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AP European History

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1. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






2. A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other






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






4. Unsuccessful uprising of sailors - soldiers - and civilians against Russian government (against Bolsheviks)






5. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage






6. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






7. Was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight 'by all available means - including armed force - for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an internati






8. A treatise that sought to train - discipline - and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal - the gentleman






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






10. 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






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






12. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






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






14. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






15. 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






16. A British politician who extended the vote to the rich middle class in order to broaden the political base of the conservative party






17. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






18. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






19. The reason behind the war was because a war would bring the Southern German states into the Prussian state - and the French wanted to teach Germany a lesson. It ended up that the Germans kicked butt - and the French were humiliated - and the German p






20. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






21. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






22. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






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






24. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






25. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






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






27. This was the first person to lead an expedition that circumnavigated the world






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






29. This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy






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

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31. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






32. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






33. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






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






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

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36. The movie that dictates the life and failure of Hitler






37. Mayor of Vienna whom Hitler idolized






38. A French socialist who thought there socialism would come from a general strike of all workers that would cripple the capitalist system. Thought that socialism was an improbable religion rather than accepted truth. Thought that the new socialist gove






39. This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights






40. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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41. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






42. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






43. Differences between French and British were over the treatment of the Germans - specifically on the payment of reparations






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






45. 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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46. This was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues






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






48. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






49. A Siberian preacher who became friends of the Tsars - but hated by the public - twisted and cheated and exploited Alexandra.






50. This was the man who first detailed the accounted for the circulation of blood flow