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


3. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






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






5. He was a major French Renaissance writer - doctor and humanist. He is regarded as an avant-garde writer of fantasy and satire






6. This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war - famine - and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late






7. The love of my life. Said that there were three points were man was stripped of his specialness. Copernicus said that man was not center of universe; Darwin said that man is not God's special creation; and Freud said that man is savage. Freud said th






8. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






9. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






10. This was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands






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






12. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






13. This was new thought that the governments should be subject to change. This was the counterpart to conservatism






14. 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


15. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy


16. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






17. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






18. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






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






20. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






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






22. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






23. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






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






25. This was an artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling






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






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






28. This was the period in France where Robespierre ruled and used revolutionary terror to solidify the home front. He tried rebels and they were all judged severely and most were executed






29. A German customs union founded to increase trade and stimulate revenues of its members






30. German Foreign Minister who assumed leadership of government and got the French to move out of the Ruhr






31. French Prime Minister who moved and occupied into the Ruhr to collect war reparations






32. Europe mainly invested most of its money back into Europe - and then into the US






33. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






34. These were the French philosophers






35. Served as the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He founded and led the Estado Novo ('New State') - the authoritarian - right-wing government that presided over and controlled Portugal from 1932 to 1974.






36. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






37. When France occupied the Ruhr coal fields to demand that the German pay their reparations






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






39. 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






40. Unsuccessful uprising of sailors - soldiers - and civilians against Russian government (against Bolsheviks)






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






42. This was the term given to those in the Renaissance who were able to excel in more than one subject matter


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






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






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






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






47. This was the name of the military dictatorship that England took on during the reign of Oliver Cromwell






48. An armed uprising in Munich of maybe 50 people at most - crushed - Hitler's idea






49. This was the international war between the Protestants and Catholics that eventually ended religious conflicts in Europe


50. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary