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AP European History

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1. This was caused by the strictness and the incompetence of the Catholic Church.






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






3. A work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place






4. 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






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






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






7. A radical - authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of t






8. 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.






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






10. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






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






12. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






13. Literary technique that explored the psyche through different idea randomly bubbling up in a story.






14. 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






15. During his short reign of England - Protestant ideas exerted a significant influence on the religious life of the country






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






17. An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name - expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.






18. This new German emperor opposed Bismarck - fired him - and ended up being less successful than Bismarck anyway






19. This event showed that Germany was war hungry and turned the British onto the side of the French






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






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






22. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






23. This German - along with his partner Ludendorff - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






24. This was the revolt that occurred in Germany where the peasants rebelled alongside the new Protestant thought. They were viciously quashed and the public appeal to the Reformation went substantially down

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25. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






26. This theory stated that animals could evolve from other animals in order to adapt to their environments. This theory was not widely accepted for it could possibly account for humans which would defeat the whole purpose of creationism






27. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






28. This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France






29. This war showed that Russia was still not strong - and it caused revolution back at home.






30. 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






31. 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






32. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance






33. A last ditch attempt to beat the allies after the Germans defeated the Russians






34. This was the first explorer who rounded the southern tip of the Cape of Good Hope but was never able to go all the way around






35. This was the harsh and violent conversion of Spain back into Catholicism. They used several versions of torture and fear tactics to convert people back to Catholicism






36. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






37. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






38. Was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme - the 3rd Battle of Ypres






39. One of the leaders of The Mountain






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






41. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






42. This was one o the original men to challenge the church. His writings became 'scriptures' for other reformers to follow.






43. These were meeting places for philosophical discussion that were for the upper and middle class citizens who would talk about different doctrines






44. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






45. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






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






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






48. German philosopher who said that 'God is dead -' that lackadaisical people killed him with their false values. Said that Christianity and all religion is a 'slave morality.' He also said that the only hope for mankind was to accept the meaninglessnes






49. Suffrage was extended to more middle class men in Britain so that they conservatives would get a stronger base






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







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