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AP European History

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1. This was an event where Europe tried to claim Africa as quickly as it could






2. This was act in which any people unlawfully detained could be prosecuted






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






5. This was the physicist who said nothing can be known beyond all doubt






6. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






7. Was the authoritarian ruler of the Second Polish Republic. From mid-World War I he was a major influence in Poland's politics - and an important figure on the broader European political scene. He is considered largely responsible for Poland regaining






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






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






10. This early Italian nationalist believed that doing labor for the principles of one's country is labor for humanity






11. Lenin's economy reform that re-established economic freedom in an attempt to build agriculture and industry






12. This socialist man believed that property is theft






13. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






14. An agrarian socialist who became prime minister. He refused to confiscate land holdings and felt that continuation of war was most important.






15. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






16. 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






17. 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






18. Was the French political alliance that allied the Communists - the Socialists - and the Radicals together.






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Combined German and Italian forces were beaten near Alexandria - which lead to the Allied taking of Morocco and Algeria






22. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






23. 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






24. The acceptance of Stalin though propaganda






25. 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.






26. This work advocated economic and moral freedom of individuals from the state. This work is enormously influential to politics today






27. 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






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






29. This was the effort to completely involve every person and aspect of the economy into the war

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30. This was the revolt that occurred in Germany where the peasants rebelled alongside the new Protestant thought. They were viciously quashed and the public appeal to the Reformation went substantially down

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31. This was a policy of discriminatory laws designed to keep Asians out of countries






32. This was the new constitution that the National Assembly wrote that gave all citizens free expression of thoughts and opinions and guaranteed equality before the law






33. German chancellor who hoped for WWI to happen - but without Britain






34. Man who revolutionized the one-hand loom and increased the production done by one worker






35. Isolation to protect against the corruptive west - and a forced opening for reasons of trace

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






37. A Freudian physiological idea that if you did not get over loving your parent of the opposite sex - you would have this complex where you hated your other parent and have issues with parental relations.






38. The strip of Poland that the Germans wanted to take - specifically Danzig






39. The big 4 were US - Britain - France and Italy

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






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 work advocated breast feeding and natural dress and that boys' education should have plenty of fresh air and exercise and he said a women's nature was a life of marriage and child rearing






43. One of the Bloodiest battles in the war - a fight to the death for Japanese soldiers - as the Americans were coming closer to Japan






44. The two hundred year old Chinese dynast that was the last emperors of China






45. Traditional form of antidemocratic government






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






47. 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






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






49. A group of socialist national parties that met and discussed Marx - and planned action






50. This was the document published by Henry IV that granted liberty of conscience and liberty of public worship to the Huguenots