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AP European History

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1. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






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






3. This was a German dynasty that often had conflicts with the Habsburgs that often involved other countries and papal troops






4. These were the reasons of bad leadership - and lack of organized or effective army






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






6. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






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






8. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes






9. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






10. This was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin






11. 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






12. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






13. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






14. 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






15. 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






16. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






17. This was the Portuguese Prince that gave steadfast financial and moral support to the navigators






18. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






19. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






20. 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






21. 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.






22. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






23. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






24. 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






25. A desire of some people in Ireland to not be ruled by England






26. Was a French philosopher and historian who wrote Era of Tyrannies - which talked about the different kinds of government and how they all stemmed out of nature of modern war.






27. 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






28. This man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X






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






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






31. British military commander who believed in expansion and founded the De Beers Mining Company






32. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






33. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity






34. A Siberian preacher who became friends of the Tsars - but hated by the public - twisted and cheated and exploited Alexandra.






35. This was an artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling






36. 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






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






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

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39. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






40. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






41. A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other






42. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






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






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






45. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






46. 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.






47. French offensive that resulted in an almost mutiny by the French military

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48. 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






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






50. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage







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