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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 a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






2. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






3. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






4. This bill gave representation to most people in England






5. 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.


6. This work of art shows the glory of the French Revolution






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






8. This was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials






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






10. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






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






12. A telegram which the French gave to the Germans in anger over the Succession of the Throne in Spain - but the Germans altered it to look like the French were rude and evil. The French declared war.






13. This was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws






14. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






15. 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.






16. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






17. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue






18. These were the French workers' revolts in 1848 after the closure of the National Workshops






19. French Prime Minister who moved and occupied into the Ruhr to collect war reparations






20. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






21. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






22. German architect who broke form previous design with light - airy - bright buildings of glass and iron






23. 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


24. This was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War that recognized the independent authority of over three hundred German principalities






25. 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






26. This thinker developed a philosophy of two different worlds a material world and a world of the mind. This was called Cartesian dualism. He combined his ideas with Bacon to form the scientific method






27. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






28. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






29. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city






30. 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






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






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






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






34. Cavour's plan was to first modernize the econ - and model it off of Britain - then modernize the military - with lots of railroads to move the troops around to country


35. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






36. These acts all started to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in the factories and helped make the Industrial Revolution better and the living conditions in the urban areas better






37. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






38. A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races






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






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






41. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






42. They were given more rights and had complete equality of rights






43. The largest political party in Sweden - who pushed for social reform legislation - and drew support from community and socialist and capitalist working together.






44. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






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






46. This was the effort to completely involve every person and aspect of the economy into the war


47. One of the main points of Calvinism that said that God had already determined if you were damned or saved






48. 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






49. These were people who migrated to new lands - but then came back to either farm - or to stay






50. This movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved - giving the people a message of hope