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AP European History

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






2. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries






3. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






4. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






5. A policy in which US made formal annexation of China






6. This was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels - frescoes - religious panels and






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






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






9. A short political treatise about political power how the ruler should gain - maintain - and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests






10. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

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11. 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






12. The French Revolution of 1830 occurred because Louis XVIII only granted a small percentage of people the right to vote and Charles X attack of Algeria and as a result - he censored the press and limited the voting rights of the wealthy






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






14. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city






15. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






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






17. This was the king who started the success of Spain's foreign colonies






18. 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






19. This was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France - between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)






20. One of the leaders of The Mountain






21. This was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day






22. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue






23. This was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation






24. 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






25. A Spanish artist - founder of Cubism - which focused on geometric shapes and overlapping planes






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






27. This war showed that the Russian were way behind the rest of the world - and needed reform.






28. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






29. This was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world






30. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






31. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






32. The movie that dictates the life and failure of Hitler






33. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






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






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






36. The motto of the French Revolution and the demands of the popular people

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37. A Freudian physiological idea that if you did not get over loving your parent of the opposite sex - you would have this complex where you hated your other parent and have issues with parental relations.






38. He wanted to unify Germany - but played it safe - with many alliances and pacts - and ends up being amazing

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39. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






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






41. Pope who denounced unification and published the Syllabus of Errors






42. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.






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






44. A work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place






45. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






46. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






47. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






48. The opposition to the Bolsheviks and the Red army after the October rebellion and the Russian Revolution

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






50. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war