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AP European History

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






2. This was the work by John Calvin that described to the world the ideology of John Calvin






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






4. This was another leader in the Reformation who believed in a simple faith and a simple method of worship






5. This French king appointed Cardinal Richelieu






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






7. 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






8. German Jewish Politician who advocated the policy of Zionism and the creation of a nation state for all Jewish people.






9. Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army and foremost general for the White Russians in the Russian civil war.






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






11. 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.






12. These laws forbade the importation of foreign grain without the prices in England rising substantially






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






14. The well off peasants who were starved or shipped to the gulags






15. This man believed that the moral worth of an action is determined by its contribution to happiness as summed among all persons






16. The British had a war with the Chinese to make sure they could sell their opium to china






17. Was Nazi Germany's plan and execution of its systematic genocide against European Jewry during World War II - resulting in the final - most deadly phase of the Holocaust






18. 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.






19. He thought that the Government should be powerful and that there should be strong nationalism - but mainly guided by the people's interests

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






21. Great British prime minister who advocated peace and a policy of appeasement






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






23. Khedive of Egypt - he was a westernizing autocrat and grandson of the first leader






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






25. The idea that people should determine who and what they want leading them






26. The Magyar pushed through bills that changed voting laws to help the elite and to force through the teaching of Hungarian in schools. They created the nationalism that would tear them apart






27. The man who began the humanism movement and he believed that he was living the start of new era






28. The trench was dirty - wet - smelly - and full of death - and you waited to die at any moment






29. When Germany moved into the Rhineland and beefed up the military - Britain and France still wanted appeasement and did nothing






30. This man was a poet - playwright and novelist and wrote one of the best known novels ever (Don Quixote)






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






32. 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






33. Social Impact was impact on social class structures and breakdown of aristocracy and other inter class structures. After the war more people did not have servants. The Psycho impact was that people viewed humanity as both savage and pointless - becau






34. This British foreign minister was a supporter of Metternich






35. This man's work was extremely influential for the Romantic Movement






36. Zeppelins - airplanes - gas - machine guns - tanks - These things were new ideas that really did not work very well






37. Hitler was popular for promising economic recovery and delivering

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38. 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






39. 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






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






41. French offensive that resulted in an almost mutiny by the French military

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






43. This was the bill passed that those who did not receive the Eucharist of the Anglican Church had little rights






44. This thinker developed a philosophy of two different worlds a material world and a world of the mind. This was called Cartesian dualism. He combined his ideas with Bacon to form the scientific method






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






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






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






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






49. This was the political idea in which the government did not intervene in the economy and liberty and equality were stressed






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

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