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AP European History

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1. This scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method






2. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






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






4. This was the man who first detailed the accounted for the circulation of blood flow






5. A railroad that went across Siberia






6. There were the early French socialists who believed in economic planning and argued that the government should rationally organize the economy and not depend on destructive competition to do the job. There was also dialectic socialism in which the fo






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






8. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






9. A Freudian physiological idea that if you did not get over loving your parent of the opposite sex - you would have this complex where you hated your other parent and have issues with parental relations.






10. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






11. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






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






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






14. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






15. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






16. 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






17. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






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






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






20. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






21. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






22. The idea that human beings simply exist - have no higher purpose - and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Existentialism mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Existentialism sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jasp






23. The socialist idea that we should embrace socialism in a gradual advance - with no bloody war






24. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






25. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






26. This was the other common crime in which the members of the church would give positions to relatives






27. He used light and dark imagery to illustrate different feelings and emotions






28. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






29. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






30. This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical - the planets do not orbit at a constant speed - and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun






31. This was the act of planning out a city and building it from the blueprints. This caused in increase in public transit that millions of people used a day instead of their own transportation or walking






32. This was the Parliament after Oliver Cromwell dismissed the Cavaliers






33. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






34. A new principle of building design that focused on buildings being functional which means serving the purpose it was made for best






35. Was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight 'by all available means - including armed force - for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an internati






36. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






37. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






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






39. A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness






40. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






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






42. A French existentialist who said that people just 'turned up' and that there was no God to help honest people. Also said 'man is condemned to be free' and people had to choose their actions.






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






44. This was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy - bureaucracy - ar






45. The main leader of The Mountain and the man who ruled France after the First Revolution






46. The twisted social idea that used the theory of evolution and applied to people






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






48. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






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






50. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries