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AP European History

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1. Mayor of Vienna whom Hitler idolized






2. This was the man who first theorized that the celestial bodies all revolved around a fixed sun






3. This was the group that carried out the Reign of Terror






4. A radical - authoritarian nationalist ideology that aims to create a single-party state with a government led by a dictator who seeks national unity and development by requiring individuals to subordinate self-interest to the collective interest of t






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






6. The Scandinavian system of in the middle of socialism and capitalism - an ideology that you can have some of your own things and keep some of your money - and have higher tax rates.






7. The Enlightenment thinkers used reason to deduct conclusions about everyday life






8. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the pope






9. Pope who denounced unification and published the Syllabus of Errors






10. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






11. First war in Europe - then war in Asia






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






13. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






14. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






15. This was what the early German Romantics called themselves






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






17. Was a reaction to the loss of faith in humans - which came from the war - and lead to renewed interest in Christian view of the world. Major people were Kierkegaard - Barth - and Marcel.






18. Last Tsarist of Russia - had a son who was a hemophiliac - and was put under the influence of Rasputin - where he exploited her. Ended up causing the collapse of the Tsars






19. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






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






21. This was the theory developed by Montesquieu that political power should not be divided and share by a variety of classes and legal estates holding unequal rights and privileges

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






23. One of the members of the banker family of Florence that ruled behind the scenes of the government






24. He wanted to declare the superiority of Aryan race - create more living space for them - and make himself eternal supreme dictator for life

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






26. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






27. This bill gave representation to most people in England






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






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






30. An extreme abstract expressionist - leader of 'the beasts -' focused on arrangement of color - line and form






31. This was the man who starting absolutism in Prussia by uniting the three provinces of Prussia under one ruler.






32. This war showed that the Russian were way behind the rest of the world - and needed reform.






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






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

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35. A revisionist social who advocated the gradual gain of socialism and looked towards Darwin's doctrines as a measure for a change in socialism's tactics






36. (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






37. An Artistic movement that focused on geometric shapes - complex lines - and overlapping planes.






38. 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






39. 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






40. This was the Prussian king who embraced culture and wrote poetry and prose. He gave religious and philosophical toleration to all subjects - abolished torture and made the laws simpler






41. This was the list of books that were prohibited by the papacy in order to stop more religious thinkers






42. All of these were wars for nationalistic purposes - the third creating WWI






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






44. This was a German dynasty that often had conflicts with the Habsburgs that often involved other countries and papal troops






45. German architect who broke form previous design with light - airy - bright buildings of glass and iron






46. He took command of one of the main French armies engaged in the Battle of Verdun - leading it during its successful counter-strokes against the Germans - but was accused of wasting French lives during some of his attacks. He became Commander-in-Chief






47. This was the political idea in which the people regarded tradition as the basic source of human institutions and the proper state and society remained those before the French Revolution which rested on a judicious blend on monarchy - bureaucracy - ar






48. 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






49. Chief minister of the Nazi propaganda - and organizer of Kristallnacht






50. King of Italy who gave Mussolini legitimacy as dictator