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AP European History

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1. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






2. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






3. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity






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






5. This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America






6. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






7. Bismarck's attack on the Catholic Church






8. This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India






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






10. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






11. He wanted to declare the superiority of Aryan race - create more living space for them - and make himself eternal supreme dictator for life

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12. 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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13. A British politician who extended the vote to the rich middle class in order to broaden the political base of the conservative party






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






15. A French socialist who thought there socialism would come from a general strike of all workers that would cripple the capitalist system. Thought that socialism was an improbable religion rather than accepted truth. Thought that the new socialist gove






16. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity






17. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






18. A railroad that went across Siberia






19. This was the response to the Enlightenment in which they believed that not everything could be measured - because of the passion of emotion






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






21. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






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






23. This was the reaction to the despotism after the Second Revolution which led to the establishment of the five-man executive that supported the French military which was not popular with the French people






24. Incident in France where a Jewish captain was tried for treason because they military was anti-Semitic - and it divided the country






25. 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






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






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






28. A Freudian physiological idea that if you did not get over loving your parent of the opposite sex - you would have this complex where you hated your other parent and have issues with parental relations.






29. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






30. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






31. The rule of a nation or state by a few people






32. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






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






34. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






35. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






36. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






37. 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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38. This was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile






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






40. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






41. The idea that people should determine who and what they want leading them






42. 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






43. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






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






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






46. This was the name given to the Spanish explorers who would conquer the land they discovered and utilize the resources they found there for Spain

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47. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






48. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






49. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






50. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party