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AP European History

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1. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






2. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






3. This English poet joined the Greeks and died fighting so that they may be free






4. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






5. This was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era






6. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






7. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






8. German physicist who proved that subatomic energy was emitted from particles - he called them 'quanta'






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

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10. Man who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker






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






12. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






13. The western front became stalemated because it was full of trench warfare and needless death






14. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






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






16. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






17. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






18. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






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






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






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






22. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






23. Last Tsarist of Russia - had a son who was a hemophiliac - and was put under the influence of Rasputin - where he exploited her. Ended up causing the collapse of the Tsars






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






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






26. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






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






28. 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






29. The most of these were economical and not political - and even then were mostly only halfway efforts






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

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






32. 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






33. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






34. He 'used the west to catch up to the west' in Russia - by having foreigners build factories and making new transport lines.

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






36. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






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






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






39. 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






40. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






41. 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






42. Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books






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






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






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






46. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






47. 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






48. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






49. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






50. He wanted to unify Germany - but played it safe - with many alliances and pacts - and ends up being amazing

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