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AP European History

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






2. This was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state






3. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






4. He 'used the west to catch up to the west' in Russia - by having foreigners build factories and making new transport lines.

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5. This was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile






6. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






7. This was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues






8. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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9. 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






10. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






11. This stated that local government had some power - but that ultimate power rested in the hands of Bismarck and William






12. This was the reaction to the despotism after the Second Revolution which led to the establishment of the five-man executive that supported the French military which was not popular with the French people






13. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






14. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






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






16. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






17. This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights






18. A war between China and Japan for influence - power - and territory






19. A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races






20. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






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






22. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party






23. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






24. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






25. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






26. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






27. This was the man who created the spinning jenny which began the actual Industrial Revolution and the beginning of machines doing a man's work






28. Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution - helped by Hitler and Mussolini






29. This czar of Russia wanted to restore the kingdom of Poland - which he wanted to bestow the benefits of his rule






30. This was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy - bureaucracy - ar






31. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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






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






34. 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






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






36. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






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

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38. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed






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






40. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






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






42. This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law






43. He wanted to unify Germany - but played it safe - with many alliances and pacts - and ends up being amazing

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44. This man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X






45. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book that mirrored Homer's book






46. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






47. This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy






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






49. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






50. The reason behind the war was because a war would bring the Southern German states into the Prussian state - and the French wanted to teach Germany a lesson. It ended up that the Germans kicked butt - and the French were humiliated - and the German p