Test your basic knowledge |

AP European History

Subjects : history, ap
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






2. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


3. This was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria - strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs






4. These were the French philosophers






5. This was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state






6. They were given more rights and had complete equality of rights






7. France's first elected president by universal male suffrage - and developed strong nationalism like his cousin






8. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






9. This was a legislative parliament in Russia with real political power






10. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


11. Was a pact that said that just said was bad - but did not outline any method for preventing war.






12. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


13. 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.

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


14. The socialist opposed nationalism and thought that the German worker had more in common with the French worker than the German boss






15. This was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year






16. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott






17. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






18. This was the Parliament after Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Cavaliers






19. A catholic priest who called for a federation of existing states under the presidency of a progressive pope in Italy






20. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






21. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






22. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






23. A war between Russia and Japan for Port Arthur - and for more influence in CHina






24. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


25. An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name - expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.






26. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






27. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






28. The Greeks revolted against the Ottomans for their independence - to which the Concert generally opposed to this






29. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






30. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






31. A battle between Muslim warriors and British machine gunners - a bloody massacre






32. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






33. This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights






34. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






35. French poet and critic that spoke of a 'crisis of the mind -' and 'a dark future for Europe'






36. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






37. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






38. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






39. This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy






40. These were the French workers' revolts in 1848 after the closure of the National Workshops






41. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






42. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






43. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






44. A German customs union founded to increase trade and stimulate revenues of its members






45. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






46. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






47. Their demand was universal male suffrage






48. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






49. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






50. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing