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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






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

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3. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






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






5. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






6. The joining of Austria and Hungary under two different crowns






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






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

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9. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






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






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






12. 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)






13. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity






14. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






15. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






16. This work criticized mercantilism by saying that it meant a combination of stifling government regulations and unfair privileges for state-approved monopolies and government favorites






17. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






18. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






19. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance






20. This was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year






21. This was the union of skilled workers in the working classes that had a set behavioral code. They were usually run by construction bosses and factory foremen






22. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






23. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






24. 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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25. These were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible






26. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






27. 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.






28. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






29. The three party system that makes sure that both the conservative and the labor party don't get too radical.






30. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






31. This stated that local government had some power - but that ultimate power rested in the hands of Bismarck and William






32. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






33. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






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






35. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






36. 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






37. This was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy - bureaucracy - ar






38. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






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






40. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






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

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44. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






45. This man was a radical Chinese reformer who sought to overthrow the government






46. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






47. This king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution






48. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






49. 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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50. Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books