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AP European History

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1. 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






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






3. This was the Pope that called the Council of Trent






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






5. This was the man who influenced the power of King Louis XIII the most and tried to make France an absolute monarchy






6. This was the man who created the theory of sovereignty in which a state becomes sovereign by claiming a monopoly over the instruments of justice






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






8. This man revolutionized the way to manufacture steel by making the process quicker and more efficient






9. A form of Protestantism in which the believers were pacifists and would shake at the power of the word of the Lord






10. 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






11. This was the meeting called by Pope Paul III that secured reconciliation with the Protestants






12. A German customs union founded to increase trade and stimulate revenues of its members






13. The serbs assassinated the archduke to make a statement - and the Austrians got really pissed - because he was the next in line for the throne and the guy on the throne then was old






14. Danish religious philosopher who made a total religious commitment to a remote and majestic god - after rejecting formalistic religion






15. The final straw for the Japanese - resulting in millions of civilian and military death. Little Boy and Fat Man were used here. These flew on the plane 'The Enola Gay'






16. These terms said that Germany had to pay money - that Germany had to give up land - and that Germany had to keep its army size down






17. A postimpressionist and expressionist who had a profound impact on 20th century art and committed to form






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






19. Three reasons anarchy was about and any person could create power; the Bolsheviks had better leaders; the Bolsheviks appealed to many workers






20. This was given to Austria form Germany that guaranteed full military backing in any war






21. This was the man who first said that the Americas were completely separate from Asia - thus the continent was named after him






22. Made friends with Italy - did stuff behind the table with Russia - and hated everyone else.

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23. This was a playwright and a philosophe who said that the best that one could hope for in a government is a good monarch and he even often criticized the Catholic Church and government in his plays






24. This was the new feeling of pride for one's country after the Napoleonic era






25. Sardinia's monarch who helped unite Italy






26. A policy in which US made formal annexation of China






27. An artistic movement that displayed vivid dream worlds and fantastic unreal images






28. This was the response to the Enlightenment in which they believed that not everything could be measured - because of the passion of emotion






29. This was a insurrection of Muslim and Hindi army officers that spread through northern India before it was crushed. It was because of people trying to send out the white army officers






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






31. 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






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






33. 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






34. 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






35. This war was the beginning of the end of Napoleon's Grand Empire after the Spanish rebelled against France for its independence






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






37. A movement to create a Jewish homeland in Palestine






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






39. German Political mastermind who spearheaded Prussian expansion






40. This man developed the first cohesive theory of evolution after his studies of biology






41. This was the working class in that was constantly battling against the bourgeois factory owners






42. This was the alliance between Austria Prussia and Russia on the crusade against the ideas and politics of the dual revolution.






43. This was the house that took over the English throne after the Glorious Revolution






44. Was an international Communist organization founded in Moscow in March 1919. The International intended to fight 'by all available means - including armed force - for the overthrow of the international bourgeoisie and for the creation of an internati






45. A mass flee of British troops of the coast of France - disaster - lost thousands of machines and vehicles






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

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47. A British politician who extended the vote to the rich middle class in order to broaden the political base of the conservative party






48. 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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49. This was the man who supported and hid Luther after the Diet of Worms






50. Leader of English Romanticism who published works in the countryside