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AP European History

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1. This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war - famine - and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late






2. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






3. 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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. 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






7. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






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






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






10. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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11. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






12. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal






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






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






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






16. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






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






18. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed






19. 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






20. 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






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






22. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






23. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






24. This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law






25. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






26. Stalin's mass systemic murder of millions to instill fear and to have someone to fight against






27. This was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria - strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs






28. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






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






30. This was the treaty that was reached that ended the Habsburg-Valois Wars which also made Charles V recognize Lutheranism as a legitimate following






31. One of the main points of Calvinism that said that God had already determined if you were damned or saved






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






33. The Duke of Florence and the old ruler of the city-states of Italy






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






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






36. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city






37. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






38. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






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






40. This new German emperor opposed Bismarck - fired him - and ended up being less successful than Bismarck anyway






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






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






43. The western front became stalemated because it was full of trench warfare and needless death






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






45. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

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46. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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47. This was the meeting between the Quadruple Alliance in order to formulate a peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars






48. This was the alliance between Great Britain - Austria - Russia - and Prussia after the Napoleonic era






49. 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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50. This man believed that each age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas - which produces opposing ideas and a new synthesis