What caused the decline of itily in the 1500s. i've got a quiz coming up and i suspect that this question will be asked. just worded differently.

Italy was not a unified nation in the 1500.
 The power and domination of the Church of Rome had lost influence.
 Christian Reform Movements and the invention of the Printing Press which challenged Papal Imprimatur.
 The Rise of the Ottoman Empire disallowed trade and commerce between Europe and Asia.

Britain and its empire stood alone against hitler and mussolini. in june 1941, hitler broke the non-aggression agreement with stalin and germany invaded the soviet union. in december, japan attacked the us and britain. the main lines of world war ii had formed.