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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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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2. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






3. This was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.






4. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






5. This was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy - bureaucracy - ar






6. The movie that dictates the life and failure of Hitler






7. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






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






9. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






10. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






11. A member of British Parliament who mocked Rudyard Kipling's poem






12. Cavour's plan was to first modernize the econ - and model it off of Britain - then modernize the military - with lots of railroads to move the troops around to country

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13. Tzu Hsi Chinese leader who used conservative forces to maintain her power






14. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






15. One of the leaders of The Mountain






16. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






17. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






18. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






19. Unsuccessful uprising of sailors - soldiers - and civilians against Russian government (against Bolsheviks)






20. A treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade






21. Hitler's book in which he outlined his ideas on race - living space - and the Fuhrer






22. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






23. He was chief of the general staff during WWI for the Germans






24. The Japanese had a war with China and ended up gaining Korea - which they opened to trade; Japan became an imperialist power

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25. This was the act of planning out a city and building it from the blueprints. This caused in increase in public transit that millions of people used a day instead of their own transportation or walking






26. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






27. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






28. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






29. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries






30. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






31. 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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32. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity






33. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






34. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






35. A king and leader of Prussia who was unable to unify Germany 'from above -' he was replaced by William I






36. Made friends with Italy - did stuff behind the table with Russia - and hated everyone else.

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






38. This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation - unions - and further economic development






39. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






40. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






41. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






42. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






43. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






44. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






45. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






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






47. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






48. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






49. He was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence






50. 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