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AP European History

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1. 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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2. A postimpressionist and expressionist who had a profound impact on 20th century art and committed to form






3. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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4. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






5. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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6. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy

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7. The war lost 15 million lives and cost 196 billion in today's money






8. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






9. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






10. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






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






12. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






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






14. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






15. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






16. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






17. These were part of Wilson's plan to end WW1 conflict






18. This was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies






19. German philosopher who said that 'God is dead -' that lackadaisical people killed him with their false values. Said that Christianity and all religion is a 'slave morality.' He also said that the only hope for mankind was to accept the meaninglessnes






20. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






21. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






22. 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






23. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






24. This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money - glory - or to convert non-Christians






25. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






26. When the German economy tried to print bills to pay off their debt - inflation rates of 40% a day






27. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






28. The political idea that applied the total war concept on a civil conflict






29. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






30. This bill gave representation to most people in England






31. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work

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32. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






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

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34. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






35. This was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands






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






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






38. A desire for success abroad lead to this. It was a short war against Denmark to gain these providences






39. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






40. Was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme - the 3rd Battle of Ypres






41. 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.






42. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






43. 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.'






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






45. This rivalry developed because of the increasing naval race - and because Germany was becoming increasingly militaristic






46. 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






47. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






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. They were given more rights and had complete equality of rights






50. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism