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AP European History

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1. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






2. This bill gave representation to most people in England






3. This man came up with the idea of communism/dialectic socialism that said that two classes have always battled against each other to form another class that will battle against its antithesis until the synthesis is one equal class working with each o






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






5. This man urged people to agitate for universal voting rights and to take control of the state peacefully






6. A work that portrays an acquisitive - sensual - and worldly society through descriptions of merchants - friars - and husbands






7. A local coulcil of politicians to deal with local problems in Russia






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






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






10. This was the start of the building of foreign empires for trade and military advantages over other states






11. A Polish physicist who - with French husband Pierre - discovered radium emits subatomic particles






12. The idea that we do know no anything for certain and all we know is possibilities - probabilities - and tendencies. Put forth by German physicist Heisenberg.






13. Idea that the Soviet Union had the ability to build socialism on its own


14. A work that presents a revolutionary view of society and describes an ideal socialistic community on an island somewhere off the mainland of the New World. He created the name utopia as a good place which is no place






15. This was the ruler of the Habsburgs that controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom






16. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






17. This event occurred when both Britain and France wanted the town of Fashoda; in the end - the British gained control of the town - because the French gave up






18. Austria invades Italy and the French come in to help the Italians. The Italians and the French are very successful and gain Lombardy.






19. An Artistic movement that focused on geometric shapes - complex lines - and overlapping planes.






20. This was the revolt that occurred in Germany where the peasants rebelled alongside the new Protestant thought. They were viciously quashed and the public appeal to the Reformation went substantially down


21. Man who created the printing press and changed the production and reading of books






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






23. The main leader of The Mountain and the man who ruled France after the First Revolution






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


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






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






27. This was the man who was hired by Archbishop Albert of Mainz to sell indulgences - which he did extremely successfully






28. The French alliance between the smaller countries of Poland - Hungary - and Czechoslovakia.






29. The clergy made up a very small percentage but owned 10% of the land; the nobles made up another small percentage but also owned most of the land; and the rest of the people made up 97% of France and owned very little land






30. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia


31. When Germany moved through Belgium - it caused Britain to go on the side of the war with France.


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






33. War was seen as a good thing because it would cover up all of the problems that every country involved had going on at home






34. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






35. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






36. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.






37. A member of British Parliament who mocked Rudyard Kipling's poem






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






39. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






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






41. This was an influential French writer who wrote about naturalism and was often criticized






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






43. 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






44. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






45. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






46. The ruler of Venice






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






48. This was the French supporter of Metternich's balance of power idea






49. The common crime of paying for holy offices for the position of power






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