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AP European History

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






2. 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






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






4. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






5. A Political opponent of Stalin's who was executed for being more popular that Stalin






6. 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.






7. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






8. The fiery mayor of Vienna who preached anti-Semitism and appealed to lower middle class






9. This act made it illegal to meet with a group of more than fifty people






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






11. This was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England






12. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






13. This was the group of people called by Louis XVI that would keep the king in check like the English Parliament






14. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






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






16. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






17. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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18. 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






19. This was the revolt that occurred in Germany where the peasants rebelled alongside the new Protestant thought. They were viciously quashed and the public appeal to the Reformation went substantially down

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






21. Differences between French and British were over the treatment of the Germans - specifically on the payment of reparations






22. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






23. He was totally focused on himself - double and tripled crossed - rose by gaining support of party

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24. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






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






26. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






27. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






28. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






29. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






30. 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






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






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

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33. The forced famine of Ukraine by Stalin over not producing enough grain






34. These were the French philosophers






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






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






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






38. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






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






40. A French painter who used a impressionism called 'super-realism -' capture overall impression of the thing they were painting






41. An occurrence in Russia that lead to the increase of its stature in world power standings and revitalized the economy and industry






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






43. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






44. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






45. The Magyar pushed through bills that changed voting laws to help the elite and to force through the teaching of Hungarian in schools. They created the nationalism that would tear them apart






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






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






48. German physicist who proved that subatomic energy was emitted from particles - he called them 'quanta'






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






50. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking