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AP European History

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1. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






2. This was the political idea in which the government did not intervene in the economy and liberty and equality were stressed






3. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






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






5. This was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land - taking land away from Maria Theresa - but still allowing her to rule






6. French Prime Minister who moved and occupied into the Ruhr to collect war reparations






7. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






8. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






9. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






10. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






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






12. Composer - wrote Rite of Spring - expressionist ballet - shocked crowds because of music and scenes






13. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






14. Stalin's mass systemic murder of millions to instill fear and to have someone to fight against






15. This work of art shows the insignificance of the human and the supremacy of nature






16. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






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






18. These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union






19. The Japanese had a war with China and ended up gaining Korea - which they opened to trade; Japan became an imperialist power

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20. This American naval officer was the driving factor in Japan's opening by using gunboat diplomacy






21. In this - Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an independent state - and gave it heavy financial support






22. This was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail into the Indian Ocean trade






23. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






24. This was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition






25. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






26. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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27. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






28. A man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy






29. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






30. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






31. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






32. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking






33. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






34. Leader of the National Assembly in France - he ordered the Paris Commune to be crushed. He also declared the Third Republic of France - because it 'divided France the least'






35. This was the union of skilled workers in the working classes that had a set behavioral code. They were usually run by construction bosses and factory foremen






36. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






37. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






38. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






39. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






40. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






41. This was the house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution






42. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






43. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






44. Khedive of Egypt - he was a westernizing autocrat and grandson of the first leader






45. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






46. 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.






47. A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness






48. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue






49. The philosophy of the liberal arts that emphasized human beings and their achievements






50. This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical - the planets do not orbit at a constant speed - and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun