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AP European History

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1. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






2. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






3. This czar of Russia wanted to restore the kingdom of Poland - which he wanted to bestow the benefits of his rule






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






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






6. French leader of the Vichy republic of France - which was essentially Nazi France. He is seen as a traitor to his people by some Frenchman.






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






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






9. This man was a radical Chinese reformer who sought to overthrow the government






10. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






11. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






12. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






13. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






14. This was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants






15. 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.






16. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






17. A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness






18. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






19. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






20. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






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






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






23. This was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign - she executed many Protestants






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






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






26. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






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

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28. This war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria

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29. Made friends with Italy - did stuff behind the table with Russia - and hated everyone else.

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30. The philosophy of the liberal arts that emphasized human beings and their achievements






31. 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






32. This scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method






33. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






34. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city






35. 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






36. Austria invades Italy and the French come in to help the Italians. The Italians and the French are very successful and gain Lombardy.






37. 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






38. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






39. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






40. 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






41. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges

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42. An energized movement of radicals from Sicily to the mainland and gaining land for unification

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43. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






44. Germany had to pay billions of dollars in war reperations






45. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






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






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






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






49. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






50. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time







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