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AP European History

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1. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






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






3. The joining of Austria and Hungary under two different crowns






4. This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion






5. A railroad that went across Siberia






6. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






7. A desire for success abroad lead to this. It was a short war against Denmark to gain these providences






8. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






9. When the German economy tried to print bills to pay off their debt - inflation rates of 40% a day






10. 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






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






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






13. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes






14. A radical idealistic patriot who wanted a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and will of the people in Italy






15. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






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






17. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






18. The idea that human beings simply exist - have no higher purpose - and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Existentialism mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Existentialism sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jasp






19. Stalin's mass systemic murder of millions to instill fear and to have someone to fight against






20. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






21. A Dutch expressionist who painted a 'moving visions in his mind's eye'






22. 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






23. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






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






25. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






26. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






27. He wanted to declare the superiority of Aryan race - create more living space for them - and make himself eternal supreme dictator for life

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28. French Prime Minister who moved and occupied into the Ruhr to collect war reparations






29. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






30. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






31. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






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






33. 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






34. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






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

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36. When Germany moved through Belgium - it caused Britain to go on the side of the war with France.

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37. This was the group of people in the National Assembly that met to discuss the political questions of the day






38. Deputy to Hitler in the Nazi party person who dictated Mein Kampf






39. Was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight 'by all available means - including armed force - for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an internati






40. 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.






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






42. A radical - authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of t






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 house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution






45. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






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






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






48. First comedy writer that wrote 100 verses that described the realms of the next world






49. A Serbian nationalist in the Black hand who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand






50. This event was where king Leopold of Belgium exploited Congo for his personal gain