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AP European History

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






2. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






3. 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






4. A postimpressionist and expressionist who had a profound impact on 20th century art and committed to form






5. This is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly






6. This was the term given to those in the Renaissance who were able to excel in more than one subject matter

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7. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






8. Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution - helped by Hitler and Mussolini






9. This man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith






10. This was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign - she executed many Protestants






11. This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war - famine - and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late






12. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






13. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






14. This was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences - which he did extremely successfully






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






16. The common crime of paying for holy offices for the position of power






17. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






18. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






19. 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.






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






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






22. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






23. This man was a radical Chinese reformer who sought to overthrow the government






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






25. An energized movement of radicals from Sicily to the mainland and gaining land for unification

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






27. Last tsar of Russia - he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops - but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin.






28. 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






29. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






30. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






31. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






32. Their demand was universal male suffrage






33. This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient






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. 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






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

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37. This event occurred when both Britain and France wanted the town of Fashoda; in the end - the British gained control of the town - because the French gave up






38. A battle between Muslim warriors and British machine gunners - a bloody massacre






39. 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






40. 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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41. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






42. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






43. The western front became stalemated because it was full of trench warfare and needless death






44. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






49. Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry






50. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire