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Austria-Hungary influenced the industrialization of the Balkans, including in this modern-day country, whose region of Styria was part of the Habsburg Crown Lands. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Balkan nation where Ivan Hribar headed modernization efforts after an 1895 earthquake struck in Carniola. This country has its capital at Ljubljana (“l’yoob-LYA-na”).
ANSWER: Slovenia [or Republic of Slovenia; or Republika Slovenija]
[10m] In the 1880s, Austria-Hungary used this city's tramways as testing grounds for trams to be used in Vienna. This city was the site of the Markale (“mar-KAH-le”) massacres during a 1992 to 1996 siege involving the JNA.
ANSWER: Sarajevo [accept Siege of Sarajevo; accept Romeo and Juliet in Sarajevo]
[10h] While working in this Austro-Hungarian port, Robert Whitehead developed the self-propelled torpedo. The most important Hungarian shipping company, Adria, operated from this port.
ANSWER: Rijeka [or Fiume; or Reka; or Rika; or Sankt Veit am Flaum; accept Tharsatica; accept Vitopolis; accept Flumen; accept Free State of Fiume]
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WashU DIndiana B100010
Purdue AMiami1010020
WashU BNorthwestern A1010020
UChicago CNotre Dame1010020
Purdue CIndiana A1010020
UChicago BPurdue D100010
UIUC ASIUE A10101030
UChicago DUIUC C100010
UChicago AWashU C1010020