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AP European History

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1. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






2. One of the best examples of a Renaissance man. He painted - wrote - sculpted - invented - among his philosophical ideas






3. This war was began as a follow-up of the War of Austrian Succession when Prussia invaded Austria

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






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






6. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






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






8. This was the motto of the age of exploration. The explorers were looking for money - glory - or to convert non-Christians






9. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






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






11. French leader of the Vichy republic of France - which was essentially Nazi France. He is seen as a traitor to his people by some Frenchman.






12. This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation - unions - and further economic development






13. 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






14. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






15. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






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






17. They fell behind in industrialization - in education - and in general compared to the west






18. A catholic priest who called for a federation of existing states under the presidency of a progressive pope in Italy






19. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






20. This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion






21. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






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






23. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






24. This was the most famous and one of the first concrete reformer who began to reject some of the more obscure and selfish laws of the Catholic Church






25. 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






26. He was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence






27. 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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28. 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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29. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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






31. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






32. French revisionist socialist who repudiated revisionist doctrines to achieve a unified socialist state






33. Young English economist who denounced Treaty of Versailles and said that people needed to revise treaty and help German econ. He Wrote Economic Consequences of the Peace. Said Britain needed Germany - and if the German market went under - Britain eco






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






35. Pope who denounced unification and published the Syllabus of Errors






36. Objectives were to increase industrial output by 250% and agriculture output by 150% and have 1/5 of Russian peasants on collective farms. The methods were forced farming and scare tactics like gulags. The success was that of industry - which produce






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






38. The forced famine of Ukraine by Stalin over not producing enough grain






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






40. These were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society






41. A Venetian man who created the style of mannerism in which artists sometimes distorted figures to express emotion and drama






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






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






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






45. Mayor of Vienna whom Hitler idolized






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






47. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






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






49. A Dominican friar that predicted the French invasion of Florence from the paganism and the moral vice of the city






50. This was the ideology that most states used to gain the most money from their exports by increasing the amount of finished materials while decreasing the amount of raw materials