Why Did Prussia and Austria Attack Denmark in 1864

question 21

Multiple Choice

Why did Prussia and Austria attack Denmark in 1864?

• A)Denmark sought to establish trade tolls along the narrow passage that linked the Baltic Sea with the North Sea.
• B)Denmark was attempting to bring two provinces that belonged to the German Confederation into a more centralized Danish state.
• C)Denmark established a series of laws that limited the civil rights of German-speaking people in Danish territory.
• D)Denmark sought to form a political alliance among the Scandinavian nations as a counter to growing Prussian power.

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Definitions:

Dip-Slip Fault

A type of fault where the movement is mainly vertical, caused by the two sides moving up or down relative to each other.

Strike-Slip Fault

A type of fault where two blocks of the Earth's crust move horizontally past each other, parallel to the fault plane.

Normal Fault

A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward relative to the footwall due to tensional forces.

Strike And Dip

Geological terms used to describe the orientation of rock layers, with strike indicating the direction of the layer's horizontal angle and dip indicating its vertical angle.