Test your basic knowledge |

AP European History

Subjects : history, ap
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Literary technique that explored the psyche through different idea randomly bubbling up in a story.






2. The serbs assassinated the archduke to make a statement - and the Austrians got really pissed - because he was the next in line for the throne and the guy on the throne then was old






3. The motto of the French Revolution and the demands of the popular people


4. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






9. One of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted - wrote - sculpted - invented - among his philosophical ideas






10. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






11. 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






12. The idea that people should determine who and what they want leading them






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






14. This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient






15. 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






16. This is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly






17. Incident in France where a Jewish captain was tried for treason because they military was anti-Semitic - and it divided the country






18. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






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






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


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






22. A radical idealistic patriot who wanted a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and will of the people in Italy






23. 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






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


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






26. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






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






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






29. This was the scientist who began to study anatomy in depth. He is referred as the father of anatomy






30. He was totally focused on himself - double and tripled crossed - rose by gaining support of party


31. This man was a Hungarian nationalist leader who demanded independence and a constitution






32. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






33. The twisted social idea that used the theory of evolution and applied to people






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






35. These revolutions occurred in 1)France - because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy 2)Austria - because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire a






36. This was a legislative parliament in Russia with real political power






37. 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






38. Was the authoritarian ruler of the Second Polish Republic. From mid-World War I he was a major influence in Poland's politics - and an important figure on the broader European political scene. He is considered largely responsible for Poland regaining






39. This is the oath that the representatives of the third estate took when they swore that they would never disband until they had proper representation






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






41. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






42. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






43. When the German economy tried to print bills to pay off their debt - inflation rates of 40% a day






44. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






45. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






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






47. This was the most famous and one of the first concrete reformer who began to reject some of the more obscure and selfish laws of the Catholic Church






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






49. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






50. 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