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AP European History

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1. Opponent of Tsarist Russia - began to immerse himself in Marxian socialist ideas as a law student. He then went on to form the Bolsheviks - and tried to start a revolution in July 1917. It failed - he went into hiding - but regrouped in Petrograd - w






2. These decrees required the thirty-eight German member states to root out subversive ideas in the universities and newspapers an established a permanent committee with spies and informers to investigate and punish any liberal or radical organizations






3. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






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






5. This humanism philosophy interpreted Italian ideas about and attitudes toward classical antiquity - individualism - and humanism in terms of their own traditions






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






7. The three party system that makes sure that both the conservative and the labor party don't get too radical.






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






9. Composer - wrote Rite of Spring - expressionist ballet - shocked crowds because of music and scenes






10. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






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






12. These were the types of buildings designed by Charles Fourier for a utopian society






13. 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






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






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






16. This war was over the inheritance of the throne by Maria Theresa - for the Salic law prevented a woman from solely ruling the state






17. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






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






19. This is the act in which Napoleon ended the Directory by ousting the Directors and disbanding the legislature. He then established a strong military dictatorship in place of the weak Directory






20. A Siberian preacher who became friends of the Tsars - but hated by the public - twisted and cheated and exploited Alexandra.






21. French Prime Minister who moved and occupied into the Ruhr to collect war reparations






22. 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.






23. 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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24. This was the way that many people were granted salvation. This was a common method of the church to gain power and money






25. This granted full civil rights to people and opened up the Duma






26. This was the march by the women of Paris to the home of Marie Antoinette in order to demand action for the ridiculous raise in the price of bread

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27. 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






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






29. This was the czar of Russia that Westernized Russia and built up a massive Russian army. He also was interested in building grand cities like those in Western Europe






30. This socialist man believed that property is theft






31. The opposition to the Bolsheviks and the Red army after the October rebellion and the Russian Revolution

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






33. These were the theories of the spread of disease. The miasma theory said that disease was spread by a bad odor. The new germ theory developed by Louis Pasteur said that diseases were spread by bacteria called germs






34. This man was a radical Chinese reformer who sought to overthrow the government






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






36. A German physicist that speculated that there was no real certainty in where an electron was - and only tendencies. This broke down Newton's dependable laws to only probabilities.






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






38. A document by the pope in which he denounced rationalism - socialism - religious liberty - and separation of the church and state.






39. This was the expression used after the Revolutions of 1848 where Friedrich Wilhelm refused to just take the throne of Prussia

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40. This was the man who started the Church of England because he needed a reformation in Catholicism which would allow him to divorce his wife






41. 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






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






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






44. This was the man who served under Cardinal Richelieu and laid the foundations for Louis XIV's expansionist policies






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






46. This man believed that each age is characterized by a dominant set of ideas - which produces opposing ideas and a new synthesis






47. This man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement






48. This was the system set up by the Quadruple Alliance to meet periodically to talk about common issues






49. This was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era






50. This was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship