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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






2. An occurrence in Russia that lead to the increase of its stature in world power standings and revitalized the economy and industry






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






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

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5. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






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






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






9. A catholic priest who called for a federation of existing states under the presidency of a progressive pope in Italy






10. These were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society






11. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage






12. 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






13. A radical - authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of t






14. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






15. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






16. This was the man who created the spinning jenny which began the actual Industrial Revolution and the beginning of machines doing a man's work






17. A man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy






18. The socialist opposed nationalism and thought that the German worker had more in common with the French worker than the German boss






19. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






20. This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India






21. This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy






22. 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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23. He wanted to unify Germany - but played it safe - with many alliances and pacts - and ends up being amazing

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






25. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






26. The French Revolution of 1830 occurred because Louis XVIII only granted a small percentage of people the right to vote and Charles X attack of Algeria and as a result - he censored the press and limited the voting rights of the wealthy






27. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






28. One of the leaders of The Mountain






29. 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






30. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






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






32. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






33. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Last tsar of Russia - he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops - but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin.






38. These were the reasons of bad leadership - and lack of organized or effective army






39. 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






40. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






41. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






42. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






43. This was the response to the Enlightenment in which they believed that not everything could be measured - because of the passion of emotion






44. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






45. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes






46. This massive victory by the French caused Russia and the Austrians to suspend their support against France






47. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






48. This man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith






49. Stalin's mass systemic murder of millions to instill fear and to have someone to fight against






50. This was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day