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AP European History

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1. This was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship - allowed for the priesthood of all believers - and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs






2. 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






3. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






4. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






5. The most important battle in the European part of the war - allies stormed beaches and made it through to the mainland - landing in France and moving towards Germany






6. He was an architect who designed a hospital for orphans and foundlings set up by the silk-workers guild in Florence






7. This was the revolt by the Netherland against the Spanish in order to create their independent state






8. 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






9. This was the first man to isolate a bacterium and a virus and as a result h could create new vaccines for the disease






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






11. This socialist man believed that property is theft






12. This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India






13. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






14. A treaty with Britain and China that gave Hong Kong to Britain and opened 4 cities for trade






15. When the German economy tried to print bills to pay off their debt - inflation rates of 40% a day






16. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






17. A determined reactionary Tsar who nevertheless sped forward with economic modernization






18. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






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

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20. A man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy






21. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






22. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






23. This was the name that England took on after the civil war and the kingship was abolished






24. This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law






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






26. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






27. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time






28. During his short reign of England - Protestant ideas exerted a significant influence on the religious life of the country






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






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






31. A last ditch attempt to beat the allies after the Germans defeated the Russians






32. This man was a British soldier who established the military and political supremacy of the East India Company in Southern India and Bengal. He is credited with securing India - and the wealth that followed - for the British crown.






33. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






34. The old Tsarist secret police






35. This was the new style of literature that focused on the daily lives and adventures of a common person. This style was a response to Romanticism's supernaturalism and over-emphasis on emotion






36. These were groups of secret revolutionary societies in Italy






37. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking






38. 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






39. German physicist who proved that subatomic energy was emitted from particles - he called them 'quanta'






40. Stalin's mass systemic murder of millions to instill fear and to have someone to fight against






41. An important invasion that lead to the removal of Mussolini from government - only to have him put back later






42. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






43. German chancellor who hoped for WWI to happen - but without Britain






44. 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






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






46. This humanism philosophy interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity - individualism - and humanism in terms of their own traditions






47. This was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government






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






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






50. This was a man who helped Ignatius of Loyola to start the Jesuits. He also was famous for his number of missionaries he went on to promote Christianity