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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice






2. A desire of some people in Ireland to not be ruled by England






3. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






4. An energized movement of radicals from Sicily to the mainland and gaining land for unification

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5. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






6. This was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife






7. These were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result - they began to secretly destroy the machines






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






9. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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






11. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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12. A short political treatise about political power how the ruler should gain - maintain - and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests






13. 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






14. 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






15. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party






16. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






17. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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






19. This was the way that the English landowners would now organize their land so that the farmers would become more productive in their work






20. This was the political idea in which the government did not intervene in the economy and liberty and equality were stressed






21. 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






22. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






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






24. This was the conference at which the Troppau Protocol was signed in which any country that underwent a revolution was no longer part of the European Alliance






25. Inhumane and cruel leader of the SS in Germany - appointed by Hitler






26. 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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27. The Japanese had a war with China and ended up gaining Korea - which they opened to trade; Japan became an imperialist power

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28. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






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






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






31. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






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






33. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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34. Young English economist who denounced Treaty of Versailles and said that people needed to revise treaty and help German econ. He Wrote Economic Consequences of the Peace. Said Britain needed Germany - and if the German market went under - Britain eco






35. War was seen as a good thing because it would cover up all of the problems that every country involved had going on at home






36. A Political opponent of Stalin's who was executed for being more popular that Stalin






37. This act made it illegal to meet with a group of more than fifty people






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






39. The well off peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags






40. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






41. He was chief of the general staff during WWI for the Germans






42. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






43. 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






44. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






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






46. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






47. 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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48. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






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

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50. 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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