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AP European History

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






2. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






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






4. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






5. The political idea that applied the total war concept on a civil conflict






6. 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






7. 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






8. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






9. Their demand was universal male suffrage






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






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






12. 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






13. A railroad that went across Siberia






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






15. The American plan to loan money to Germany - who would pay their reparations to France and Britain - who would pay back their debt to America - which created a win-win for everyone - and made they people happy and thought that peace was possible






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






17. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






18. This was the man who discovered Americas while originally looking for a faster and all-sea route to the East but instead landed in the West Indies.






19. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






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






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






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






23. (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






24. Hitler's book in which he outlined his ideas on race - living space - and the Fuhrer






25. The ruler of Venice






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






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






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






29. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






30. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






31. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






32. These were people who migrated to new lands - but then came back to either farm - or to stay






33. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






34. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






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






36. 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






37. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






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






39. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






40. This is the passage that many European explorers attempted but never succeeded to navigate to reach other nations more quickly






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






42. 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






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






44. When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations






45. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

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






47. German who concocted the plan of 'France for breakfast - Russia for dinner'






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






49. 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






50. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing