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AP European History

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1. 1/3 of European migrants came from British Isles; less that ½ went to the US; most often a small peasant landowner/village craftsman; left because they were threatened by industrialization; many returned to their homelands






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






3. This is the political faction in Italy that supported the Holy Roman Empire






4. A Serbian nationalist in the Black hand who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand






5. One of the first and best Renaissance sculptors. He was also one of the first artists to sell his works






6. This pianist was considered the master of Romanticism music






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






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






9. This man was the first Maharaja of the Sikh Empire in India






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






11. 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.






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






13. The members of the Grand alliance were America - Britain - and the Soviet Union; their goals were to Smash the aggressors - Europe first - then Asia






14. This was the Catholic king of England after Charles II that granted everyone religious freedom and even appointed Roman Catholics to positions in the army and government






15. This was the vast amount of ships sent by Phillip II to attack England because of the conflicts between Phillip II and Mary - Queen of Scots

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16. Replaces the Provisional Government with Lenin's forces






17. German physicist who proved that subatomic energy was emitted from particles - he called them 'quanta'






18. This was the 'revolution' that replaced James II with William and Mary that also recognized the supremacy of the Parliament with minimum bloodshed






19. This movement said that all men and women who sought salvation might be saved - giving the people a message of hope






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






21. This was the idea of occupying land so that a country could claim it

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22. Given by the Provisional Government - this stripped the army officers of power - and placed it in hand of elected committees. This collapsed army discipline






23. 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






24. An artistic movement that focused on expressing emotion and feelings through abstract images and colors - lines and shapes.






25. This man stated that because of population growth - the wages would always sink to subsistence level






26. This was the re-establishment of the monarchy in England under Charles II. Both houses of Parliament were restored but the religious tensions still were present in England






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






28. An artistic movement that expressed world that could not normally be seen - like dreams and fantasy.






29. This was one o the original men to challenge the church. His writings became 'scriptures' for other reformers to follow.






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






31. A mindset that people of Jewish heritage were inferior to other races






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






33. This was the first publication of different essays about the culture and society of France which was put on the Index of Forbidden Books because it dealt with controversial issues






34. British military officer who incited the Arabs in Arabia to revolt against their Turkish lords






35. German-Jewish physicist that undermined Newtonian physics and developed theory of relativity






36. This astronomer stated that the orbits of planets around the sun were elliptical - the planets do not orbit at a constant speed - and that an orbit is related to its distance from the sun






37. Russia's lower house of politics






38. 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






39. This was the civil code put out by Napoleon that granted equality of all male citizens before the law and granted absolute security of wealth and private property. Napoleon also secured this by creating the Bank of France which loyally served the int






40. This was the man who planned the reconstruction of Paris






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






42. 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.






43. This Romantic work shows a crew shipwrecked






44. 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.






45. This man said that population would always grow faster than the food supply and the only hope of warding o war - famine - and disease was that young men and women had to limit the growth of population by marrying late






46. Stalin's mass systemic murder of millions to instill fear and to have someone to fight against






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






48. German socialist revolutionary who was assassinated after the war






49. A tough finance minister who thought that Russia's industrial backwardness was threatening Russia's power and greatness






50. This was the way form of work of the rural classes in which the costumer would give the worker materials and the worker would create the desirable product