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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






2. 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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3. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






4. 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






5. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






6. Last Tsar of Russia - he involved the Russians in WWI






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

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






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






10. This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion






11. 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






12. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






13. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






14. First comedy writer that wrote 100 verses that described the realms of the next world






15. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal






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

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






18. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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19. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






20. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






21. An energized movement of radicals from Sicily to the mainland and gaining land for unification

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22. A British politician who extended the vote to the rich middle class in order to broaden the political base of the conservative party






23. The ruler of Venice






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






25. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






26. 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.






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






28. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






29. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






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






31. A railroad that went across Siberia






32. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage






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






34. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






35. This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France






36. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






37. This was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants






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






39. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott






40. A 'super patriot' of Italy - he helped unify southern Italy with the help of his Red Shirts






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






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






43. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance






44. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue






45. These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union






46. This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war - famine - and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late






47. 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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48. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






49. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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50. This was the scientist who published the theory of evolution after his travels to the Galapagos Islands