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AP European History

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1. This movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved - giving the people a message of hope






2. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






3. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






4. A desire of some people in Ireland to not be ruled by England






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

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6. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






7. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






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






9. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






10. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






11. 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.






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






13. This was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws






14. Deputy to Hitler in the Nazi party person who dictated Mein Kampf






15. This was the philosophical belief that for every thesis ever - there is an opposing antithesis that creates a synthesis






16. These were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment - water conditions and bad foundations for buildings






17. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






18. A policy in which US made formal annexation of China






19. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






20. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






21. This event occurred when both Britain and France wanted the town of Fashoda; in the end - the British gained control of the town - because the French gave up






22. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






23. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






24. The political party with whom the Provisional Government had to share power with






25. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






26. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






27. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






28. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots

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29. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






30. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






31. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






32. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






33. This was the Spanish equivalent to the Knights of the Round Table






34. The socialist opposed nationalism and thought that the German worker had more in common with the French worker than the German boss






35. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






36. The Greeks revolted against the Ottomans for their independence - to which the Concert generally opposed to this






37. This was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship - allowed for the priesthood of all believers - and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs






38. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity






39. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






40. Tzu Hsi Chinese leader who used conservative forces to maintain her power






41. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






42. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






43. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






44. Danish religious philosopher who made a total religious commitment to a remote and majestic god - after rejecting formalistic religion






45. This war showed that the Russian were way behind the rest of the world - and needed reform.






46. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






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






48. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services

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49. A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other






50. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.