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AP European History

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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






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






6. 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






7. This was one of the reforms in England in which the leaders wanted all Catholic elements in the Church of England eliminated






8. 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.






9. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges

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10. A war between China and Japan for influence - power - and territory






11. A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness






12. 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






13. This bill gave representation to most people in England






14. 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






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






16. Last Tsarist of Russia - had a son who was a hemophiliac - and was put under the influence of Rasputin - where he exploited her. Ended up causing the collapse of the Tsars






17. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






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






19. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services

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20. This war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria

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21. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






22. This man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith






23. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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






25. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






26. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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






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






29. 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






30. This was the French supporter of Metternich's balance of power idea






31. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue






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






33. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






34. He was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence






35. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






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






37. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






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






40. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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






42. A radical idealistic patriot who wanted a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and will of the people in Italy






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






44. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






45. Russia's last tsar - he witnessed the fall of Russia from great power - to the entering into WWI and total collapse






46. During his short reign of England - Protestant ideas exerted a significant influence on the religious life of the country






47. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






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






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






50. The common crime of paying for holy offices for the position of power