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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Leader of Prussia who wanted military expansion - and hired Bismarck to further his goals






2. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






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






4. 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






5. A railroad that went across Siberia






6. This was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife






7. This work of art shows the insignificance of the human and the supremacy of nature






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






9. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






10. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






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






12. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






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






14. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






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






16. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






17. This was the Spanish equivalent to the Knights of the Round Table






18. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






19. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






20. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






21. This was the alliance between Great Britain - Austria - Russia - and Prussia after the Napoleonic era






22. This was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition






23. A French painter who used a impressionism called 'super-realism -' capture overall impression of the thing they were painting






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

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25. This was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots






26. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






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






28. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






29. This was the massacre that occurred during the wedding of a Catholic and Huguenot that would resolve the conflict between the two conflicting parties

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30. Russia's lower house of politics






31. 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

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32. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






33. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






34. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






35. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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36. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






37. This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating






38. Was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme - the 3rd Battle of Ypres






39. 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






40. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






41. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






42. When Germany moved through Belgium - it caused Britain to go on the side of the war with France.

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43. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






44. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






45. 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






46. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






47. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






48. This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

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49. The well off peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags






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