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AP European History

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1. This was the first explorer who rounded the southern tip of the Cape of Good Hope but was never able to go all the way around






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






3. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






4. 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






5. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






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






7. A member of British Parliament who mocked Rudyard Kipling's poem






8. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






9. This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating






10. This was the group of people called by Louis XVI that would keep the king in check like the English Parliament






11. In this - Mussolini recognized the Vatican as an independent state - and gave it heavy financial support






12. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity






13. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






14. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






15. German Foreign Minister who assumed leadership of government and got the French to move out of the Ruhr






16. This man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully






17. 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






18. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






19. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






20. This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical - the planets do not orbit at a constant speed - and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun






21. This was the union of skilled workers in the working classes that had a set behavioral code. They were usually run by construction bosses and factory foremen






22. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






23. 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.'






24. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






25. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






26. This massive victory by the French caused Russia and the Austrians to suspend their support against France






27. This man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement






28. A king and leader of Prussia who was unable to unify Germany 'from above -' he was replaced by William I






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






30. This American naval officer was the driving factor in Japan's opening by using gunboat diplomacy






31. A determined reactionary Tsar who nevertheless sped forward with economic modernization






32. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






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






34. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






35. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






36. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






37. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






38. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






39. WWI progressed so the Germans were winning at first - and then the Americans came and kicked butt. It also was so pointless and full of death






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






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






42. This was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues






43. This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy






44. These were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result - they began to secretly destroy the machines






45. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






46. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






47. 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.






48. This war was over the inheritance of the throne by Maria Theresa - for the Salic law prevented a woman from solely ruling the state






49. The reason behind the war was because a war would bring the Southern German states into the Prussian state - and the French wanted to teach Germany a lesson. It ended up that the Germans kicked butt - and the French were humiliated - and the German p






50. This movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved - giving the people a message of hope







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