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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






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






3. Last Tsarist of Russia - had a son who was a hemophiliac - and was put under the influence of Rasputin - where he exploited her. Ended up causing the collapse of the Tsars






4. This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law






5. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






6. Made friends with Italy - did stuff behind the table with Russia - and hated everyone else.

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7. 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.






8. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






9. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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10. A king and leader of Prussia who was unable to unify Germany 'from above -' he was replaced by William I






11. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






12. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time






13. These were the French philosophers






14. The idea that human beings simply exist - have no higher purpose - and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Existentialism mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Existentialism sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jasp






15. 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






16. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






17. 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






18. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






19. 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






20. The war lost 15 million lives and cost 196 billion in today's money






21. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






22. Served as the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He founded and led the Estado Novo ('New State') - the authoritarian - right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal from 1932 to 1974.






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






24. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






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. 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






27. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






28. This was the reaction to the despotism after the Second Revolution which led to the establishment of the five-man executive that supported the French military which was not popular with the French people






29. A battle between Muslim warriors and British machine gunners - a bloody massacre






30. This was the other common crime in which the members of the church would give positions to relatives






31. 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






32. 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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33. This was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England






34. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






35. A postimpressionist and expressionist who had a profound impact on 20th century art and committed to form






36. A French painter who used a impressionism called 'super-realism -' capture overall impression of the thing they were painting






37. 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






38. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






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






40. When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations






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






42. Was a French philosopher and historian who wrote Era of Tyrannies - which talked about the different kinds of government and how they all stemmed out of nature of modern war.






43. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






44. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries






45. These were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs






46. This was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship - allowed for the priesthood of all believers - and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs






47. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






48. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






49. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






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