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AP European History

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






2. This was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land






3. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






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






5. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






6. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






7. This was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail into the Indian Ocean trade






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






9. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






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






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






12. 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






13. This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy






14. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






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






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






17. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






18. This man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X






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






20. This scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method






21. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






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






23. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






24. A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance






25. A war between Russia and Japan for Port Arthur - and for more influence in CHina






26. This was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year






27. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






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






29. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






30. An effective and almost dictator-like leader of France - who would not take defeat as an answer






31. A successful politician in France - he was a moderate republican who helped stabilize government






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






33. This was the first French president as a result of the election after the Revolution of 1848






34. 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.






35. The fiery mayor of Vienna who preached anti-Semitism and appealed to lower middle class






36. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






37. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book that mirrored Homer's book






38. He wanted to unify Germany - but played it safe - with many alliances and pacts - and ends up being amazing

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39. This was the splitting up of Poland by Russia - Prussia - and Austria






40. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






41. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






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






43. This was the group of people called by Louis XVI that would keep the king in check like the English Parliament






44. The idea that Britain could pacify Germany and make sure there was no war at any cost.






45. Cavour's plan was to first modernize the econ - and model it off of Britain - then modernize the military - with lots of railroads to move the troops around to country

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46. A 'super patriot' of Italy - he helped unify southern Italy with the help of his Red Shirts






47. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






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






49. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






50. Literary technique that explored the psyche through different idea randomly bubbling up in a story.