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AP European History

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1. 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






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






3. Composer - wrote Rite of Spring - expressionist ballet - shocked crowds because of music and scenes






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






5. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






6. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






7. 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






8. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






9. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






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






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






12. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






13. Russia's last tsar - he witnessed the fall of Russia from great power - to the entering into WWI and total collapse






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. This Scottish Romantic poet used history to write his poems






18. This was the reaction to the despotism after the Second Revolution which led to the establishment of the five-man executive that supported the French military which was not popular with the French people






19. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






20. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






21. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






22. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






23. A new principle of building design that focused on buildings being functional which means serving the purpose it was made for best






24. The working class still enjoyed drinking - although it was discouraged - they started to enjoy sports and music halls - although blood sports declined






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






26. This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America






27. A last ditch attempt to beat the allies after the Germans defeated the Russians






28. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






29. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






30. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






31. This was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product






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






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






34. 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.






35. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






36. 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






37. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






38. These were the French philosophers






39. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






40. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






41. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






42. A telegram which the French gave to the Germans in anger over the Succession of the Throne in Spain - but the Germans altered it to look like the French were rude and evil. The French declared war.






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






44. 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






45. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






46. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






47. Gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for 4 years






48. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






49. This was the man who first detailed the accounted for the circulation of blood flow






50. The joining of Austria and Hungary under two different crowns