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AP European History

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1. French stockbroker turned painter - pioneered expressionist techniques and fled to South Pacific






2. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






3. Was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight 'by all available means - including armed force - for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an internati






4. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






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

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6. This was the list of books that were prohibited by the papacy in order to stop more religious thinkers






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






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






9. This was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell






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






11. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






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






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






15. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






16. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






17. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






18. This czar of Russia wanted to restore the kingdom of Poland - which he wanted to bestow the benefits of his rule






19. The well off peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags






20. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






21. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots

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22. Russia's last tsar - he witnessed the fall of Russia from great power - to the entering into WWI and total collapse






23. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






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






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






26. A Spanish artist - founder of Cubism - which focused on geometric shapes and overlapping planes






27. A Siberian preacher who became friends of the Tsars - but hated by the public - twisted and cheated and exploited Alexandra.






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






29. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






30. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






31. This work of art shows the insignificance of the human and the supremacy of nature






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






33. 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.






34. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






35. German chancellor who hoped for WWI to happen - but without Britain






36. This was an event where Europe tried to claim Africa as quickly as it could






37. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






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






39. German Foreign Minister who assumed leadership of government and got the French to move out of the Ruhr






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






41. This was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots






42. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






43. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






44. This was the king who started the success of Spain's foreign colonies






45. The idea that human beings simply exist - have no higher purpose - and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Existentialism mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Existentialism sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jasp






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






47. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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48. These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union






49. This war showed that Russia was still not strong - and it caused revolution back at home.






50. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.