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AP European History

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1. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






2. A Liberal British Prime Minister who gave concessions to various parties and ultimately introduced bills for Irish self-governance






3. 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






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






5. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






6. He wanted to declare the superiority of Aryan race - create more living space for them - and make himself eternal supreme dictator for life

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7. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator






8. This dealt with skepticism - the government - and the role of reason in everyday life






9. 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






10. German philosopher who said that 'God is dead -' that lackadaisical people killed him with their false values. Said that Christianity and all religion is a 'slave morality.' He also said that the only hope for mankind was to accept the meaninglessnes






11. 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.






12. This battle was a German victory against the Russian - the Russians were crushed






13. This man was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in India






14. This was the king who started the success of Spain's foreign colonies






15. 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






16. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






17. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






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






19. Danish religious philosopher who made a total religious commitment to a remote and majestic god - after rejecting formalistic religion






20. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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21. 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






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






23. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






24. Made friends with Italy - did stuff behind the table with Russia - and hated everyone else.

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






26. This battle was a French/British victory - because they stopped the German offensive






27. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance






28. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






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






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






31. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war

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32. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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






34. These were general title given to the popes that would convince the Renaissance artists to work for them in order to enhance the majesty of the churches






35. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






36. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






37. WWI progressed so the Germans were winning at first - and then the Americans came and kicked butt. It also was so pointless and full of death






38. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

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






40. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






41. This war showed that the Russian were way behind the rest of the world - and needed reform.






42. 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.






43. Germany had to pay billions of dollars in war reperations






44. Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry






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






46. This was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I






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






48. This socialist man believed that property is theft






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






50. The Magyar pushed through bills that changed voting laws to help the elite and to force through the teaching of Hungarian in schools. They created the nationalism that would tear them apart