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AP European History

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






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






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

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4. This was the royal dynasty of electors in Prussia






5. Upper class and Conservatives did not want unification because they would have less power - but the rest of the people wanted it because of nationalism and German identity






6. This was the king of France before and after Napoleon's exile






7. These were the angry old cottage industry workers who lost their jobs and costumers to machines and as a result - they began to secretly destroy the machines






8. This was the revolution as a result of whether the sovereignty would remain with the king or with the Parliament. Eventually - the kingship was abolished






9. This was the style of capitalism in which the government had no interference with the economy






10. These were part of Wilson's plan to end WW1 conflict






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






12. This involved the beginning of using reason to solve problems in the community by using inductive and deductive reasoning






13. A French existentialist who said that people just 'turned up' and that there was no God to help honest people. Also said 'man is condemned to be free' and people had to choose their actions.






14. A Swiss Protestant theologian who said people were sinful and that religious truth was made know to humans only through God's grace - and people just had to accept God as true and be obedient.






15. This ship was sunk with Americans on it - and this action by the Germans was what ultimately caused the Americans to enter the war






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






17. This was the act of planning out a city and building it from the blueprints. This caused in increase in public transit that millions of people used a day instead of their own transportation or walking






18. The idea that Britain could pacify Germany and make sure there was no war at any cost.






19. This was the pope that granted power to Ferdinand and Isabella to appoint bishops to the Spanish territories and also settled the argument between Spain and Portugal over South America






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






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






22. An agreement/conference that gave Germany the Sudetenland






23. French military leader who assumed control of France and lead it out of the war successfully






24. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






25. Some people thought that we should accept and learn from the people who were taking over our land - these being the modernists; and other thought that we should completely try to get rid of them - these people being the traditionalists






26. The forceful union of Austria into Germany






27. This was the first explorer who rounded the southern tip of the Cape of Good Hope but was never able to go all the way around






28. The immediate cause was the American using margin buying to buy shares of stock that they could not pay back - and forced a mass selloff of shares - which collapsed the stock market and the economy. The efforts to deal was the New Deal in America - a






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






30. (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






31. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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






33. A Jewish military captain in the French Army - he was falsely accused of treason - and his affair split France apart






34. The revolution of the unplanned overthrowing of the Tsarist government - and the government that followed the revolution.






35. An obscure German high school teacher who wrote Decline of the West - said the west was about to be conquered by Asians.






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

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37. The philosophy of the liberal arts that emphasized human beings and their achievements






38. The justification of imperialism - this was created in Kipling's work

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






40. 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






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






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






43. Germany became more and more isolated because it was aggressive and France had pursued many alliances against Germany - leaving Germany only with Austria






44. This king of Prussia was the king who gave into Prussia's constitution






45. The strains lead to millions of people dead - and many revolutions and restructuring






46. One of the leaders of The Mountain






47. A work that portrays an acquisitive - sensual - and worldly society through descriptions of merchants - friars - and husbands






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






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






50. The old Tsarist secret police