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AP European History

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1. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






2. These were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible






3. This was the scientist who began to study anatomy in depth. He is referred as the father of anatomy






4. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






5. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






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






7. 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






8. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






9. The western front became stalemated because it was full of trench warfare and needless death






10. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






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






12. This was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France - between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)






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






14. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






15. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






16. 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






17. This was the French supporter of Metternich's balance of power idea






18. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






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






20. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






21. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






22. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






23. 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






24. 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






25. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






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






27. 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.






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






29. These were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result - they began to secretly destroy the machines






30. A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance






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






32. One of the main points of Calvinism that said that God had already determined if you were damned or saved






33. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






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






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






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






37. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






38. This is the oath that the representatives of the third estate took when they swore that they would never disband until they had proper representation






39. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






40. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work

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41. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






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






43. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






44. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






45. These acts all started to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in the factories and helped make the Industrial Revolution better and the living conditions in the urban areas better






46. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






47. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






48. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






49. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






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