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AP European History

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






2. A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance






3. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






4. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time






5. This was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell






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






7. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






8. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






9. This was the group that gave work to the unemployed






10. This was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants






11. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






12. This event occurred when both Britain and France wanted the town of Fashoda; in the end - the British gained control of the town - because the French gave up






13. This was the way that the English landowners would now organize their land so that the farmers would become more productive in their work






14. Russia's lower house of politics






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






16. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






17. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






18. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






19. A document by the pope in which he denounced rationalism - socialism - religious liberty - and separation of the church and state.






20. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






21. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






22. These were conclusions reached by the philosophes against which debate was impossible






23. This was the philosophical belief that for every thesis ever - there is an opposing antithesis that creates a synthesis






24. Leading existential Christian thinker - thought catholic church was 'hope - humanity - honesty - and piety -' after broken world and WWI - also advocated closer ties with non-Catholics






25. Britain gained this territory by slowly asserting influence and putting people in charge






26. These terms said that Germany had to pay money - that Germany had to give up land - and that Germany had to keep its army size down






27. A desire for success abroad lead to this. It was a short war against Denmark to gain these providences






28. The philosophical ideology that simply rejected the concerns of modern philosophy - like god and morality. Mainly started with Austrian philosopher Wittgenstein.






29. 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






30. These revolutions occurred in 1)France - because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy 2)Austria - because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire a






31. This was the French supporter of Metternich's balance of power idea






32. Fascist Dictator of Italy that at first used bullying to gain power - then never had full power.






33. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






34. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






35. 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






36. This was the theory that two opposing classes have always battled against eachother to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each other for each other






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






38. The idea that people should determine who and what they want leading them






39. 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






40. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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






42. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






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






44. 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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45. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






46. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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47. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






48. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






49. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






50. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed