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AP European History

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1. This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy






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






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






4. This was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition






5. This bill gave representation to most people in England






6. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






7. These were the French philosophers






8. This was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year






9. The pact was an agreement to define the border between France and Germany - and in which Britain and Italy would gang up on the aggressor if the treaty was broken. The spirit was this feeling that war could be stopped again by peace talks that settle






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






11. This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation - unions - and further economic development






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






13. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






14. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






15. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






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






17. The ruler of Venice






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






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






20. This king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution






21. A Dutch expressionist who painted a 'moving visions in his mind's eye'






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






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






24. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






25. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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26. This was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels - frescoes - religious panels and






27. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






28. This was the king who started the success of Spain's foreign colonies






29. He was totally focused on himself - double and tripled crossed - rose by gaining support of party

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30. A Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama






31. 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.






32. These were meeting places for philosophical discussion that were for the upper and middle class citizens who would talk about different doctrines






33. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






34. 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






35. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






36. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






37. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






38. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






39. Mayor of Vienna whom Hitler idolized






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






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






42. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






43. First comedy writer that wrote 100 verses that described the realms of the next world






44. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






45. The common crime of paying for holy offices for the position of power






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

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47. These acts all started to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in the factories and helped make the Industrial Revolution better and the living conditions in the urban areas better






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






49. Served as the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He founded and led the Estado Novo ('New State') - the authoritarian - right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal from 1932 to 1974.






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