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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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






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






4. A short political treatise about political power how the ruler should gain - maintain - and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests






5. 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






6. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






7. Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution - helped by Hitler and Mussolini






8. 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






9. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






10. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes






11. 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






12. The opposition to the Bolsheviks and the Red army after the October rebellion and the Russian Revolution

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






14. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






15. They fell behind in industrialization - in education - and in general compared to the west






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






17. These were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was






18. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






19. A Freudian physiological idea that if you did not get over loving your parent of the opposite sex - you would have this complex where you hated your other parent and have issues with parental relations.






20. Russia's last tsar - he witnessed the fall of Russia from great power - to the entering into WWI and total collapse






21. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






22. This was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England






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






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






25. This was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day






26. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






27. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






28. The joining of Austria and Hungary under two different crowns






29. An occurrence in Russia that lead to the increase of its stature in world power standings and revitalized the economy and industry






30. This was the term given to those in the Renaissance who were able to excel in more than one subject matter

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






32. 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






33. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






34. He wanted to declare the superiority of Aryan race - create more living space for them - and make himself eternal supreme dictator for life

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35. This was the meeting between the Quadruple Alliance in order to formulate a peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars






36. This was the splitting up of Poland by Russia - Prussia - and Austria






37. Inhumane and cruel leader of the SS in Germany - appointed by Hitler






38. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






39. 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






40. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






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






42. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






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






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






45. German Foreign Minister who assumed leadership of government and got the French to move out of the Ruhr






46. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






47. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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

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

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50. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity