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1
(Alliances) What countries formed the Three Emperor's League in 1873?
Germany, France, Russia
Germany, Austria, Russia
Japan, Russia, Hungary
Austria, France, United States
2
Who lead the Reformation in Switzerland based on a literal interpretation of scripture?
Charles V
Ulrich Zwingli
Elizabeth I
John Wycliffe
3
What style of literature were Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, and Goethe part of?
Gothic
Naturalism
Realism
Romanticism
4
Why did the witch hunts of 1400-1700 ultimately end?
The spread of scientific ideals led others to go against it
There were no more accusations
People moreso trusted anarchy
People were more trusting of the idea of the devil
5
Which best characterized Enlightened Despotism?
Monarch rules with absolute authority for the good of ppl
Monarch exercises absolute authority as he sees fit
The monarch encourages the spread of Deism and rationalism
The monarch believes in the people's right to self-rule
6
What are two similarities between the falls of the Habsburg empire and the Russian empire?
No proper name nor proper language and rampant xenophobia
Involvement in WWI and internal conflicts
Famine and weak leadership
Rise of communistic ideals and major economic shortcomings
7
What did Francisco Pizarro do from 1531-1534?
Reached India by going around Africa
Circumnavigated the world
Conquered the Aztecs in Mexico
Conquered the Inca in Peru
8
what year was Napoleon given the title of Emperor?
1804
1802
1803
1801
9
"loose lips, sink ships" was a popular saying, because of the concern for
Censorship
Being Heard
Code Breakers
Big Waves
10
Who are a part of the Lumpenproletariat?
Prostitutes
Farmers
Wage labourers
Landlords
11
(Alliances) In what year did France and Russia agree to defend each other from Germany?
1894
1889
1893
1901
12
What was the Congress of Vienna designed to prevent?
The use of war to settle disputes
Conspiracy against the Bourbon dynasty
The return of exiled leaders to their home countries
Takeover of Concert of Europe by power-hungry autocrats
13
Pablo Picasso's
Guernica
portrays which event?
Picasso's mental illness
The lack of support for farmers in 18th century Spain
Those oppressed by the Nazi party
Fascist bombing of a village during the Spanish Civil War
14
"Ecrasez l'infame", Voltaire's slogan of "crush the infamous thing", suppressed
the church
French universities
censorship
the French monarchy
15
The Brezhnev Doctrine was used to justify what?
Leonid Brezhnev's economic readjustment policy
Increases in strategic arms supply to threaten the U.S.
The invasion of Czechoslovakia
Suppression of democratic uprisings in Russia
16
What was not one of John Locke’s ideals?
Humanity is naturally peaceful
Protection of Property is a right
That the role of government is to protect natural rights
There should be one, powerful king
17
what was the common name for the unoccupied free zone of France
"Zone Libre"
Southern France
Vichy France
Free France
18
Who is not an enlightened monarch?
Catherine the Great
Queen Victoria
Frederick the Great
King Stainslaw
19
In 1939 what countries enter in what is known as the "phony war."
Britain, France
Poland, Norway
Russia, Germany
Italy, France
20
What was the phrase "Blood and Iron" used for?
Giuseppe Mazzini's promotion of Italian unification
von Bismarck's calls for German unification by nationalism
Otto von Bismarck's calls for radical uprising
Napoleon I's rallying of an army in the Battle of Trafalgar
21
What was the purpose of the Decembrist Revolution?
To bring socialism to Russia
To restore the monarchical line of succession
To protest the rise of Tsar Nicholas I to the throne
To petition for universal male suffrage
22
Which country benefited the most after joining the EU?
England
Ireland
Scotland
Turkey
23
What Protestant sect believed that faith comes only from within oneself?
Methodism
Lutheran
Calvinism
Anabaptist
24
Which nation was not a part of the Quadruple Alliance?
Austria
Prussia
Italy
Great Britain
25
Who was the first person to circumnavigate the globe?
da Gama
Cabot
Magellan
de Las Casas
26
What movement was said to "destroy all moral, religious, and metaphysical conventions?"
Protestantism
Communism
Socialism
Nihilism
27
What was the name of the treaty that formed the European Union?
Treaty of Rome
Treaty of Maastricht
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Westphalia
28
Which of the following protested against Spanish treatment of Native Americans?
Ferdinand Magellan
Valeriano Weyler
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Vasco de Gama
29
What is the estimated percentage of death of Africans on the Middle Passage?
2-6%
10-16%
6-10%
16-22%
30
(Alliances) Who was the German King in 1890 who dismissed Bismarck from office?
Wilhelm I
William II
Winston XXVIII
Wilhelm II
31
From the mid 1940's to the 1960's, Europe's population did which of the following?
Declined because of Cold War tensions and fear
Declined because of the availability of contraceptives
Rose because of the increasing birth rate
Grew larger than Asia and Africa
32
Author of "A Critique of Pure Reason"
Plato
Tom Stoppard
Immanuel Kant
Voltaire
33
What art movement's work was often found in the Salon de Refuses
Romanticism
Expressionism
Impressionism
Classicism
34
During the Victorian Age, middle class women were most likely to:
Work as a shopkeeper
Host a book club
Nap all day
Spend the day cleaning
35
Laws putting limits on working hours were aimed at protecting
Women and children
The poor
The elderly
Disabled people
36
Which of the following was not a colony controlled by Britain during the period of 1600-1789?
India
The Netherlands
North America
Caribbean
37
John Calvin believed salvation came through…
Indulgences
Predestination
Reincarnation
Avid bible studies
38
In Emile, Rousseau...
advanced his views on the Social Contract
called for "natural" education free from the church
denounced Voltaire for his unproductive lifestyle
advanced his case for atheism
39
What did the Reformation not eventually lead to?
Fewer religious holidays
The spread humanist education
Literacy for women
More power for the church
40
What happened in Russia after the collapse of the USSR?
economic boom
maintained all colonies
revolution broke out
Russian Federation is created
41
Which of the following is a NOT a correct pairing of a crop from the New World and its origin?
Tomatoes- Mexico
Potatoes- Chile
Kidney beans- Peru
Pineapples- New Mexico
42
In the mid-1970's which of the following proved to be the biggest threat facing the Italian Gov
The escalation of political terrorism
The inability to increase industrial output
The reemergence of fascism as a political force
The increasing strength of the Italian Communist Party
43
Which of the following was not a part of the Napoleonic code?
Woman's suffrage
Equality before the law
Religious toleration
End of Feudalism
44
Where were most African slaves sent?
Caribbean
Brazil
New Spain
Chesapeake Region
45
The catholic majority consisted mainly of…
Ireland, Spain, France, Austria, Poland
Scandinavia, Southern German States, Lithuania
Russia, Balkans, parts of Poland
England, Switzerland, Netherlands
46
What modern-day country was the New Sweden colony located in?
The Virgin Islands
Canada
Belize
The United States
47
Which European power initially controlled the most of the New World?
Poland
Spain
Portugal
England
48
This era of music is often described as mathematical, uses counterpoint; J.S. Bach
Classical
Contemporary
Baroque
Renaissance
49
Which of the following countries made unsuccessful attempts to break from the Soviet Control?
Yugoslavia and Poland
Czechoslovakia and Hungary
Hungary and Poland
Poland Czechoslovakia
50
Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied soldiers from France, occurred in what French city?
Dunkirk
Nantes
Dieppe
Bayonne
51
Who led the most successful Resistance Movements in Yugoslavia
Petr Braiko
Alexander Ckekalin
Masha Brusking
Josip Tito
52
(Alliances) The _____ Congress set the stage for Germany (and Austria) vs Russia
Continental
Berlin
Augsberg
Nazi Allies
53
What occurred in 1715
Invention of Gregorian Calendar
American Revolution
Whiskey Rebellion
Jacobite Uprising
54
Which philosopher shared their ideas of existentialism and ubermensch?
Karl Marx
Nietzsche
Immanuel Kant
Theodor W. Adorno
55
What culture trend had admiration of Gothic architecture believed that the world is mysterious?
Neoclassicism
Neo-Gothicism
Romanticism
Surrealism
56
Who was the first Jewish Prime Minister of England?
Benjamin Disraeli
William Ewart Gladstone
David Lloyd George
Sr. Robert Wapole
57
Similarities between the northern renaissance and the italian renaissance?
classical styles and perspective
artists backed by church
everday life
illustrated themes of religion and individuals
58
Who encouraged France to return to Catholicism after the first revolution?
Voltaire
Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand
Ignatius of Loyala
Joan of Arc
59
Which thinker believed that law and society should be organized to bring optimal happiness?
Karl Marx
Thomas Malthus
David Ricardo
Jeremy Bentham
60
Enlightened Monarchs of the 18th century supported all of the following EXCEPT
administrative reform
secular and technical education
increased economic policy
pacifist foreign policy
61
European family life in the 1500s most differed from family life in the 1400s in which way?
divorce became more common
higher infant mortality
couples married at later ages
shorter life expectancy
62
What was the purpose of the European Economic Committee?
To provide a united economic front against the USSR.
To punish Germany for its part in WW2.
To provide a common currency for its member states.
To bring about economic integration among its member states.
63
This image is considered the beginning of which artistic movement??
Impressionism
Expressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
64
Following unification, who was Italy's first king?
Victor Emanuel II
Victor Emanuel III
Francesco Crispi
Umberto I
65
This battle was considered Hitler's last stand
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Britain
66
What was the main cause behind different African Colonies ability to claim their independence?
They had gained money through trade during WWII
European countries decided to pursue peace abroad after WW2
African countries learned fighting tactics to rid Europeans
European countries lost economic power after costs of WWII
67
Which two of King Henry the Eighth's six wives were executed?
Jane Seymour & Katherine Parr
Katherine Parr & Anne of Cleves
Anne Boleyn & Kathryn Howard
Anne of Cleves & Catherine of Aragon
68
Christian Democratic parties and Chartists were both primarily concerned with
social and democratic reforms
racial issues
environmentalism
anti-communism
69
The enlightenment thinkers Voltaire,Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau share which idea
They all believed in limited government
They all believed in a federal system of government
They were all French
They were all British
70
What was a result of the Crimean War?
The price of pierogies increased exponentially
Russia became a military dictatorship
Crimea became a democracy
Russia's defenses were weakened
71
Which author critiqued society in the book Utopia in 1516?
Thomas Audley
Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Moore
Thomas More
72
This meeting took place in Lividia Palace, and was headed by Stalin, FDR, and Churchill
Potsdam Conference
Wannsee Conference
Yalta Conference
Tehran Conference
73
Edmund Burke wrote what pamphlet in 1790 against abandoning traditions?
Reflections on the Revolution in France
On Empire, Liberty, Reform
Letters on a Regicide Peace
Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents
74
Which french ruler conquered most of Italy by 1808
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte III
Napoleon Bonaparte II
Francis I
75
These two musical periods are distinguished by the innovation of harmony
Middle Ages and Renaissance
Baroque and Classical
Antiquity and Middle Ages
Modern and Contemporary
76
What did the Tennis Court Oath produce?
A new constitution
Reign of terror
The great terror
A new national assembly
77
The War of the Roses was between
The House of Lancaster and the House of York
The House of Windsor and the House of York
The House Lannister and the House Stark
The House of Tudor and the House of York
78
Of this list, who is the famous Netherlandish painter of the Northern Renaissance?
Raphael
Jan Van Eyck
Vermeer
Michelangelo
79
The reason to form the Anglican Church was...
Henry VIII wanted to divorce his wife
Henry VIII wanted more influence in England
The Catholic Church spoke against actions of Henry VIII
Henry VIII did not agree with Catholic views
80
Who wrote
The Subjection of Women
?
John Stuart Mill
Margaret Thatcher
Emmeline Pankhurst
Millicent Fawcett
81
What art style had admiration for ancient Greek and Roman culture?
Neoclassicism
Realism
Humanism
Dadaism
82
Which of the following empires had the largest colonial empires from the period 1600-1789?
Spanish
English
French
Dutch
83
Which women made notable contributions during the Scientific Revolution?
Margaret Cavendish
Mary Wollstonecraft
Queen Elizabeth
Virginia Woolf
84
What is the process of Bacon’s inductive reasoning?
Using reason to derive knowledge
Following the Bible’s teachings
Having small pieces of information with conclusions
Combining experimentation with theory
85
What era of music was started by Ludwig Van Beethoven, following the classical era
Modern
Baroque
Romantic
Impressionistic
86
Which pope lost his place in Rome in 1870
Pius VIII
Pius IX
Pius VII
Leo XII
87
What is the name of the organization designed to bring Europe together in 1993?
European Organization for Quality
European Economic Committee
European Union
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
88
What was the code name for the D-Day Invasion in World War 2?
Operation Overlord
Operation Expert
Operation Beach
Operation Sand
89
Which 19th century political ideology promoted an unregulated economy?
Socialists
Conservatism
Liberalism
Nihilism
90
Which country had the earliest advancements in both industrialization and women's rights?
Russia
The Netherlands
Britain
France
91
The goal of the Peace of Augsburg was to…
Give the German princes the power to choose a religion
Allow religious freedom among individuals in Germany
To officially recognize anabaptists
Unite Germany under one religion
92
What quality is most important in impressionist music?
Rhythm
Modulation
Timbre
Picardy Thirds
93
The European Union was primarily designed to compete against the American economy.
Its primary purpose was to act as a cohesive economic block.
True
Its primary purpose was to contain the spread of communism.
False
94
The five sectors of Normandy beach during Operation Overlord were named what?
Iowa, Omaha, Gold, Gemini, and Dagger
Iowa, Omaha, Gold, Gemini, and Sword
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Dagger
Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword
95
The Enlightenment occurred approximately when?
1700-1800
1800-1900
1650-1700
1550-1600
96
Which of the following was NOT an aspect of urbanization after the Industrial Revolution?
An increase in the population of cities
Poor living quarters
Cities annexing suburbs
Urban planners building narrower streets
97
Which sculptor finished the first freestanding nude since antiquity (the David) in 1440?
Michelangelo
Raphael
Donatello
Splinter
98
Which french king came to power following a revolution in France in 1830
Louis Philippe
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Louis XIX
99
The German speaking land in western Czechoslovakia which Hitler wanted for Germany
Kaliningrad
Sudetenland
Prague
Rhineland
100
Who initiated the naval spice trade by sailing to India?
Diaz
da Gama
Magellan
Cabot
101
(Alliances) What countries formed the Triple Alliance?
Germany, Italy, Russia
Italy, Germany, Austria
Japan, Indo-China, Zimbabwe
Italy, Austria, Ukraine
102
Which Pope issued the
Inter caetera
, a papal bull that divided land between Spain and Portugal?
Pope Innocent VIII
Pope Sixtus IV
Pope Alexander VI
Pope Pius III
103
Which 19th century Anarchist induced riots by declaring that all property is theft?
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Peter Kropotkin
Luigi Galleani
Mikhail Bakunin
104
Which of the following individuals was not involved in the unification of Italy?
Giuseppe DiCocco
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Mazzini
Victor Emmanuel II
105
Which of the following was the least like an enlightened absolutist ruler?
Frederick the Great
King Stainslaw
Maria Theresa
Catherine the Great
106
Who is on their knees?
I am on my knees
He/she/it is on it's knees
You are on your knees
We're on our knees
107
In the 1500s, population and wealth in Europe increased, leading to all of the following EXCEPT
fewer jobs
inflation
wider gap between rich and poor
lower taxes
108
during WW2 What was the largest political propaganda machine?
Political Posters
Hollywood/advertising
British Government
American Government
109
Who was the founder of "Young Italy?"
Victor Emanuel
Giuseppe Mazzini
Giovanni Turini
Giuseppe Garibaldi
110
What was the name of the radical, political group in France?
Conservatives
Royals
Moderates
Jacobin's
111
Which reform was
NOT
seen under Napoleon III's rule?
Modernization of the French banking system
Reconstruction of Paris by Baron Haussmann
Emancipation of the serfs
Consolidation of the railway system
112
What did the theory of Positivism heavily draw on
Capitalism
Nativism
Empiricism
Rationalism
113
Which country was a founder of the European Economic Committee?
England
Luxembourg
East Germany
Spain
114
How long did Frederick the Great reign?
21 years (1731-52)
5 years (1772-7)
46 years (1740-86)
39 years (1740-79)
115
Which country had the most superior banking in world during the 16th and 17th centuries?
Spain
The Netherlands
Portugal
England