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AP European History

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






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


3. Hitler's book in which he outlined his ideas on race - living space - and the Fuhrer






4. A railroad that went across Siberia






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






6. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






7. The old Tsarist secret police






8. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






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






10. 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






11. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






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






13. This was the philosophical belief that for every thesis ever - there is an opposing antithesis that creates a synthesis






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






15. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries






16. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






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






18. This American naval officer was the driving factor in Japan's opening by using gunboat diplomacy






19. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






20. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.






21. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots


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






23. This man both helped to lead the first national union in England and advocated the use of children in factories






24. 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






25. Bolshevik revolutionary and political and intellectual thinker for Stalin. Supported the NEP






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






27. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






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. The western front became stalemated because it was full of trench warfare and needless death






30. The serbs assassinated the archduke to make a statement - and the Austrians got really pissed - because he was the next in line for the throne and the guy on the throne then was old






31. The so called 'father of the Turks -' he founded what is now known as Turkey and defended against British attack






32. 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






33. Was a British soldier and senior commander (field marshal) during World War I. He commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1915 to the end of the War. Most notably he was commander during the Battle of the Somme - the 3rd Battle of Ypres






34. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






35. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






36. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering


37. Their demand was universal male suffrage






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






39. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






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






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






42. These revolutions occurred in 1)France - because of the depression and rising unemployment rates caused starvation in France in which they then overthrew the bourgeois monarchy 2)Austria - because the Hungarians rebelled against the Austrian Empire a






43. This was the treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War that recognized the independent authority of over three hundred German principalities






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






45. 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






46. French offensive that resulted in an almost mutiny by the French military


47. This man believed that each age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas - which produces opposing ideas and a new synthesis






48. 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






49. A plan in British parliament that increased spending on social services


50. 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