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AP European History

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1. 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






2. 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






3. A Serbian nationalist in the Black hand who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand






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






5. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






6. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






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






8. The philosophical ideology that simply rejected the concerns of modern philosophy - like god and morality. Mainly started with Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein.






9. This man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement






10. 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.






11. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






12. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






13. A war between Russia and Japan for Port Arthur - and for more influence in CHina






14. 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






15. Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform






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






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






18. 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






19. A treatise that sought to train - discipline - and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal - the gentleman






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






21. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






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






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






24. Hitler's book in which he outlined his ideas on race - living space - and the Fuhrer






25. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






26. 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






27. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






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






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






30. This man was a Hungarian nationalist leader who demanded independence and a constitution






31. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt






32. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






33. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






34. 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






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






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






37. This is the oath that the representatives of the third estate took when they swore that they would never disband until they had proper representation






38. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






39. This was the group of people in the National Assembly that met to discuss the political questions of the day






40. This was the man who first detailed the accounted for the circulation of blood flow






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






42. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






43. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






44. Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books






45. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






46. Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry






47. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






48. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






49. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






50. Deputy to Hitler in the Nazi party person who dictated Mein Kampf