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AP European History

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






2. This work of art shows the glory of the French Revolution






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






4. This man promoted the idea of sterilizing medical equipment before operating






5. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






6. This is the oath that the representatives of the third estate took when they swore that they would never disband until they had proper representation






7. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






8. 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






9. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






10. This was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences - which he did extremely successfully






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






12. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






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






14. (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






15. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






16. An artist who led the way into realism; his treatment of the human body and face replaced the formal stiffness and artificiality that had long characterized the representation of the human body






17. 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






18. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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19. This was an English feminist who supported the women's revolution in France






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






21. Bismarck placed high tariffs on imported goods - and tried to stop socialism with government measures that banned the socialist party






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






23. A British politician who extended the vote to the rich middle class in order to broaden the political base of the conservative party






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






25. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






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






27. Gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for 4 years






28. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






29. This man was a writer who would plea for simple Christian faith and would criticize the complexity of Catholic faith






30. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






31. Some people thought that we should accept and learn from the people who were taking over our land - these being the modernists; and other thought that we should completely try to get rid of them - these people being the traditionalists






32. 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






33. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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34. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






35. The philosophy of the liberal arts that emphasized human beings and their achievements






36. This was the man who dominated the reform movement in Scotland. He established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland so that ministers ran the church - not bishops






37. This was the line drawn by Alexander VI that gave Portugal most of Brazil and Spain the rest of South America






38. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






39. This was the treaty that was reached that ended the Habsburg-Valois Wars which also made Charles V recognize Lutheranism as a legitimate following






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






41. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






42. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






43. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






44. 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






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






46. This was the alliance between Great Britain - Austria - Russia - and Prussia after the Napoleonic era






47. These were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment - water conditions and bad foundations for buildings






48. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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49. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






50. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






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