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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






2. The Greeks revolted against the Ottomans for their independence - to which the Concert generally opposed to this






3. The rule of a nation or state by a few people






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






5. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






6. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






7. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






8. A work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place






9. This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating






10. This was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land






11. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






12. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. One of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted - wrote - sculpted - invented - among his philosophical ideas






17. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






18. 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.






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






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






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

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22. Tzu Hsi Chinese leader who used conservative forces to maintain her power






23. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






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






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






26. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






27. Their demand was universal male suffrage






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






29. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






30. These were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was






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






32. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






33. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building






34. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






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






36. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






37. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






38. This was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product






39. This man was a Hungarian nationalist leader who demanded independence and a constitution






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






41. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work

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42. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






43. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






44. This new German emperor opposed Bismarck - fired him - and ended up being less successful than Bismarck anyway






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






46. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






47. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






48. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






49. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






50. Leader of the National Assembly in France - he ordered the Paris Commune to be crushed. He also declared the Third Republic of France - because it 'divided France the least'