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AP European History

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1. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






2. A French painter who used a impressionism called 'super-realism -' capture overall impression of the thing they were painting






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






4. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






5. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






6. This was the Portuguese Prince that gave steadfast financial and moral support to the navigators






7. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






8. A Political opponent of Stalin's who was executed for being more popular that Stalin






9. One of the main points of Calvinism that said that God had already determined if you were damned or saved






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






11. These were people who migrated to new lands - but then came back to either farm - or to stay






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






13. This work of art shows the glory of the French Revolution






14. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






15. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






16. 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.'






17. This was the act passed by Charles VI that stated that Hapsburg possessions were never to be divided - in order to allow his daughter to be ruler






18. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






19. The old leader of Austria in the years before WWI






20. Composer - wrote Rite of Spring - expressionist ballet - shocked crowds because of music and scenes






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






22. The serbs assassinated the archduke to make a statement - and the Austrians got really pissed - because he was the next in line for the throne and the guy on the throne then was old






23. A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races






24. Bismarck's attack on the Catholic Church






25. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






26. This Scottish Romantic poet used history to write his poems






27. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






28. 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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29. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






30. This man was a Romantic painter






31. 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






32. This was the last of the wars that occurred over the religious differences in France - between the Catholics (Henry III of France and Henry of Guise) and Protestants (Henry IV)






33. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






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






35. France's first elected president by universal male suffrage - and developed strong nationalism like his cousin






36. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






37. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






38. 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






39. This was the conference at which the Troppau Protocol was signed in which any country that underwent a revolution was no longer part of the European Alliance






40. French stockbroker turned painter - pioneered expressionist techniques and fled to South Pacific






41. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






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






43. French leader of the Vichy republic of France - which was essentially Nazi France. He is seen as a traitor to his people by some Frenchman.






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






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






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






47. This American naval officer was the driving factor in Japan's opening by using gunboat diplomacy






48. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






49. This was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product






50. This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money - glory - or to convert non-Christians