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AP European History

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1. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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






3. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






4. This man invented the cotton gin which allowed for the faster picking of cotton in the Americas






5. This was the term given to those in the Renaissance who were able to excel in more than one subject matter

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6. A Russian Tsar who implemented rapid social change and general modernization of Russia.






7. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






8. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






9. 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






10. 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.






11. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






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






13. This work of art shows the glory of the French Revolution






14. The old Tsarist secret police






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






16. Was a Hungarian Communist politician who ruled Hungary as leader of the short-lived Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919






17. 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






18. (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






19. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






20. This scientist spread the word about the experimental method and formalized the empirical method and combined his thinking with Descartes to form the scientific method






21. He 'used the west to catch up to the west' in Russia - by having foreigners build factories and making new transport lines.

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22. A movement to create a nation state of Slavic people






23. War preparations were unstoppable because once you started to prepare - you knew that your enemies were doing the same - and you could not stop - because if you did - your enemies could attack you

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






25. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






26. This king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution






27. This was the king that took the throne during the Restoration and peacefully had agreements with the Parliament until he made secret agreements with Louis XIV to relax the laws against the English Catholics and eventually a Catholic became the next k






28. This was the Scottish royal family that ruled England after Elizabeth I






29. Putting smaller farms together into one large farm so as to increase productivity






30. A political party in Egypt that was formed under Ahmed Arabi






31. 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






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






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






34. This was a movement within Lutheranism that revived Protestantism that called for an emotional relationship - allowed for the priesthood of all believers - and the Christian rebirth in everyday affairs






35. This was the effort to completely involve every person and aspect of the economy into the war

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






37. 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






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






39. This was the famine that occurred in Ireland that killed of thousands of people because the main potato crop could not grow because of bad soil that year






40. This explorer first saw the mainland of Brazil and claimed it for Portugal while sailing to set up trading posts in India






41. 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






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






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






44. French leader of the Vichy republic of France - which was essentially Nazi France. He is seen as a traitor to his people by some Frenchman.






45. The joining of Austria and Hungary under two different crowns






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

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47. A determined reactionary Tsar who nevertheless sped forward with economic modernization






48. Aristocracy > Middle Class (Upper > Middle > Lower) > Working Classes (Labor Aristocracy > Semiskilled > Unskilled)






49. This scientist formulated the experimental method and using this - came up with the law of inertia - among several discoveries related to the moon






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







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