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AP European History

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1. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






2. The idea that Britain could pacify Germany and make sure there was no war at any cost.






3. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

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






5. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






6. 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






7. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






8. Egyptian army general who stepped into power after the French left. He reformed the army - the land - and the communication of Egypt






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






10. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






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






12. These were the French workers' revolts in 1848 after the closure of the National Workshops






13. He was totally focused on himself - double and tripled crossed - rose by gaining support of party

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






15. This war showed that the Russian were way behind the rest of the world - and needed reform.






16. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






17. This was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels - frescoes - religious panels and






18. French poet and critic that spoke of a 'crisis of the mind -' and 'a dark future for Europe'






19. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






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






21. A Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama






22. He was chief of the general staff during WWI for the Germans






23. These were part of Wilson's plan to end WW1 conflict






24. 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






25. This was an artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling






26. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






27. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






28. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






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






30. When Germany moved through Belgium - it caused Britain to go on the side of the war with France.

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31. When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations






32. This was the first explorer who rounded the southern tip of the Cape of Good Hope but was never able to go all the way around






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






34. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






35. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






36. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






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






38. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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39. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






40. This was the union of skilled workers in the working classes that had a set behavioral code. They were usually run by construction bosses and factory foremen






41. The new idea that revitalized the period of expansion and gathering of colonies

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42. This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating






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






44. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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45. 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






46. This was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government






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






48. The Japanese had a war with China and ended up gaining Korea - which they opened to trade; Japan became an imperialist power

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49. During his short reign of England - Protestant ideas exerted a significant influence on the religious life of the country






50. 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