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AP European History

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1. Last Tsar of Russia - he involved the Russians in WWI






2. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






3. 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.






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






5. This was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies






6. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






7. 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






8. This was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I






9. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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10. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






11. 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






12. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






13. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






14. This was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship






15. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






16. This was the philosophical belief that for every thesis ever - there is an opposing antithesis that creates a synthesis






17. This was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war






18. The idea that people should determine who and what they want leading them






19. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






20. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






21. This socialist man believed that property is theft






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






24. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






25. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






26. 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






27. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






28. These were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment - water conditions and bad foundations for buildings






29. This was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice






30. There were the early French socialists who believed in economic planning and argued that the government should rationally organize the economy and not depend on destructive competition to do the job. There was also dialectic socialism in which the fo






31. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






32. The largest political party in Sweden - who pushed for social reform legislation - and drew support from community and socialist and capitalist working together.






33. French offensive that resulted in an almost mutiny by the French military

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34. This was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots






35. 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






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






37. This event showed that Germany was war hungry and turned the British onto the side of the French






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






39. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers






40. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






41. The philosophical ideology that simply rejected the concerns of modern philosophy - like god and morality. Mainly started with Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein.






42. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






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






44. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






45. Their demand was universal male suffrage






46. The socialist opposed nationalism and thought that the German worker had more in common with the French worker than the German boss






47. This is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly






48. Was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme - the 3rd Battle of Ypres






49. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






50. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy