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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






2. 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'






3. This man both helped to lead the first national union in England and advocated the use of children in factories






4. This was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels - frescoes - religious panels and






5. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city






6. This was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France - between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)






7. Cavour's plan was to first modernize the econ - and model it off of Britain - then modernize the military - with lots of railroads to move the troops around to country

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8. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






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






10. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






11. In this - Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an independent state - and gave it heavy financial support






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






13. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






14. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking






15. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






16. Russia's lower house of politics






17. This was a way of thinking that God exists - but does not intervene in daily life - for he already has a plan for the universe that cannot be altered






18. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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






20. This man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully






21. A local coulcil of politicians to deal with local problems in Russia






22. Danish religious philosopher who made a total religious commitment to a remote and majestic god - after rejecting formalistic religion






23. The old Tsarist secret police






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






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






26. This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy






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






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






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






30. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






31. British military commander who believed in expansion and founded the De Beers Mining Company






32. 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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33. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






34. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






35. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






36. 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






37. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






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






39. An important canal to the British in Egypt






40. This was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War that recognized the independent authority of over three hundred German principalities






41. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






42. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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43. One of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted - wrote - sculpted - invented - among his philosophical ideas






44. 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






45. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






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






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






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






49. 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






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