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AP European History

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






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






3. 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






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






5. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






6. Last tsar of Russia - he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops - but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin.






7. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






8. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






9. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






10. War was seen as a good thing because it would cover up all of the problems that every country involved had going on at home






11. 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






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






13. 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






14. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






15. Mayor of Vienna whom Hitler idolized






16. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






17. This was an event where Europe tried to claim Africa as quickly as it could






18. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






19. The well off peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags






20. The forced famine of Ukraine by Stalin over not producing enough grain






21. These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union






22. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






23. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






24. German chancellor who hoped for WWI to happen - but without Britain






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






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






27. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






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






29. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






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






31. 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






32. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






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






34. Hitler's book in which he outlined his ideas on race - living space - and the Fuhrer






35. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






36. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






37. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book that mirrored Homer's book






38. This was the massacre that occurred during the wedding of a Catholic and Huguenot that would resolve the conflict between the two conflicting parties

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39. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






40. Last Tsar of Russia - he involved the Russians in WWI






41. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






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






43. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






44. These revolutions occurred in 1)France - because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy 2)Austria - because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire a






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






46. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






47. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






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






49. These were the reasons of bad leadership - and lack of organized or effective army






50. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)