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AP European History

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1. The triple Entente was an alliance between France - Britain and Russia - the Triple alliance was an alliance between Germany - Austria and Russia






2. This was a movement to create a Serbian state and break from Austria Hungary






3. This was the work that started the tabula rasa theory where the human mind is blank until it is filled with experiences that allow a person to think differently






4. This was the king and queen of Spain who took over the Catholic Spain and started the Spanish Inquisition






5. A war between China and Japan for influence - power - and territory






6. This was an artist who led the way for Renaissance masters from his David sculpture and his painting of the Sistine Chapel ceiling






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






8. These were the reasons of bad leadership - and lack of organized or effective army






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

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10. This French king ruled for the longest time ever in Europe. He issued several economic policies and costly wars. He was the prime example of absolutism in France






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






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






13. This was the equivalent of a king in Egypt






14. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






15. Failed allied offensive that resulted in a lot of loss of life






16. These were meeting places for philosophical discussion that were for the upper and middle class citizens who would talk about different doctrines






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






18. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






19. This was the man who first detailed the accounted for the circulation of blood flow






20. The artist shows the ideal for female beauty in the Renaissance in this work slender - pale skin - a high forehead - red-blond hair - and sloping shoulders






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






22. 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






23. There was an large inequality of income and standard of living between Europe and the non-industrialized world because industrialization itself opened the gap






24. Last Tsar of Russia - he involved the Russians in WWI






25. This was the queen who reverted back to Catholicism in England for five years and during this reign - she executed many Protestants






26. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






27. 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






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






29. A Nazi politician and president of the Reichstag






30. The Magyar pushed through bills that changed voting laws to help the elite and to force through the teaching of Hungarian in schools. They created the nationalism that would tear them apart






31. This work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






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






33. 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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34. 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






35. Chancellor of Germany who succeeded Bruning






36. This event happened to set laws for colonization and claiming land in Africa






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






38. This German Romantic poet influence Walter Scott






39. This is the value of the unpaid surplus labor performed by the worker for the capitalist for profit






40. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






41. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers






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






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






44. A Dutch expressionist who painted a 'moving visions in his mind's eye'






45. Gained power through feeding off others - and promoting racist nationalist ideals. Gained control of the German Worker's Party - built his way up from there

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46. Member of the Liberal party in Great Britain who helped raise taxes on the rich - and reform in general






47. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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48. 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






49. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy

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50. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity