proclaimed in 1861 |
| Cavour | Liberal Italian statesman who played a key role in Italian Unification |
| Garibaldi | Conquered Naples and Sicily |
| Mazzini | Radical republican nationalist |
| Victor Emanuel II | First King of Italy |
| Magenta | Austrian defeat |
| Napoleon III | Helped Cavour defeat Austria |
| Kingdom of Piedmont | The driving force behind unification |
| Papal States | Ruled by the Pope until 1860 |
| Part of Italy after 1866 | Venetia |
| Seized by Italian troops in 1870 | Rome |
| Controlled by Austria | Trentino and South Tyrol |
| Umberto I | Second King of Italy |
| Italia Irredenta | Areas populated by Italians but under Austrian control |
| Pope Pius IX | Hostile to the new Liberal Italian state |
| Adowa | Italian defeat in 1896 |
| Kingdom of Naples | Ruled by Spanish Bourbon kings until 1860 |
| Rome | Capital of Italy from 1870 |
