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AP European History

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1. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






2. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






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






4. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

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5. 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.






6. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






7. These were people who migrated to new lands - but then came back to either farm - or to stay






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






9. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






10. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






11. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






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






13. This man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully






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






15. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






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






17. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






18. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






19. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






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






21. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






22. 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






23. This was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws






24. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building






25. This was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state






26. The political party with whom the Provisional Government had to share power with






27. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






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






29. This was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife






30. The main leader of The Mountain and the man who ruled France after the First Revolution






31. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






32. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






33. 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






34. This German - along with his partner Hindenburg - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






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






36. 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






37. A radical - authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of t






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






39. He 'used the west to catch up to the west' in Russia - by having foreigners build factories and making new transport lines.

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40. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






41. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






42. This was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile






43. This was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.






44. Austria invades Italy and the French come in to help the Italians. The Italians and the French are very successful and gain Lombardy.






45. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






46. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






47. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






48. The most important battle in the European part of the war - allies stormed beaches and made it through to the mainland - landing in France and moving towards Germany






49. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






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