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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This man was a radical Chinese reformer who sought to overthrow the government






2. 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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3. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy

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






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






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






7. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






8. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






9. An armed uprising in Munich of maybe 50 people at most - crushed - Hitler's idea






10. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






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






12. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time






13. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






14. The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia






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






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






17. When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations






18. The socialist idea that we should embrace socialism in a gradual advance - with no bloody war






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






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






21. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






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






23. The motto of the French Revolution and the demands of the popular people

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24. Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform






25. 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






26. This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money - glory - or to convert non-Christians






27. This socialist man believed that property is theft






28. 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






29. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






30. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






31. French stockbroker turned painter - pioneered expressionist techniques and fled to South Pacific






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






33. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






34. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






35. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






36. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






37. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






38. 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

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






41. This was the harsh and violent conversion of Spain back into Catholicism. They used several versions of torture and fear tactics to convert people back to Catholicism






42. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






43. The twisted social idea that used the theory of evolution and applied to people






44. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






45. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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






47. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






48. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






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






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