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AP European History

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1. A treatise that sought to train - discipline - and fashion the young man into the courtly ideal - the gentleman






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






3. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






4. An occurrence in Russia that lead to the increase of its stature in world power standings and revitalized the economy and industry






5. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






6. A French painter who used a impressionism called 'super-realism -' capture overall impression of the thing they were painting






7. Hitler used this to launch his dictatorship and used this to give him power. It was a fire of a capital building






8. This work of art shows the insignificance of the human and the supremacy of nature






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

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10. This new German emperor opposed Bismarck - fired him - and ended up being less successful than Bismarck anyway






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






12. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






13. This was the harsh and violent conversion of Spain back into Catholicism. They used several versions of torture and fear tactics to convert people back to Catholicism






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






15. Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution - helped by Hitler and Mussolini






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






17. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






18. A short political treatise about political power how the ruler should gain - maintain - and increase it. Machiavelli explores the problems of human nature and concludes that human beings are selfish and out to advance their own interests






19. An artistic movement that had a purposely nonsensical name - expressing its total rejection of previous modern art.






20. This bill gave representation to most people in England






21. Freud said that there was conscious - which you could control - and the subconscious. He said that the Id was living in the subconscious was just had primordial desires that wanted stuff like food and sex. Then there was the Superego that did not wan






22. This treaty ended the Seven Years' War






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






24. These were the reasons of bad leadership - and lack of organized or effective army






25. This was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product






26. Man who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker






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






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






29. 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






30. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers






31. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






32. A mass flee of British troops of the coast of France - disaster - lost thousands of machines and vehicles






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






34. Composer of opera Wozzeck - atonal music with half spoken - half sung dialogue - violence and expression






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






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






37. One of the leaders of The Mountain






38. A secret agreement between the Germans and the Russians that said that they would not attack each other






39. The war lost 15 million lives and cost 196 billion in today's money






40. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






41. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






42. These were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result - they began to secretly destroy the machines






43. A battle between Muslim warriors and British machine gunners - a bloody massacre






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






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






46. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






47. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






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






49. 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






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

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