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AP European History

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1. An Artistic movement that focused on geometric shapes - complex lines - and overlapping planes.






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






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






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






5. These were Dutch settlers in south Africa






6. This involved the beginning of using reason to solve problems in the community by using inductive and deductive reasoning






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






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






9. This movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved - giving the people a message of hope






10. Tzu Hsi Chinese leader who used conservative forces to maintain her power






11. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






12. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own

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13. An important battle in the Asian part of the war - the Americans sank 4 Japanese aircraft carriers






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






15. 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






16. Was a pact that said that just said was bad - but did not outline any method for preventing war.






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






18. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking






19. The socialist idea that we should embrace socialism in a gradual advance - with no bloody war






20. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






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






22. 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






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






24. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






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






26. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






27. Freud said that there was conscious - which you could control - and the subconscious. He said that the Id was living in the subconscious was just had primordial desires that wanted stuff like food and sex. Then there was the Superego that did not wan






28. A rebellion of traditionalist Chinese people who wanted to throw the foreigners out






29. This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation - unions - and further economic development






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






31. 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.






32. This man was the first governor of British Bengal






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






34. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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35. 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






36. This war was over the inheritance of the throne by Maria Theresa - for the Salic law prevented a woman from solely ruling the state






37. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






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






39. 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






40. This was the pope that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica and he was also the pope who challenged Martin Luther






41. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






42. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






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






44. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






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






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






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






48. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






49. This was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice






50. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building