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AP European History

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1. The most important battle in the European part of the war - allies stormed beaches and made it through to the mainland - landing in France and moving towards Germany






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






3. This was the splitting up of Poland by Russia - Prussia - and Austria






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 Holy Roman Emperor that called for the Diet of Worms. He was a supporter of Catholicism and tried to crush the Reformation by use of the Counter-Reformation






6. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






7. This was the response to the Enlightenment in which they believed that not everything could be measured - because of the passion of emotion






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






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






10. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






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






12. 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






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

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14. He wanted to declare the superiority of Aryan race - create more living space for them - and make himself eternal supreme dictator for life

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15. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

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16. This was the first French president as a result of the election after the Revolution of 1848






17. These were part of Wilson's plan to end WW1 conflict






18. A local coulcil of politicians to deal with local problems in Russia






19. American president at the time of WWI who came up with 14 points






20. This was the massacre that occurred during the wedding of a Catholic and Huguenot that would resolve the conflict between the two conflicting parties

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21. A German customs union founded to increase trade and stimulate revenues of its members






22. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






23. This was the philosopher that believed that a strong central government was needed to avoid rebellion and civil war






24. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England






25. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






26. This was the pope that used the sale of indulgences to rebuild a basilica and he was also the pope who challenged Martin Luther






27. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






28. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






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






30. A Serbian nationalist in the Black hand who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand






31. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






32. A successful politician in France - he was a moderate republican who helped stabilize government






33. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






34. 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)






35. This involved the beginning of using reason to solve problems in the community by using inductive and deductive reasoning






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






37. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






38. Last Tsar of Russia - he involved the Russians in WWI






39. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






40. A railroad that went across Siberia






41. 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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42. This was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies






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






44. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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45. These were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs






46. This was the scientist who published the theory of evolution after his travels to the Galapagos Islands






47. Dictator of Russia - named man of steel. Was of lowly backgrounds but rose to power. Only in it for himself. Created 5 year plans.






48. Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform






49. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






50. Life was hard - there was no improvement in the average standard of living - but unemployment was unknown and communism had real appeal