Mrs. Grenz ap euro sem 2 final

Perestroika and Glasnost were introduced in the soviet union by which leader?

A. Gorbachev

What was the name of the court case that wrongly accused a jewish officer?

A. Dreyfus affair

What battle was Napoleon defeated in?

C. Waterloo

What was the secret organization that was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

Black Hand

What was Germany’s reason for joining Serbia’s side and starting WW1?

C. They wanted a chance to prove themselves as a new nation.

Stalin launched what plan to launch a totalitarian state?

Five-Year Plan

Who founded the Reign of Terror?

B. Robespierre

Which country fought against France to gain independence in the late 20th century in a rebellion led by the National Liberation Front?

Algeria

What was Bismarck’s goal in the Franco-Prussian War?

He wanted the southern states of Germany to enter into an alliance with northern states as a precursor for German unification

What were the major causes of the French Revolution?

Spread of enlightenment thinking, economic issues, and rise of class conflict over taxation

In WWII, what position allowed Hitler to take control over Germany?

Chancellor

When did Napoleon become the first consul of France? 

1799

How did Louis the XIV get the name “The Sun King”

B. He was dressed as the sun while dancing at a party

What policy did Winston Churchill utilize when it came to dealing with Hitler during WWII? 

Appeasement

Who led the Congress of Vienna?

 Klemens von Metternich

What Territory was known as the “Jewel of the British Empire”?

India

During the 1950’s Russia was able to control its satellite states using what 

A. Economic problems in the states.

Who was the German leader that started the Holocaust and wrote a book

Adolf Hitler

Territory in between two opposing sides in trenches during WW1. 

B. No-Man's-Land

Which Monarchs were beheaded during the French Revolution?

Marie Antionette & Louis XVI

What was the name of the most industrialized city in the late 19th and early 20th century?

C. Manchester

This pseudoscientific doctrine maintains that the selective breeding of human beings can improve the general characteristics of a national population, which helped to inspire Nazi ideas about “race and space” and ultimately contributed to the Holocaust. 

Eugenics 

Which french ruler was hated by the french due to his weakness, ultimately leading to the french revolutions beginnings

B. Louis XVI

What was the first country that industrialized?

Britain

What did Marie Antoinete allegedly say (But probably didn’t)

let them eat cake