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AP European History

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1. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






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






3. 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






4. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






5. The political idea that applied the total war concept on a civil conflict






6. This was the Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation






7. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






8. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






9. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






10. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






11. An Artistic movement that focused on geometric shapes - complex lines - and overlapping planes.






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






13. This was one o the original men to challenge the church. His writings became 'scriptures' for other reformers to follow.






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






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






16. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






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






18. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






19. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






20. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






21. These terms said that Germany had to pay money - that Germany had to give up land - and that Germany had to keep its army size down






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






23. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






24. One of the main points of Calvinism that said that God had already determined if you were damned or saved






25. 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


26. War was seen as a good thing because it would cover up all of the problems that every country involved had going on at home






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






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


29. This was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product






30. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






31. Was the French political alliance that allied the Communists - the Socialists - and the Radicals together.






32. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






33. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity






34. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






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






36. The Germans needed a way to make the Austrians on their side - and they had the superior army. The Germans won - and were able to make sure that Austria stayed out of German affairs






37. Young English economist who denounced Treaty of Versailles and said that people needed to revise treaty and help German econ. He Wrote Economic Consequences of the Peace. Said Britain needed Germany - and if the German market went under - Britain eco






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






39. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






40. Was a pact that said that just said was bad - but did not outline any method for preventing war.






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






42. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






43. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe


44. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






45. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






46. This was the harsh and violent conversion of Spain back into Catholicism. They used several versions of torture and fear tactics to convert people back to Catholicism






47. Freud said that there was conscious - which you could control - and the subconscious. He said that the Id was living in the subconscious was just had primordial desires that wanted stuff like food and sex. Then there was the Superego that did not wan






48. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






49. 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






50. The philosophy of the liberal arts that emphasized human beings and their achievements