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AP European History

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1. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






2. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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3. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






4. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






5. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






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






7. This was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era






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






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






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






11. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






12. Gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for 4 years






13. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal






14. France's first elected president by universal male suffrage - and developed strong nationalism like his cousin






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






16. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






17. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






18. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






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






20. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






21. The Duke of Florence and the old ruler of the city-states of Italy






22. This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

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23. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






24. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






25. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






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






27. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






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






29. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






30. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






31. Served as the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He founded and led the Estado Novo ('New State') - the authoritarian - right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal from 1932 to 1974.






32. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed






33. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






34. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






35. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






36. This was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land - taking land away from Maria Theresa - but still allowing her to rule






37. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






38. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






39. A war between China and Japan for influence - power - and territory






40. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






41. 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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42. Germany had to pay billions of dollars in war reperations






43. 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






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






45. These were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was






46. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






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






48. 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






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






50. This was the king who issued the Edict of Nantes