AP European History Exam questions and
answers
Absolutism - The theory that the monarch is supreme and can exercise full and
complete power unilaterally
Abstract Expressionism - No identifiable subject matter. Expresses feelings of
artists. Emphasized spontaneous personal expression, freedom from accepted
artistic values. Pollack
Act of Union - 1701 act of Parliament uniting England and Scotland into one
kingdom: Great Britain. Intended to strengthen England against France. Abolished
the Scottish Parliament.
Konrad Adenauer - The first chancellor of West Germany; he was able to establish
a stable democratic government (1876-1967)
Gustavus Adolphus - Swedish Lutheran king who won victories for the German
Protestants in the Thirty Years' War and lost his life in one of the battles (1594-
1632)
Agatir - Moroccan Crisis: The site of the landing of the German gunboat in
Morocco in 1911. William II tried to force the French to make concessions to
,AP European History Exam questions and
answers
Germany in Africa. Like the first crisis, this one drew Britain and France closer
together
Age of Absolutism - 1650-1789, a purposeful attempt by European rulers to attend
their royal or dynastic control over all aspects of life in the lands they ruled
Age of Anxiety - time between 1918 and 1950 when the meaning of lifewas being
questioned around the world because of the harsh brutality of World War I,
impersonal attitudes, pessimism for future
Age of Metternich - period of time in Europe in which reactionaries ruled. During
which there was a lot ot opposition and revolt from countries trying to establish
their own freedom such as Poland and Greece
Age of Montesquieu - first phase of the french revolution-tennis court oath,
national assembly, etc
Age of Rousseau - second phase of the French Revolution-Republic, execution of
Louis, Committee of Public Safety, Reign of Terror, Thermidorian Rebellion,
Directory
,AP European History Exam questions and
answers
Agricultural Revolution - The transformation of farming that resulted in the
eighteenth century from the spread of new crops, improvements in cultivation
techniques and livestock breeding, and consolidation of small holdings into large
farms from which tenants were expelled
Alexander II - Reforming czar who emancipated the serfs and introduced some
measure of representative local government (1855-1881)
Alexander III - Politically reactionary czar who promoted economic modernization
of Russia (1881-1894)
Algecira - Moroccan Crisis: The site of the 1906 conference in Spain at which
German involvement in Morocco was rebuffed by Britain and France acting in
unison
Algerian Liberation Movement - An eight-year struggle by Algeria to secure
independence from French colonial control; the goal was finally achieved in 1962
, AP European History Exam questions and
answers
American Revolution - This political revolution began with the Declaration of
Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power
between government and the people and protect the rights of citizens in a
democracy.
Ancien Regime (Old Regime) - France prior to the French Revolution
Anschluss - The union of Austria with Germany, resulting from the occupation of
Austria by the German army in 1938
Appeasement - The making of concessions to an adversary in the hope of avoiding
conflict. The term is most often used in reference to the meeting between Hitler
and British prime minister Chamberlain in Munich, where agreement was made,
in September 1938, to cede the Sudetenland (the German-speaking area of
Czechoslovakia) to Germany
Saint Thomas Aquinas - He believed that Christianity's premises and date came
from divine revelation rather than from empirical observation. Theology was
considered a science, and he was a scholastic. Wrote Summa Theologica
answers
Absolutism - The theory that the monarch is supreme and can exercise full and
complete power unilaterally
Abstract Expressionism - No identifiable subject matter. Expresses feelings of
artists. Emphasized spontaneous personal expression, freedom from accepted
artistic values. Pollack
Act of Union - 1701 act of Parliament uniting England and Scotland into one
kingdom: Great Britain. Intended to strengthen England against France. Abolished
the Scottish Parliament.
Konrad Adenauer - The first chancellor of West Germany; he was able to establish
a stable democratic government (1876-1967)
Gustavus Adolphus - Swedish Lutheran king who won victories for the German
Protestants in the Thirty Years' War and lost his life in one of the battles (1594-
1632)
Agatir - Moroccan Crisis: The site of the landing of the German gunboat in
Morocco in 1911. William II tried to force the French to make concessions to
,AP European History Exam questions and
answers
Germany in Africa. Like the first crisis, this one drew Britain and France closer
together
Age of Absolutism - 1650-1789, a purposeful attempt by European rulers to attend
their royal or dynastic control over all aspects of life in the lands they ruled
Age of Anxiety - time between 1918 and 1950 when the meaning of lifewas being
questioned around the world because of the harsh brutality of World War I,
impersonal attitudes, pessimism for future
Age of Metternich - period of time in Europe in which reactionaries ruled. During
which there was a lot ot opposition and revolt from countries trying to establish
their own freedom such as Poland and Greece
Age of Montesquieu - first phase of the french revolution-tennis court oath,
national assembly, etc
Age of Rousseau - second phase of the French Revolution-Republic, execution of
Louis, Committee of Public Safety, Reign of Terror, Thermidorian Rebellion,
Directory
,AP European History Exam questions and
answers
Agricultural Revolution - The transformation of farming that resulted in the
eighteenth century from the spread of new crops, improvements in cultivation
techniques and livestock breeding, and consolidation of small holdings into large
farms from which tenants were expelled
Alexander II - Reforming czar who emancipated the serfs and introduced some
measure of representative local government (1855-1881)
Alexander III - Politically reactionary czar who promoted economic modernization
of Russia (1881-1894)
Algecira - Moroccan Crisis: The site of the 1906 conference in Spain at which
German involvement in Morocco was rebuffed by Britain and France acting in
unison
Algerian Liberation Movement - An eight-year struggle by Algeria to secure
independence from French colonial control; the goal was finally achieved in 1962
, AP European History Exam questions and
answers
American Revolution - This political revolution began with the Declaration of
Independence in 1776 where American colonists sought to balance the power
between government and the people and protect the rights of citizens in a
democracy.
Ancien Regime (Old Regime) - France prior to the French Revolution
Anschluss - The union of Austria with Germany, resulting from the occupation of
Austria by the German army in 1938
Appeasement - The making of concessions to an adversary in the hope of avoiding
conflict. The term is most often used in reference to the meeting between Hitler
and British prime minister Chamberlain in Munich, where agreement was made,
in September 1938, to cede the Sudetenland (the German-speaking area of
Czechoslovakia) to Germany
Saint Thomas Aquinas - He believed that Christianity's premises and date came
from divine revelation rather than from empirical observation. Theology was
considered a science, and he was a scholastic. Wrote Summa Theologica
