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AP European History

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1. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






2. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






3. 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






4. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services

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5. This was the revolt that occurred in Germany where the peasants rebelled alongside the new Protestant thought. They were viciously quashed and the public appeal to the Reformation went substantially down

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6. 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.






7. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






8. One of the leaders of The Mountain






9. Freud said that there was conscious - which you could control - and the subconscious. He said that the Id was living in the subconscious was just had primordial desires that wanted stuff like food and sex. Then there was the Superego that did not wan






10. The political idea that applied the total war concept on a civil conflict






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. This battle was a German victory against the Russian - the Russians were crushed






16. Upper class and Conservatives did not want unification because they would have less power - but the rest of the people wanted it because of nationalism and German identity






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






18. Austria invades Italy and the French come in to help the Italians. The Italians and the French are very successful and gain Lombardy.






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






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

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21. This was the man who created the spinning jenny which began the actual Industrial Revolution and the beginning of machines doing a man's work






22. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






23. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






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






25. A work that portrays an acquisitive - sensual - and worldly society through descriptions of merchants - friars - and husbands






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






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






28. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






29. Last Tsarist of Russia - had a son who was a hemophiliac - and was put under the influence of Rasputin - where he exploited her. Ended up causing the collapse of the Tsars






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






31. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






32. A railroad that went across Siberia






33. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






34. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






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






36. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






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






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






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






40. 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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41. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






42. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






43. German philosopher who said that 'God is dead -' that lackadaisical people killed him with their false values. Said that Christianity and all religion is a 'slave morality.' He also said that the only hope for mankind was to accept the meaninglessnes






44. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






45. Inhumane and cruel leader of the SS in Germany - appointed by Hitler






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






47. These terms said that Germany had to pay money - that Germany had to give up land - and that Germany had to keep its army size down






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






49. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






50. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images