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AP European History

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1. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






2. This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion






3. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






4. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






5. This man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement






6. A successful politician in France - he was a moderate republican who helped stabilize government






7. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






8. This was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies






9. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






10. This was the Parliament after Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Cavaliers






11. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






12. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






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






14. A Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama






15. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






16. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






17. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






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






19. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






20. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






21. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






22. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






23. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






24. An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name - expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.






25. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






26. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






27. This was one of the reforms in England in which the leaders wanted all Catholic elements in the Church of England eliminated






28. He used light and dark imagery to illustrate different feelings and emotions






29. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






30. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






31. This was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I






32. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






33. This war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria

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34. A postimpressionist and expressionist who had a profound impact on 20th century art and committed to form






35. A determined reactionary Tsar who nevertheless sped forward with economic modernization






36. 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






37. This man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully






38. A railroad that went across Siberia






39. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






40. This man was one of the early and influential socialist thinkers who proclaimed the tremendous possibilities of industrial development






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

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42. Some people thought that we should accept and learn from the people who were taking over our land - these being the modernists; and other thought that we should completely try to get rid of them - these people being the traditionalists






43. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






44. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






45. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






46. The most of these were economical and not political - and even then were mostly only halfway efforts






47. Cavour's plan was to first modernize the econ - and model it off of Britain - then modernize the military - with lots of railroads to move the troops around to country

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48. This was a German dynasty that often had conflicts with the Habsburgs that often involved other countries and papal troops






49. This massive victory by the French caused Russia and the Austrians to suspend their support against France






50. This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating