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AP European History

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1. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






2. A policy in which US made formal annexation of China






3. A short political treatise about political power how the ruler should gain - maintain - and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests






4. 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






5. All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes - the third creating WWI






6. This was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land






7. This was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants






8. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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9. 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






10. WWI progressed so the Germans were winning at first - and then the Americans came and kicked butt. It also was so pointless and full of death






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






12. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






13. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






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






15. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






16. This was the response to the Enlightenment in which they believed that not everything could be measured - because of the passion of emotion






17. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






18. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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19. A French existentialist who said that people just 'turned up' and that there was no God to help honest people. Also said 'man is condemned to be free' and people had to choose their actions.






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






21. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






22. This was the treaty that was reached that ended the Habsburg-Valois Wars which also made Charles V recognize Lutheranism as a legitimate following






23. This event showed that Germany was war hungry and turned the British onto the side of the French






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






25. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






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






27. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






28. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






29. The triple Entente was an alliance between France - Britain and Russia - the Triple alliance was an alliance between Germany - Austria and Russia






30. 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






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






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






33. This was an event where Europe tried to claim Africa as quickly as it could






34. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






35. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






36. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






37. 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






38. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






39. 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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40. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






41. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






42. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






43. A catholic priest who called for a federation of existing states under the presidency of a progressive pope in Italy






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






45. France's first elected president by universal male suffrage - and developed strong nationalism like his cousin






46. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






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






48. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






49. French poet and critic that spoke of a 'crisis of the mind -' and 'a dark future for Europe'






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







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