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AP European History

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1. This war showed that Russia was still not strong - and it caused revolution back at home.






2. The three countries of Italy - Germany - and Japan allied together






3. The Duke of Florence and the old ruler of the city-states of Italy






4. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






5. 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






6. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






7. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






8. This was the political idea in which the government did not intervene in the economy and liberty and equality were stressed






9. He 'used the west to catch up to the west' in Russia - by having foreigners build factories and making new transport lines.

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






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






12. German physicist who proved that subatomic energy was emitted from particles - he called them 'quanta'






13. This man was a Romantic painter






14. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






15. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






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






17. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






18. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






19. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






20. This was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy - bureaucracy - ar






21. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






22. An armed uprising in Munich of maybe 50 people at most - crushed - Hitler's idea






23. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






24. The forced famine of Ukraine by Stalin over not producing enough grain






25. A French existentialist who said that people just 'turned up' and that there was no God to help honest people. Also said 'man is condemned to be free' and people had to choose their actions.






26. A Siberian preacher who became friends of the Tsars - but hated by the public - twisted and cheated and exploited Alexandra.






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






28. There were the early French socialists who believed in economic planning and argued that the government should rationally organize the economy and not depend on destructive competition to do the job. There was also dialectic socialism in which the fo






29. This was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era






30. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






31. This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France






32. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






33. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






34. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






35. This was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin






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






37. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






38. This was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail into the Indian Ocean trade






39. This was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition






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






41. One of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted - wrote - sculpted - invented - among his philosophical ideas






42. This rivalry developed because of the increasing naval race - and because Germany was becoming increasingly militaristic






43. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal






44. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






45. Hitler's book in which he outlined his ideas on race - living space - and the Fuhrer






46. This stated that local government had some power - but that ultimate power rested in the hands of Bismarck and William






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. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






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






50. This was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile