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AP European History

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






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






3. An Irish novelist who wrote Ulysses - a stream of consciousness book that mirrored Homer's book






4. 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.






5. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






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






7. 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






8. The reason behind the war was because a war would bring the Southern German states into the Prussian state - and the French wanted to teach Germany a lesson. It ended up that the Germans kicked butt - and the French were humiliated - and the German p






9. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






10. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






11. All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes - the third creating WWI






12. This was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels - frescoes - religious panels and






13. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






14. A treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade






15. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






16. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






17. The Japanese had a war with China and ended up gaining Korea - which they opened to trade; Japan became an imperialist power

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






19. This man was a Romantic painter






20. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






21. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






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






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






24. 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






25. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots






26. This was the group of people called by Louis XVI that would keep the king in check like the English Parliament






27. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






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






29. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






30. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






31. This was the meeting between the Quadruple Alliance in order to formulate a peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. This was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government






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






37. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






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






39. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






40. This was the dictator who ruled over England after the English civil war. His death provided the military government collapse of England






41. This was the royal dynasty of Austria that ruled over a vast part of Central Europe while battling with the Turks over Hungary






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






43. This was the man who began studying fermentation to develop a way to avoid spoilage through pasteurization by heating the beverage






44. 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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45. Cavour's plan was to first modernize the econ - and model it off of Britain - then modernize the military - with lots of railroads to move the troops around to country

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46. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






47. The Germans needed a way to make the Austrians on their side - and they had the superior army. The Germans won - and were able to make sure that Austria stayed out of German affairs






48. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






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






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