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AP European History

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1. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






2. This war was over the inheritance of the throne by Maria Theresa - for the Salic law prevented a woman from solely ruling the state






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

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5. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






6. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance






7. 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






8. A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness






9. 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






10. This was the way that the English landowners would now organize their land so that the farmers would become more productive in their work






11. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






12. Composer - wrote Rite of Spring - expressionist ballet - shocked crowds because of music and scenes






13. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






14. Was a French philosopher and historian who wrote Era of Tyrannies - which talked about the different kinds of government and how they all stemmed out of nature of modern war.






15. 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






16. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






17. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






18. This was the scientist who published the theory of evolution after his travels to the Galapagos Islands






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






20. 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






21. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






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






23. This was the other common crime in which the members of the church would give positions to relatives






24. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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25. 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






26. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






27. In this - Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an independent state - and gave it heavy financial support






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






29. 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






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






31. The political party with whom the Provisional Government had to share power with






32. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






33. French leader of the Vichy republic of France - which was essentially Nazi France. He is seen as a traitor to his people by some Frenchman.






34. This was the treaty that was reached that ended the Habsburg-Valois Wars which also made Charles V recognize Lutheranism as a legitimate following






35. 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






36. These were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society






37. A railroad that went across Siberia






38. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






39. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






40. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






41. This involved the beginning of using reason to solve problems in the community by using inductive and deductive reasoning






42. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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






44. This was the Portuguese Prince that gave steadfast financial and moral support to the navigators






45. This was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants






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






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






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






50. One of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted - wrote - sculpted - invented - among his philosophical ideas