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AP European History

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1. This work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






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






3. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






4. They fell behind in industrialization - in education - and in general compared to the west






5. This thinker developed a philosophy of two different worlds a material world and a world of the mind. This was called Cartesian dualism. He combined his ideas with Bacon to form the scientific method






6. An important canal to the British in Egypt






7. An effective and almost dictator-like leader of France - who would not take defeat as an answer






8. This was the splitting up of Poland by Russia - Prussia - and Austria






9. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






10. 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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11. This man was a Romantic painter






12. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






13. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






14. This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France






15. This war showed that Russia was still not strong - and it caused revolution back at home.






16. 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






17. This battle was a German victory against the Russian - the Russians were crushed






18. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






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






20. This work criticized mercantilism by saying that it meant a combination of stifling government regulations and unfair privileges for state-approved monopolies and government favorites






21. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






22. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






23. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






24. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






25. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






26. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building






27. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






28. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






29. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

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30. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






31. France's first elected president by universal male suffrage - and developed strong nationalism like his cousin






32. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






33. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






34. This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation - unions - and further economic development






35. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






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






38. A mass flee of British troops of the coast of France - disaster - lost thousands of machines and vehicles






39. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






40. A short political treatise about political power how the ruler should gain - maintain - and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests






41. 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






42. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






43. The fiery mayor of Vienna who preached anti-Semitism and appealed to lower middle class






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






45. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






46. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






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






48. This was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife






49. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






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