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AP European History

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






2. This work criticized mercantilism by saying that it meant a combination of stifling government regulations and unfair privileges for state-approved monopolies and government favorites






3. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






4. The most of these were economical and not political - and even then were mostly only halfway efforts






5. A work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place






6. 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






7. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






8. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






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






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






11. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






12. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






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






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






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






16. The working class still enjoyed drinking - although it was discouraged - they started to enjoy sports and music halls - although blood sports declined






17. This is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly






18. This was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials






19. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services


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






21. Suffrage was extended to more middle class men in Britain so that they conservatives would get a stronger base






22. The two hundred year old Chinese dynast that was the last emperors of China






23. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work


24. The old Tsarist secret police






25. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






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






27. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






28. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage






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






30. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






31. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt






32. 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






33. The middle class frowned upon heavy drinking and the women were fond of fashion. Education was necessary and sexual purity was considered a virtue






34. This philosopher showed the overall attitude of the Enlightenment by saying 'have the courage to use your own understanding'






35. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






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






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






38. Upper class and Conservatives did not want unification because they would have less power - but the rest of the people wanted it because of nationalism and German identity






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






40. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






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






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






43. The pact was an agreement to define the border between France and Germany - and in which Britain and Italy would gang up on the aggressor if the treaty was broken. The spirit was this feeling that war could be stopped again by peace talks that settle






44. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






45. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






46. French Prime Minister who moved and occupied into the Ruhr to collect war reparations






47. This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France






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






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






50. 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