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






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






4. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






5. 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






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






7. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






8. This was an artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling






9. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






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

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






12. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






13. Khedive of Egypt - he was a westernizing autocrat and grandson of the first leader






14. This was the French supporter of Metternich's balance of power idea






15. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






16. 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






17. Germany had to pay billions of dollars in war reperations






18. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






19. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






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






21. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






22. French poet and critic that spoke of a 'crisis of the mind -' and 'a dark future for Europe'






23. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






24. Incident in France where a Jewish captain was tried for treason because they military was anti-Semitic - and it divided the country






25. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






26. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






27. The American plan to loan money to Germany - who would pay their reparations to France and Britain - who would pay back their debt to America - which created a win-win for everyone - and made they people happy and thought that peace was possible






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






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






30. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






31. All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes - the third creating WWI






32. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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






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






35. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






36. Egyptian army general who stepped into power after the French left. He reformed the army - the land - and the communication of Egypt






37. An important battle in the Asian part of the war - the Americans sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers






38. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






39. The fiery mayor of Vienna who preached anti-Semitism and appealed to lower middle class






40. A French painter who used a impressionism called 'super-realism -' capture overall impression of the thing they were painting






41. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






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






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






44. This man was a Hungarian nationalist leader who demanded independence and a constitution






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






46. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






47. This was the name given to the Spanish explorers who would conquer the land they discovered and utilize the resources they found there for Spain

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






49. 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






50. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy