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AP European History

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1. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






2. The serbs assassinated the archduke to make a statement - and the Austrians got really pissed - because he was the next in line for the throne and the guy on the throne then was old






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






4. 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






5. A war between Russia and Japan for Port Arthur - and for more influence in CHina






6. A document by the pope in which he denounced rationalism - socialism - religious liberty - and separation of the church and state.






7. Suffrage was extended to more middle class men in Britain so that they conservatives would get a stronger base






8. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






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






10. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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11. 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






12. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






13. These were the French philosophers






14. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






15. 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






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






18. These were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible






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






20. A Political opponent of Stalin's who was executed for being more popular that Stalin






21. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






22. This king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution






23. This was the alliance between Great Britain - Austria - Russia - and Prussia after the Napoleonic era






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






25. 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






26. 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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27. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






28. An important canal to the British in Egypt






29. This work of art shows the glory of the French Revolution






30. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






31. 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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. 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






36. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






37. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






38. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






39. This was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land - taking land away from Maria Theresa - but still allowing her to rule






40. This czar of Russia wanted to restore the kingdom of Poland - which he wanted to bestow the benefits of his rule






41. This thinker developed a philosophy of two different worlds a material world and a world of the mind. This was called Cartesian dualism. He combined his ideas with Bacon to form the scientific method






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






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






44. 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.






45. This was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials






46. This work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






47. He was chief of the general staff during WWI for the Germans






48. He was totally focused on himself - double and tripled crossed - rose by gaining support of party

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






50. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt