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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books






2. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






3. The war lost 15 million lives and cost 196 billion in today's money






4. A new principle of building design that focused on buildings being functional which means serving the purpose it was made for best






5. One of the leaders of The Mountain






6. 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.






7. Made friends with Italy - did stuff behind the table with Russia - and hated everyone else.

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8. This man was a Romantic painter






9. A war between China and Japan for influence - power - and territory






10. The three countries of Italy - Germany - and Japan allied together






11. The old Tsarist secret police






12. This scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method






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

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14. This was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues






15. Freud said that there was conscious - which you could control - and the subconscious. He said that the Id was living in the subconscious was just had primordial desires that wanted stuff like food and sex. Then there was the Superego that did not wan






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






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. The two hundred year old Chinese dynast that was the last emperors of China






24. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






25. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






26. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






27. A desire for success abroad lead to this. It was a short war against Denmark to gain these providences






28. A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance






29. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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30. A mass flee of British troops of the coast of France - disaster - lost thousands of machines and vehicles






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






32. These were the French philosophers






33. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






34. The Magyar pushed through bills that changed voting laws to help the elite and to force through the teaching of Hungarian in schools. They created the nationalism that would tear them apart






35. This was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin






36. 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






37. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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






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






40. A French existentialist who said that people just 'turned up' and that there was no God to help honest people. Also said 'man is condemned to be free' and people had to choose their actions.






41. This was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I






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






43. 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






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






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






46. This was the first French president as a result of the election after the Revolution of 1848






47. The ruler of Venice






48. 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






49. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






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