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AP European History

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1. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






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






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






4. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






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






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






7. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






8. When Germany moved through Belgium - it caused Britain to go on the side of the war with France.

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






10. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






11. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






12. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






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






14. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






15. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.






16. An armed uprising in Munich of maybe 50 people at most - crushed - Hitler's idea






17. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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






19. Last Tsarist of Russia - had a son who was a hemophiliac - and was put under the influence of Rasputin - where he exploited her. Ended up causing the collapse of the Tsars






20. This work criticized mercantilism by saying that it meant a combination of stifling government regulations and unfair privileges for state-approved monopolies and government favorites






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






22. Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power - then never had full power.






23. This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical - the planets do not orbit at a constant speed - and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun






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

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26. A mass flee of British troops of the coast of France - disaster - lost thousands of machines and vehicles






27. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






28. 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






29. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






30. This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

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31. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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32. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






33. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






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






35. This man was a Romantic painter






36. The old leader of Austria in the years before WWI






37. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






38. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






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






40. (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






41. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






42. Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform






43. 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






44. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






45. An important battle in the Asian part of the war - the Americans sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers






46. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






47. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal






48. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






49. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






50. 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