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AP European History

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






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






3. The Dreyfus affair lead to the separation of church and state - and lead to more people in government backed schools that were no longer catholic schools but republican schools.






4. This was the name given to the person appointed by the States General to carry out ceremonial functions in a province in the Netherlands






5. 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






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






7. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






8. A desire of some people in Ireland to not be ruled by England






9. This was the work that suggested that socialists should combine with other progressive forces to win gradual evolutionary gains for workers through legislation - unions - and further economic development






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






11. A French philosophy professor who said that personal experiences and intuition were more important than rational thought and thinking






12. A telegram which the French gave to the Germans in anger over the Succession of the Throne in Spain - but the Germans altered it to look like the French were rude and evil. The French declared war.






13. Felt that Aryan white people were most superior - Scandinavian were 2nd best - French were 3rd - and the slavs - jews - and pretty much the rest were the worst






14. This bill gave representation to most people in England






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






16. First comedy writer that wrote 100 verses that described the realms of the next world






17. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside






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






19. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia






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






21. This new German emperor opposed Bismarck - fired him - and ended up being less successful than Bismarck anyway






22. Literary technique that explored the psyche through different idea randomly bubbling up in a story.






23. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






24. Incident in France where a Jewish captain was tried for treason because they military was anti-Semitic - and it divided the country






25. The pact was an agreement to define the border between France and Germany - and in which Britain and Italy would gang up on the aggressor if the treaty was broken. The spirit was this feeling that war could be stopped again by peace talks that settle






26. A night of violence and vandalism against Jews






27. Decisive battle in German invasion of Russia - the Germans were surrounded and systemically destroyed






28. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






29. This was the Spanish equivalent to the Knights of the Round Table






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






31. 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






32. Leader of the National Assembly in France - he ordered the Paris Commune to be crushed. He also declared the Third Republic of France - because it 'divided France the least'






33. This was the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession






34. Was a French philosopher and historian who wrote Era of Tyrannies - which talked about the different kinds of government and how they all stemmed out of nature of modern war.






35. (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






36. These were awful in the 19th Century as a result of poor sewage treatment - water conditions and bad foundations for buildings






37. 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.






38. This was Austria's foreign minister who wanted a balance of power in an international equilibrium of political and military forces that would discourage aggression






39. These were the liberals of France who did not want to execute Louis XVI - but The Mountain did anyway






40. These were the two sides of the English civil war. The Roundheads were the Puritan supporters of the Parliament and the Cavaliers were the supporters of Charles I






41. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests


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






43. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






44. Mayor of Vienna whom Hitler idolized






45. This was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin






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






47. Leader of the French socialist party Popular Front - made first and real attempt to deal with the economic and social problems






48. France's first elected president by universal male suffrage - and developed strong nationalism like his cousin






49. The ruler of Venice






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