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AP European History

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1. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






2. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






3. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






4. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






5. This was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria - strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs






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






7. First comedy writer that wrote 100 verses that described the realms of the next world






8. An energized movement of radicals from Sicily to the mainland and gaining land for unification

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






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






11. These were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment - water conditions and bad foundations for buildings






12. This was the effort to completely involve every person and aspect of the economy into the war

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13. This was a legislative parliament in Russia with real political power






14. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






15. An important canal to the British in Egypt






16. 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






17. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






18. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






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






20. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






21. Was a French philosopher and historian who wrote Era of Tyrannies - which talked about the different kinds of government and how they all stemmed out of nature of modern war.






22. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






23. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






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






25. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






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






27. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






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






29. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book that mirrored Homer's book






30. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






31. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






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






33. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






34. The old Tsarist secret police






35. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






36. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






37. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.






38. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






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






40. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






41. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






42. 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.






43. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance






44. 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






45. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






46. This was the philosophical belief that for every thesis ever - there is an opposing antithesis that creates a synthesis






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






48. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






49. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






50. 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