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AP European History

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1. Served as the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He founded and led the Estado Novo ('New State') - the authoritarian - right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal from 1932 to 1974.






2. The old Tsarist secret police






3. This was the act of planning out a city and building it from the blueprints. This caused in increase in public transit that millions of people used a day instead of their own transportation or walking






4. This was the conference at which the Troppau Protocol was signed in which any country that underwent a revolution was no longer part of the European Alliance






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






6. This was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.






7. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






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


9. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






10. 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.






11. 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






12. 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






13. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges


14. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe


15. The socialist idea that we should embrace socialism in a gradual advance - with no bloody war






16. This was the harsh and violent conversion of Spain back into Catholicism. They used several versions of torture and fear tactics to convert people back to Catholicism






17. Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books






18. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






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






20. This was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands






21. 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






22. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






23. 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.






24. This massive victory by the French caused Russia and the Austrians to suspend their support against France






25. This was the list of books that were prohibited by the papacy in order to stop more religious thinkers






26. German chancellor who hoped for WWI to happen - but without Britain






27. A Freudian physiological idea that if you did not get over loving your parent of the opposite sex - you would have this complex where you hated your other parent and have issues with parental relations.






28. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






29. This was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell






30. This was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign - she executed many Protestants






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






32. This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America






33. This was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government






34. This was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences - which he did extremely successfully






35. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






36. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






37. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






38. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






39. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






40. The rule of a nation or state by a few people






41. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him


42. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






43. 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






44. 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






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






46. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






47. These were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was






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






49. 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.






50. A Siberian preacher who became friends of the Tsars - but hated by the public - twisted and cheated and exploited Alexandra.