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AP European History

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1. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






2. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






3. The idea that human beings simply exist - have no higher purpose - and must exist and choose their actions for themselves. Existentialism mainly influenced by Nietzsche. Existentialism sustain popularity in Germany with Martin Heidegger and Karl Jasp






4. 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






5. The Duke of Florence and the old ruler of the city-states of Italy






6. This man was a radical Chinese reformer who sought to overthrow the government






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






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






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






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






11. The political party with whom the Provisional Government had to share power with






12. 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






13. This was when the French left - and the British moved in and invaded and captured Egypt






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

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15. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






16. These decrees limited the voting rights of the wealthy and censored the press






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






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






19. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England






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






21. This was the conference that Charles V called to bring Martin Luther to speak






22. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






23. (German for 'habitat' or literally 'living space') served as a major motivation for Nazi Germany's territorial aggression. In his book Mein Kampf - Adolf Hitler detailed his belief that the German people needed Lebensraum (for a Grossdeutschland - la






24. The two rival communists groups. One weree true revolutionary Marxists - and the other were revisionist socialists.






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






26. Russia's last tsar - he witnessed the fall of Russia from great power - to the entering into WWI and total collapse






27. Was the French political alliance that allied the Communists - the Socialists - and the Radicals together.






28. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






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






30. People wanted Italian unity because it would unify Italy - and they wanted a different government. People did not want unification because it went against the church - there were very different areas in the north and the south - and because they want






31. 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






32. 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






33. This was the most famous and one of the first concrete reformer who began to reject some of the more obscure and selfish laws of the Catholic Church






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






35. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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36. Last tsar of Russia - he went to the frontlines in WWI to try to rally the troops - but was forced to abdicate after his wife made horrible decisions under the influence of Rasputin.






37. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






38. A railroad that went across Siberia






39. This was the meeting that tried to settle the dispute between Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli over the presence of Christ in the Lord's Supper.






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

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41. A radical idealistic patriot who wanted a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and will of the people in Italy






42. Bismarck's attack on the Catholic Church






43. French poet and critic that spoke of a 'crisis of the mind -' and 'a dark future for Europe'






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






45. This act made it illegal to meet with a group of more than fifty people






46. The movie that dictates the life and failure of Hitler






47. These were the two parties in the Parliament. The Whigs were mostly liberal and wanted change while the Tories wanted to keep the government as it was






48. The ruler of Venice






49. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






50. Fascist leader of the Spanish revolution - helped by Hitler and Mussolini