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AP European History

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






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






3. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






4. This was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands






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






6. Upper class and Conservatives did not want unification because they would have less power - but the rest of the people wanted it because of nationalism and German identity






7. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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

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






10. These were part of Wilson's plan to end WW1 conflict






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






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






13. There were the early French socialists who believed in economic planning and argued that the government should rationally organize the economy and not depend on destructive competition to do the job. There was also dialectic socialism in which the fo






14. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






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






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






17. Danish religious philosopher who made a total religious commitment to a remote and majestic god - after rejecting formalistic religion






18. The new idea that revitalized the period of expansion and gathering of colonies

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19. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






20. These were meeting places for philosophical discussion that were for the upper and middle class citizens who would talk about different doctrines






21. 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






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






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






24. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






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






26. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






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






28. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






29. The Leader of Prussia who wanted military expansion - and hired Bismarck to further his goals






30. 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.

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31. One of the leaders of The Mountain






32. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






33. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






34. The old leader of Austria in the years before WWI






35. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






36. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






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






38. This was the man who created the spinning jenny which began the actual Industrial Revolution and the beginning of machines doing a man's work






39. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






40. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






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






42. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott






43. These were the French philosophers






44. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






45. A German customs union founded to increase trade and stimulate revenues of its members






46. The fiery mayor of Vienna who preached anti-Semitism and appealed to lower middle class






47. This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India






48. 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.






49. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






50. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews