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AP European History

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1. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






2. Bismarck's idea of always preparing and waging war - and those things can only be done with war


3. This said that ordinary Germans not only knew about - but also supported - the Holocaust because of a unique and virulent 'eliminationist' anti-Semitism in the German identity - which had developed in the preceding centuries






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






5. This is the agreement between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon that healed the religious division in France by giving the French Catholics free practice of their religion and Napoleon political power






6. A Weimar (German) architectural school created by Walter Gropius which combined the fine arts and functionalism






7. President of the Weimar Republic of Germany who appointed Hitler Chancellor in 1933






8. 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.






9. The German chancellor during the Weimar Republic who convinced the president to accept rule by decree






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






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






12. This socialist man believed that property is theft






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






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






15. 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






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






17. This man was a Romantic painter






18. This stated that local government had some power - but that ultimate power rested in the hands of Bismarck and William






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






20. These were the reasons of bad leadership - and lack of organized or effective army






21. A railroad that went across Siberia






22. The working class still enjoyed drinking - although it was discouraged - they started to enjoy sports and music halls - although blood sports declined






23. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






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






25. 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






26. This was the group of people that was important in converting Asians and Latin Americans to Catholicism which allowed for the mass spread of Christianity






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






28. 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.






29. This man wrote Imperialism - a critique of imperalism






30. They fell behind in industrialization - in education - and in general compared to the west






31. Russia painter who 'turned away from nature' and focused on nonrepresentational - abstract art






32. Was a German industrialist - politician - writer - and statesman who served as Foreign Minister of Germany during the Weimar Republic.






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


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






35. This was the name given to the Spanish explorers who would conquer the land they discovered and utilize the resources they found there for Spain


36. 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






37. People justified imperialism by the concept of 'white man's burden -' which stated that European should govern other because it was right and better for the people






38. A man who helped to shed some light on the church's problems with hurting the people that follow the religion. He was seen as a radical and was not allowed to study John Wycliffe's publications yet was executed after he was tried for heresy






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






40. Pioneered by the Curies - Plank and Einstein - a new view of physics that shattered the perfect world of Newtonian physics and made the world seem much more random and not as much certainty.






41. Belgian king who ruthlessly exploited the natives on his African land for personal gain.






42. A futile battle that resulted in millions dead






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






44. Laws that classified a jew as someone having one or more jewish grandparent






45. One of the costliest battles in WWI - was mainly useless and just people died






46. This man wrote several plays and poems and is regarded as one of the best writers of all time






47. This German - along with his partner Hindenburg - essentially ran Germany during the end of the war






48. The western front became stalemated because it was full of trench warfare and needless death






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






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