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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The new idea that revitalized the period of expansion and gathering of colonies

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






3. This man was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in India






4. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






5. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






6. 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






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






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






9. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






10. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






11. The serbs assassinated the archduke to make a statement - and the Austrians got really pissed - because he was the next in line for the throne and the guy on the throne then was old






12. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






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

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14. This was one of the reforms in England in which the leaders wanted all Catholic elements in the Church of England eliminated






15. This was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail into the Indian Ocean trade






16. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






17. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






18. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






19. This Scottish Romantic poet used history to write his poems






20. A work that portrays an acquisitive - sensual - and worldly society through descriptions of merchants - friars - and husbands






21. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






22. The triple Entente was an alliance between France - Britain and Russia - the Triple alliance was an alliance between Germany - Austria and Russia






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






24. 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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25. 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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26. 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






27. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






28. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






29. The forced famine of Ukraine by Stalin over not producing enough grain






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






31. A Serbian nationalist in the Black hand who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand






32. The pact was an agreement to define the border between France and Germany - and in which Britain and Italy would gang up on the aggressor if the treaty was broken. The spirit was this feeling that war could be stopped again by peace talks that settle






33. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






34. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots

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






36. The political idea that applied the total war concept on a civil conflict






37. German architect who broke form previous design with light - airy - bright buildings of glass and iron






38. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






39. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






40. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






41. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






42. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






43. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






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






45. These were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs






46. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges

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47. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






48. This was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell






49. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






50. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords