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AP European History

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1. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






2. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






3. Last tsar of Russia - he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops - but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin.






4. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






5. This involved the beginning of using reason to solve problems in the community by using inductive and deductive reasoning






6. This was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war






7. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






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






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






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






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






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






13. This humanism philosophy interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity - individualism - and humanism in terms of their own traditions






14. 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.






15. A new principle of building design that focused on buildings being functional which means serving the purpose it was made for best






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






17. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






18. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






19. A Dutch expressionist who painted a 'moving visions in his mind's eye'






20. 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






21. A treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade






22. 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






23. Some people thought that we should accept and learn from the people who were taking over our land - these being the modernists; and other thought that we should completely try to get rid of them - these people being the traditionalists






24. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






25. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe

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






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






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






29. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






30. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






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






32. Pope who denounced unification and published the Syllabus of Errors






33. This man was one of the early and influential socialist thinkers who proclaimed the tremendous possibilities of industrial development






34. War was seen as a good thing because it would cover up all of the problems that every country involved had going on at home






35. 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






36. 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






37. The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia






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






39. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






40. 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






41. This was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world






42. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






43. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






44. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






45. This was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship






46. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






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






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






49. This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

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50. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI