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AP European History

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






2. A desire for success abroad lead to this. It was a short war against Denmark to gain these providences






3. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






4. Deputy to Hitler in the Nazi party person who dictated Mein Kampf






5. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






6. This was the meeting between the Quadruple Alliance in order to formulate a peace agreement and to balance the victories of the Napoleonic wars






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






8. Austrian born Dictator of Germany - implement Fascism and caused WWII and Holocoust.






9. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






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






11. French stockbroker turned painter - pioneered expressionist techniques and fled to South Pacific






12. This was planned by Georges Haussmann - who was assigned by Napoleon III - to provide employment - improved living conditions - and to show the glory of the French empire






13. The conservative party in Britain was put down when the king threatened to make more liberal seats to pass bills that the conservatives were vetoing






14. A French socialist who thought there socialism would come from a general strike of all workers that would cripple the capitalist system. Thought that socialism was an improbable religion rather than accepted truth. Thought that the new socialist gove






15. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






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






17. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






18. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






19. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






20. This was the house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution






21. Unsuccessful uprising of sailors - soldiers - and civilians against Russian government (against Bolsheviks)






22. These were the French Calvinists that were often persecuted until the Edict of Nantes






23. This was the period of economic and political expansion - colonialism - and mercantilism that occurred in Europe






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






25. 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






26. These were the major families in Europe that had the most power and control of the wealth in a state






27. This was the extremely lopsided victory by English army over the protestors as a result of the Corn Laws






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






29. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






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






31. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






32. 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






33. They had a strong top government and they had a Reichstag - or the lower house of parliament






34. 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






35. One of the leaders of The Mountain






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






37. A period of reform for china in the attempt to meet the foreign challenge

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38. Young rebellious people in the Ottoman Empire who forced the Sultan to reform






39. The small government in Paris who wanted to resist the conservative leaders of France and tried to form their own government






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






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






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






43. The cause was people wanted to present a petition to the Tsar - the action was people getting shot - the effect was people disliking the Tsar and turning on him

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44. 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






45. The French Revolution of 1830 occurred because Louis XVIII only granted a small percentage of people the right to vote and Charles X attack of Algeria and as a result - he censored the press and limited the voting rights of the wealthy






46. This was a man who believed that Christian life rested on the Scriptures and a prominent leader in the Swiss Reformation. He went on to attack indulgences - the Mass - the institution of monasticism - and clerical celibacy






47. This physicist developed the law of universal gravitation and further caused the decline of the old system of science






48. This was a short ottoman parliament designed to model the western model of an empire






49. This was the battle that Napoleon lost after his return from Elba that ended his reign as French ruler






50. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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