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AP European History

Subjects : history, ap
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






2. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






3. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services

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4. An important battle in the Asian part of the war - the Americans sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers






5. Man who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker






6. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe

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7. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






8. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






9. This was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws






10. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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11. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






12. The triple Entente was an alliance between France - Britain and Russia - the Triple alliance was an alliance between Germany - Austria and Russia






13. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






14. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






15. This was the other common crime in which the members of the church would give positions to relatives






16. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






17. A local coulcil of politicians to deal with local problems in Russia






18. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






19. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






20. He wanted to unify Germany - but played it safe - with many alliances and pacts - and ends up being amazing

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21. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






22. French offensive that resulted in an almost mutiny by the French military

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23. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






24. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






25. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






26. All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes - the third creating WWI






27. This work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






28. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






29. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






30. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






31. This man was a Romantic painter






32. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






33. This bill gave representation to most people in England






34. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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35. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






36. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






37. The pact was an agreement to define the border between France and Germany - and in which Britain and Italy would gang up on the aggressor if the treaty was broken. The spirit was this feeling that war could be stopped again by peace talks that settle






38. This was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship - allowed for the priesthood of all believers - and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs






39. These were people who migrated to new lands - but then came back to either farm - or to stay






40. A work that portrays an acquisitive - sensual - and worldly society through descriptions of merchants - friars - and husbands






41. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






42. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






43. This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money - glory - or to convert non-Christians






44. Was the French political alliance that allied the Communists - the Socialists - and the Radicals together.






45. This was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war






46. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






47. This was the first French president as a result of the election after the Revolution of 1848






48. This was a German dynasty that often had conflicts with the Habsburgs that often involved other countries and papal troops






49. This was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I






50. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig