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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






2. A successful politician in France - he was a moderate republican who helped stabilize government






3. Literary technique that explored the psyche through different idea randomly bubbling up in a story.






4. A man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy






5. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






6. The old leader of Austria in the years before WWI






7. Pope who denounced unification and published the Syllabus of Errors






8. Deputy to Hitler in the Nazi party person who dictated Mein Kampf






9. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






10. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.






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

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12. Suffrage was extended to more middle class men in Britain so that they conservatives would get a stronger base






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






14. This man was a Romantic painter






15. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






16. This work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






17. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






18. This czar of Russia wanted to restore the kingdom of Poland - which he wanted to bestow the benefits of his rule






19. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book that mirrored Homer's book






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






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






22. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe

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23. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






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






25. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






26. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






27. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






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






29. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






30. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






31. A document by the pope in which he denounced rationalism - socialism - religious liberty - and separation of the church and state.






32. This was an event where Europe tried to claim Africa as quickly as it could






33. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






34. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






35. This was the house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution






36. An effective and almost dictator-like leader of France - who would not take defeat as an answer






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






38. 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






39. This bill gave representation to most people in England






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

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41. 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






42. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






43. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






44. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






45. This king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution






46. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






47. This was the group of people called by Louis XVI that would keep the king in check like the English Parliament






48. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






49. The philosophical ideology that simply rejected the concerns of modern philosophy - like god and morality. Mainly started with Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein.






50. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la