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AP European History

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1. A local coulcil of politicians to deal with local problems in Russia






2. This man both helped to lead the first national union in England and advocated the use of children in factories






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






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






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. This was a way of thinking that God exists - but does not intervene in daily life - for he already has a plan for the universe that cannot be altered






10. This is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly






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






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






13. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






14. These were the French workers' revolts in 1848 after the closure of the National Workshops






15. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






16. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






17. This was one o the original men to challenge the church. His writings became 'scriptures' for other reformers to follow.






18. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering


19. A policy in which US made formal annexation of China






20. Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform






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






22. 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






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






24. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






25. A document by the pope in which he denounced rationalism - socialism - religious liberty - and separation of the church and state.






26. This was the splitting up of Poland by Russia - Prussia - and Austria






27. Danish religious philosopher who made a total religious commitment to a remote and majestic god - after rejecting formalistic religion






28. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work


29. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






30. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






31. This war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria


32. This was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands






33. 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






34. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






35. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






36. 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






37. Russia's lower house of politics






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






39. These were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society






40. The socialist opposed nationalism and thought that the German worker had more in common with the French worker than the German boss






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






42. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






43. This man was a Romantic painter






44. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






45. 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.






46. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






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






48. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there


49. Germany had to pay billions of dollars in war reperations






50. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire