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AP European History

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1. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building






2. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed






3. The war lost 15 million lives and cost 196 billion in today's money






4. The philosophical ideology that simply rejected the concerns of modern philosophy - like god and morality. Mainly started with Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein.






5. 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






6. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






7. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






8. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






9. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage






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






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






12. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






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






14. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






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






16. This was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land - taking land away from Maria Theresa - but still allowing her to rule






17. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






18. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






19. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England






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

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21. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






22. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






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






24. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






25. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






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

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






28. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






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






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






31. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots

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32. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






33. An important canal to the British in Egypt






34. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






35. Pope who denounced unification and published the Syllabus of Errors






36. 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






37. 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






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






39. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






40. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






41. 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






42. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries






43. This man was one of the early and influential socialist thinkers who proclaimed the tremendous possibilities of industrial development






44. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






45. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






46. German chancellor who hoped for WWI to happen - but without Britain






47. This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion






48. 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






49. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






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