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AP European History

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1. They were given more rights and had complete equality of rights






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






3. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






4. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






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






6. The Germans needed a way to make the Austrians on their side - and they had the superior army. The Germans won - and were able to make sure that Austria stayed out of German affairs






7. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






8. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt






9. This was the queen of Austria as a result of the Pragmatic Sanction. She limited the papacy's political influence in Austria - strengthened her central bureaucracy and cautiously reduced the power that nobles had over their serfs






10. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






11. This man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith






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






13. A king and leader of Prussia who was unable to unify Germany 'from above -' he was replaced by William I






14. 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






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






16. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






17. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges

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






19. A new principle of building design that focused on buildings being functional which means serving the purpose it was made for best






20. This was the group of economists who believed that the wealth of a nation was derived solely from the value of its land






21. This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical - the planets do not orbit at a constant speed - and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun






22. These were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was






23. This was one of the reforms in England in which the leaders wanted all Catholic elements in the Church of England eliminated






24. Deputy to Hitler in the Nazi party person who dictated Mein Kampf






25. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






26. 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






27. 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.






28. The largest political party in Sweden - who pushed for social reform legislation - and drew support from community and socialist and capitalist working together.






29. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






30. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






31. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






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






33. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






34. This was the group of people in the National Assembly that met to discuss the political questions of the day






35. This rivalry developed because of the increasing naval race - and because Germany was becoming increasingly militaristic






36. A postimpressionist and expressionist who had a profound impact on 20th century art and committed to form






37. He was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence






38. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.






39. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






40. This stated that local government had some power - but that ultimate power rested in the hands of Bismarck and William






41. This was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials






42. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






43. This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient






44. Russia's last tsar - he witnessed the fall of Russia from great power - to the entering into WWI and total collapse






45. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






46. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work

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47. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






48. Inhumane and cruel leader of the SS in Germany - appointed by Hitler






49. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






50. This man both helped to lead the first national union in England and advocated the use of children in factories






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