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AP European History

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






2. 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






3. 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






4. This Scottish Romantic poet used history to write his poems






5. Egyptian army general who stepped into power after the French left. He reformed the army - the land - and the communication of Egypt






6. This was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws






7. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






8. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






9. 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






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






11. 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






12. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges

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






14. This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war - famine - and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late






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






16. This event occurred when both Britain and France wanted the town of Fashoda; in the end - the British gained control of the town - because the French gave up






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






18. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






19. The Greeks revolted against the Ottomans for their independence - to which the Concert generally opposed to this






20. A French socialist who thought there socialism would come from a general strike of all workers that would cripple the capitalist system. Thought that socialism was an improbable religion rather than accepted truth. Thought that the new socialist gove






21. The socialist idea that we should embrace socialism in a gradual advance - with no bloody war






22. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






23. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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24. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






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






26. This socialist man believed that property is theft






27. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






28. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






34. This man believed that each age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas - which produces opposing ideas and a new synthesis






35. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






36. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






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






38. Was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight 'by all available means - including armed force - for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an internati






39. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






40. This was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences - which he did extremely successfully






41. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






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






43. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






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






45. This was the pope that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica and he was also the pope who challenged Martin Luther






46. When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations






47. Leader of the National Assembly in France - he ordered the Paris Commune to be crushed. He also declared the Third Republic of France - because it 'divided France the least'






48. 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






49. A member of British Parliament who mocked Rudyard Kipling's poem






50. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt







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