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European History and Politics Flashcards

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Norwegian first to reach the South Pole

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Roald Amundsen

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2
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killed Franz Ferdinand

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Gavrilo Princip

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“Magician of Iron”

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Gustav Eiffel

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“The Knight of the Cloak”

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Walter Raleigh

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5
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wrote History of the World

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Walter Raleigh

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executed at Tower of London 1618

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Walter Raleigh

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Virgin Queen

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Elizabeth I

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8
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Last battle of Wars of the Roses

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1485 Bosworth Field

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6th century Byzantine emperor built the Hagia Sophia, wife Theodora

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Justinian

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12th century Saracen Muslim leader in the Crusades

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Saladin

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French military group fights abroad, founded 1831

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French Foreign Legion

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12
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led the Greeks against Troy

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Agamemnon

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13
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Agamemnon’s daughter

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Electra

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14
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city where the Nazis’ advance into Russia was stopped

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Stalingrad

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15
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battle where Octavian beat Antony

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Battle of Actium

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16
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building for 1851 London’s Great Exhibition

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Crystal Palace

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17
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royal residence in Scotland

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Balmoral

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18
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Roman orator

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Cicero

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19
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French presidential palace

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Elysee Palace

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20
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Scottish outlaw 1700s

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Rob Roy

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21
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Iceland legislative assembly

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Althing

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22
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first king of Hungary

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St. Stephen

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23
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French Enlightenment philosopher wrote in English, exiled to England

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Voltaire

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24
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Swiss-French philosopher

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Rousseau

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25
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King Constantine country

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Greece

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26
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last king of Greece

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Constantine II

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27
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1415 France loses to England

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Agincourt

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28
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king of England during Battle of Agincourt

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Henry V

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29
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Nine Days Queen 1550s as a teen

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Lady Jane Grey

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30
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queen executed by Bloody Mary

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Lady Jane Grey

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31
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Danish philosopher 1800s

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Kierkegaard

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32
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Father of Existentialism

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Kierkegaaard

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33
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British prime minister during WWI

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David Lloyd George

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34
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precursor to the EU

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European Economic Community

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35
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British Parliament meets here

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Palace of Westminster

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medieval Spanish warrior

37
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Battle of Towton war

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Wars of the Roses

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1455-1485 war

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Wars of the Roses

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St. Alban’s battle war

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Wars of the Roses

40
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Bosworth Field war

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Wars of the Roses

41
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female Nazi propaganda filmmaker

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Riefenstahl

42
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military group disbanded/killed early 1300s

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Knights Templar

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founder of Methodism

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John Wesley

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J’Accuse letter subject

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explorers looking for the source of the Nile

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Burton and Speke

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Scottish coronation stone

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Stone of Scone

47
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Mungo Park river

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“The Little Corporal”

49
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Lost the Battle of Hastings

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Henry II fought with this priest

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Thomas Becket

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Thomas Becket king nemesis

52
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Scottish flag cross

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St Andrews

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1700s Italian “History of my Life” adventurer

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Milosevic country

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Yugoslavia/Serbia

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Napoleon’s foreign minister, helped overthrow him

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Talleyrand

56
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Louis XIV explorer discovered Lousiana

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Sieur de la Salle

57
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German patented first automobile

58
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Edward Teach nickname

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Blackbeard

59
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Queen Anne’s Revenge captain

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Blackbeard

60
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emperor of Austria-Hungary 1848-1916

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Franz Joseph

61
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European religious war started 1618

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Thirty Years’ War

62
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Scandinavian reindeer herders

63
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Chancellor executed by Henry VIII

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Thomas More

64
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Sweden’s oldest university

65
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1461 Battle of Towton war

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Wars of the Roses

66
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Velvet Revolution country

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Czechoslovakia

67
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10th century Danish king Harald nickname

68
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Swedish prime minister unsolved murder

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Olof Palme

69
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last Tudor monarch

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Elizabeth I

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last Stuart monarch

71
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treaty ended 30 Years War

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Peace of Westphalia

72
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French president 1995-2007

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Jacques Chirac

73
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British dandy, trousers, gentleman’s dressing table

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Beau Brummell

74
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patron saint of France

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Saint Denis

75
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King Victor Emmanuel country

76
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first Holy Roman Emperor, crowned on Christmas 800 AD

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Charlemagne

77
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USSR policymaking body

78
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ex-KGB Litvinenko poison

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last Russian monarchs

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Nicholas II and Alexandra

80
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Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier’s kids (3)

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Stephanie, Caroline, Albert

81
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first woman to swim the English channel

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Gertrude Ederle

82
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emperor home in Aachen, Germany

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Charlemagne

83
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West Germany chancellor and first chancellor of unified Germany

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Helmut Kohl

84
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Archbishop Makarios first president of this country

85
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Italian mother of 3 French kings

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Catherine de Medici

86
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2004 Orange Revolution country

87
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1860s redshirt Italian unifier

88
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1300s Scottish king defeated England

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Robert the Bruce

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