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AP European History

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






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






3. The three party system that makes sure that both the conservative and the labor party don't get too radical.






4. This was a legislative parliament in Russia with real political power






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






6. A 'super patriot' of Italy - he helped unify southern Italy with the help of his Red Shirts






7. The two hundred year old Chinese dynast that was the last emperors of China






8. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






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






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






11. These were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs






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






13. The new idea that revitalized the period of expansion and gathering of colonies

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14. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






15. 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






16. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






17. This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money - glory - or to convert non-Christians






18. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






19. An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name - expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.






20. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






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






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






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






24. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






25. This was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots






26. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






27. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






28. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






29. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






30. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






31. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






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






33. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






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

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






36. Tzu Hsi Chinese leader who used conservative forces to maintain her power






37. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






38. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






39. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






40. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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41. These were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment - water conditions and bad foundations for buildings






42. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






43. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






44. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






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






46. This was the house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution






47. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






48. 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






49. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






50. 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