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AP European History

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1. The plan that Germany would attack France quickly and then move towards Russia






2. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






3. The three countries of Italy - Germany - and Japan allied together






4. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






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






6. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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7. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






8. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






9. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






10. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






11. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers






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






13. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






14. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






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






16. The political party with whom the Provisional Government had to share power with






17. This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law






18. A mass flee of British troops of the coast of France - disaster - lost thousands of machines and vehicles






19. A French existentialist who said that people just 'turned up' and that there was no God to help honest people. Also said 'man is condemned to be free' and people had to choose their actions.






20. This was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England






21. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






22. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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






24. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






25. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






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






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






28. 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






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






30. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






31. Document that announced the withdrawal of Russia from WWI






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






33. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






34. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






35. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






36. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






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






38. This socialist man believed that property is theft






39. 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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40. French offensive that resulted in an almost mutiny by the French military

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41. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






42. The American plan to loan money to Germany - who would pay their reparations to France and Britain - who would pay back their debt to America - which created a win-win for everyone - and made they people happy and thought that peace was possible






43. This new German emperor opposed Bismarck - fired him - and ended up being less successful than Bismarck anyway






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






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






46. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






47. Unsuccessful uprising of sailors - soldiers - and civilians against Russian government (against Bolsheviks)






48. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






49. This was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues






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