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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade






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






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

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4. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






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






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






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






8. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






9. These terms said that Germany had to pay money - that Germany had to give up land - and that Germany had to keep its army size down






10. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






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






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






13. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






14. This was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state






15. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






16. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






17. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






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






19. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






20. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe

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21. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






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






23. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






24. The socialist idea that we should embrace socialism in a gradual advance - with no bloody war






25. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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26. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






27. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






28. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






29. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






30. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






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






32. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






33. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity






34. This man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully






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






36. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






37. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






38. 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






39. 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






40. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






41. This war showed that Russia was still not strong - and it caused revolution back at home.






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






46. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






47. 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

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48. 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






49. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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50. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers