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AP European History

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1. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






2. 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.






3. The joining of Austria and Hungary under two different crowns






4. This was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world






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






6. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






7. This was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war






8. The most important battle in the European part of the war - allies stormed beaches and made it through to the mainland - landing in France and moving towards Germany






9. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






10. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






11. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






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






13. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






14. This was the man who created the spinning jenny which began the actual Industrial Revolution and the beginning of machines doing a man's work






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






16. Differences between French and British were over the treatment of the Germans - specifically on the payment of reparations






17. An effective and almost dictator-like leader of France - who would not take defeat as an answer






18. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






19. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






20. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






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






22. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






23. This was the name given to the Spanish explorers who would conquer the land they discovered and utilize the resources they found there for Spain

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






25. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy

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26. This was a pianist in the Romanticism era that was a star in his day






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






28. 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






29. This was the reaction to the despotism after the Second Revolution which led to the establishment of the five-man executive that supported the French military which was not popular with the French people






30. The three countries of Italy - Germany - and Japan allied together






31. 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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32. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






33. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






34. The idea that people should determine who and what they want leading them






35. When the German economy tried to print bills to pay off their debt - inflation rates of 40% a day






36. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






37. Austria invades Italy and the French come in to help the Italians. The Italians and the French are very successful and gain Lombardy.






38. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






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






40. 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






41. Some people thought that we should accept and learn from the people who were taking over our land - these being the modernists; and other thought that we should completely try to get rid of them - these people being the traditionalists






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






43. 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






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






45. Bismarck's attack on the Catholic Church






46. This was the other common crime in which the members of the church would give positions to relatives






47. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






48. A successful politician in France - he was a moderate republican who helped stabilize government






49. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






50. This was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era