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AP European History

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






2. Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power - then never had full power.






3. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






4. This man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X






5. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






6. 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






7. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






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






9. 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






10. This was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year






11. Their demand was universal male suffrage






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






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






14. This was a legislative parliament in Russia with real political power






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






16. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity






17. The socialist opposed nationalism and thought that the German worker had more in common with the French worker than the German boss






18. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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






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






21. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






22. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






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






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






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






26. This was the French king who reached an agreement with Pope Leo X and allowed the French king to select French bishops and abbots






27. These were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible






28. This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America






29. This was one o the original men to challenge the church. His writings became 'scriptures' for other reformers to follow.






30. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






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






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






33. These acts all started to regulate and ameliorate the conditions of work in the factories and helped make the Industrial Revolution better and the living conditions in the urban areas better






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






35. This man was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in India






36. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






37. This was the term given to those in the Renaissance who were able to excel in more than one subject matter

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38. This man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement






39. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






40. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.






41. This was the effort to completely involve every person and aspect of the economy into the war

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






43. 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






44. This was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition






45. This was the Spanish equivalent to the Knights of the Round Table






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






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






48. A successful politician in France - he was a moderate republican who helped stabilize government






49. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






50. The political party with whom the Provisional Government had to share power with