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AP European History

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






2. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






3. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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






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






6. 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






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






8. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






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






10. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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11. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






12. A radical - authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of t






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






14. The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia






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






16. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






17. This was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government






18. The main leader of The Mountain and the man who ruled France after the First Revolution






19. 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






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






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






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

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






24. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






25. Tzu Hsi Chinese leader who used conservative forces to maintain her power






26. The idea that human beings simply exist - have no higher purpose - and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Existentialism mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Existentialism sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jasp






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






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






29. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






30. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






31. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






32. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






33. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






34. A radical idealistic patriot who wanted a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and will of the people in Italy






35. French stockbroker turned painter - pioneered expressionist techniques and fled to South Pacific






36. He was chief of the general staff during WWI for the Germans






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






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






39. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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40. The Japanese had a war with China and ended up gaining Korea - which they opened to trade; Japan became an imperialist power

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41. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






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






43. This was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell






44. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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45. A catholic priest who called for a federation of existing states under the presidency of a progressive pope in Italy






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






47. 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






48. One of the leaders of The Mountain






49. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






50. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays