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AP European History

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1. An important canal to the British in Egypt






2. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






3. British writer who wrote of 'the white man's burden' and justified imperialism






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






5. 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






6. The old leader of Austria in the years before WWI






7. Inhumane and cruel leader of the SS in Germany - appointed by Hitler






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






9. This was the war between France and Spain in order to unite the two states under one ruler - Phillip V






10. This was the document that stated that if a ruler steps over its proper function to protect the natural rights of life - liberty - and property - than that ruler was a tyrant and must be overthrown






11. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






12. A railroad that went across Siberia






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






14. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






15. Was an Austrian philosopher and a logical empiricist who argued in Essay on Logical Philosophy that great philosophical questions like god freedom and morality were 'quite literally senseless.'






16. 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






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






18. 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.






19. This was the conference at which the Troppau Protocol was signed in which any country that underwent a revolution was no longer part of the European Alliance






20. These people were the king and queen of England after the Glorious Revolution that recognized the supremacy of the English Parliament






21. These were Mussolini's bullies who pushed socialist out of Northern Italy

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






23. The political mastermind behind all of Sardinia's unification plans - he succeeded in creating a Northern Italian nation state






24. This was a replacement of the Japanese government with the emperor - done so by samurai






25. This was a Romantic writer who wrote prose and poetry






26. Leaders who violently rejected parliamentary restraint and liberal values - as well as exercised unprecedented control over masses and sought to mobilize them for war.






27. This was the most famous and one of the first concrete reformer who began to reject some of the more obscure and selfish laws of the Catholic Church






28. This was the treaty that was reached that ended the Habsburg-Valois Wars which also made Charles V recognize Lutheranism as a legitimate following






29. A concept used to describe political systems whereby a state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. These regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda dis






30. This man was an active player in the French Revolution of 1848 who helped in the overthrow of Charles X






31. He used her to gain politically and to gain money for sex and drugs. He was then 'assassinated' aka tried to be killed something like 8 times - then thrown in a river.

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32. Supporter of Lenin who helped in the takeover of Petrograd and the Bolshevik revolution






33. An effective and almost dictator-like leader of France - who would not take defeat as an answer






34. This man wrote Heart of Darkness - where he criticized the Europeans in their civilizing






35. 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






36. The French idea of revenge for what Germany did in the Franco-Prussian war






37. Viennese founder of 12 tone music and turned back on conventional tones






38. This was the man who started the Jesuit movement to help people to find God around the world






39. These were the 'radicals' in Reformation in which someone would choose if they wanted to be baptized






40. The rule of a nation or state by a few people






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






42. This rivalry developed because of the increasing naval race - and because Germany was becoming increasingly militaristic






43. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






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






45. A failed British offensive in Ottoman empire






46. This was an artistic patron that spent vast sums on family chapels - frescoes - religious panels and






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






48. This was a public health official who wrote reports on the poor living conditions of the cities and believed that poverty was caused by illnesses






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






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