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AP European History

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1. A work that portrays an acquisitive - sensual - and worldly society through descriptions of merchants - friars - and husbands






2. 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






3. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






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






5. This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights






6. Was the French political alliance that allied the Communists - the Socialists - and the Radicals together.






7. An Artistic movement that focused on geometric shapes - complex lines - and overlapping planes.






8. Khedive of Egypt - he was a westernizing autocrat and grandson of the first leader






9. 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






10. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

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11. This event showed that Germany was war hungry and turned the British onto the side of the French






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






13. 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






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






15. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






16. 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






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






18. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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






20. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






21. The pact was an agreement to define the border between France and Germany - and in which Britain and Italy would gang up on the aggressor if the treaty was broken. The spirit was this feeling that war could be stopped again by peace talks that settle






22. 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.'






23. This was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land






24. This was the first French president as a result of the election after the Revolution of 1848






25. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






26. When Germany moved through Belgium - it caused Britain to go on the side of the war with France.

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27. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






28. 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






29. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






30. This war showed that the Russian were way behind the rest of the world - and needed reform.






31. The three party system that makes sure that both the conservative and the labor party don't get too radical.






32. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






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






34. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






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






36. This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

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37. 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.






38. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






39. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






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






41. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott






42. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






43. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






44. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






45. These were people who migrated to new lands - but then came back to either farm - or to stay






46. A man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy






47. The ruler of Venice






48. The idea that Britain could pacify Germany and make sure there was no war at any cost.






49. Russia's lower house of politics






50. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city