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AP European History

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1. Was a pact that said that just said was bad - but did not outline any method for preventing war.






2. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






3. This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy






4. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






5. This man was one of the early and influential socialist thinkers who proclaimed the tremendous possibilities of industrial development






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






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






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






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

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10. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






11. This was the treaty that ended the War of Austrian Succession by giving the Prussians land - taking land away from Maria Theresa - but still allowing her to rule






12. The forced famine of Ukraine by Stalin over not producing enough grain






13. This was the ruling class of Russia after the Cossack Rebellion






14. This was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice






15. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity






16. The new idea that revitalized the period of expansion and gathering of colonies

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17. A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races






18. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






19. This was the first explorer to round the Cape of Good Hope and sail into the Indian Ocean trade






20. The political idea that applied the total war concept on a civil conflict






21. The Austrians tried to stop the nationalism of different people in their country from tearing them apart - but it did not work

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22. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






23. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






24. This socialist man believed that property is theft






25. 1) The economic and financial crisis that led to the calling of the Estates General. 2) The political incompetence of Louis XV and XVI. 3) The unfair taxation between the three estates






26. This was the Portuguese Prince that gave steadfast financial and moral support to the navigators






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






28. Gave Hitler absolute dictatorial power for 4 years






29. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed






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

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31. Upper class and Conservatives did not want unification because they would have less power - but the rest of the people wanted it because of nationalism and German identity






32. A desire of some people in Ireland to not be ruled by England






33. 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






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






35. The area near Czechoslovakia that was mainly German ethnicity that Germany took.






36. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






37. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






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






39. This was the act of planning out a city and building it from the blueprints. This caused in increase in public transit that millions of people used a day instead of their own transportation or walking






40. 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






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






42. The old leader of Austria in the years before WWI






43. Was the authoritarian ruler of the Second Polish Republic. From mid-World War I he was a major influence in Poland's politics - and an important figure on the broader European political scene. He is considered largely responsible for Poland regaining






44. These were the laws passed by the Parliament that prohibited the English people from forming a union






45. 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






46. Last Tsar of Russia - he involved the Russians in WWI






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






48. This event showed that Germany was war hungry and turned the British onto the side of the French






49. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






50. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott