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AP European History

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1. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






2. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time






3. 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

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4. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






5. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






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






7. This event was where king Leopold of Belgium exploited Congo for his personal gain






8. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






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






10. British military commander who believed in expansion and founded the De Beers Mining Company






11. A war between Russia and Japan for Port Arthur - and for more influence in CHina






12. A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races






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






14. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking






15. This was an event where Europe tried to claim Africa as quickly as it could






16. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






17. These were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible






18. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






19. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






20. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






21. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






22. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






23. This was the meeting between the Quadruple Alliance in order to formulate a peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars






24. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






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






26. This bill gave representation to most people in England






27. A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance






28. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






29. The well off peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags






30. A treatise that sought to train - discipline - and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal - the gentleman






31. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






32. This massive victory by the French caused Russia and the Austrians to suspend their support against France






33. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






34. A new principle of building design that focused on buildings being functional which means serving the purpose it was made for best






35. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






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






37. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






38. This was the Parliament after Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Cavaliers






39. The triple Entente was an alliance between France - Britain and Russia - the Triple alliance was an alliance between Germany - Austria and Russia






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






41. Was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme - the 3rd Battle of Ypres






42. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






43. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party






44. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers






45. 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






46. They fell behind in industrialization - in education - and in general compared to the west






47. 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






48. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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49. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






50. 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