What ideological concept, articulated by Ioannis Kolettis in 1844, advocated for the incorporation of all Greek populations under Ottoman rule?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Megali Idea
- Step 1: During the 1844 constitutional debates on autochthons versus heterochthons, Kolettis proclaimed the Megali Idea (Great Idea). It asserted that the kingdom was merely a fraction of Greece and that the nation must liberate historic lands centered around Constantinople. Answer: Megali Idea. Why not the others: "Enosis movement" referred specifically to the campaign for political union between Cyprus and Greece; "Katharevousa policy" was a linguistic doctrine regarding the purification of the modern Greek language; "Hellenism renewal" is a broad cultural and philosophical term rather than the specific 19th-century irredentist program.
Practise more Enlightenment, 1821 Revolution and Kingdom of Greece.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed Panhellenic Examinations (Greece) mock tests.
More Enlightenment, 1821 Revolution and Kingdom of Greece questions
- Which scholar advocated for Katharevousa, a purified intermediate form of Greek bridging classical grammar and spoken vernacular?
- Where was the secret revolutionary society Filiki Eteria (Society of Friends) founded in 1814?
- Who was appointed supreme military leader (Archegiatros) of Filiki Eteria and led the initial 1821 uprising in the Danubian Principalities?
- Which legendary commander, known as the 'Old Man of Morea', led the Greeks to victory at the Siege of Tripolitsa and Battle of Dervenakia?
- Which naval battle fought on 20 October 1827 saw the allied fleet of Britain, France, and Russia destroy the Ottoman-Egyptian fleet?
- Who served as the first Governor (Kyvernitis) of the nascent independent Greek state from 1828 until his assassination in 1831?