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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The most of these were economical and not political - and even then were mostly only halfway efforts






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

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3. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






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






5. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






6. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work

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7. 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






8. Man who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker






9. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






10. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






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






12. 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






13. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






14. 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.






15. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






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






17. This man was one of the early and influential socialist thinkers who proclaimed the tremendous possibilities of industrial development






18. 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






19. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






20. 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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21. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services

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22. This was the scientist who published the theory of evolution after his travels to the Galapagos Islands






23. This act made it illegal to meet with a group of more than fifty people






24. This was the first explorer who rounded the southern tip of the Cape of Good Hope but was never able to go all the way around






25. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






26. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






27. This man was a Romantic painter






28. Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry






29. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






30. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






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






32. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






33. Differences between French and British were over the treatment of the Germans - specifically on the payment of reparations






34. 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






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






36. Leader of the National Assembly in France - he ordered the Paris Commune to be crushed. He also declared the Third Republic of France - because it 'divided France the least'






37. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






38. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






39. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






40. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






41. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






42. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






43. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes






44. This was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship






45. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






46. 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






47. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






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






49. A Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama






50. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.