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AP European History

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1. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






2. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.






3. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






4. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






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






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






7. 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






8. 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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9. A Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama






10. This was the scientist who published the theory of evolution after his travels to the Galapagos Islands






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






13. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






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

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






16. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






17. This was the Spanish equivalent to the Knights of the Round Table






18. 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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19. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






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






21. This was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship - allowed for the priesthood of all believers - and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs






22. A member of British Parliament who mocked Rudyard Kipling's poem






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






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






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






26. 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






27. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






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






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






30. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






31. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






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






33. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






34. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






35. Inhumane and cruel leader of the SS in Germany - appointed by Hitler






36. This was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.






37. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott






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






39. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






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






41. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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






43. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






44. There were the early French socialists who believed in economic planning and argued that the government should rationally organize the economy and not depend on destructive competition to do the job. There was also dialectic socialism in which the fo






45. This work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






46. This thinker developed a philosophy of two different worlds a material world and a world of the mind. This was called Cartesian dualism. He combined his ideas with Bacon to form the scientific method






47. This man was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in India






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






49. This was a German dynasty that often had conflicts with the Habsburgs that often involved other countries and papal troops






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






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