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What is the Triple Entente
The alliance between France, Russia, and Britain in the First World War
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What is destalinization
The policy of liberalization in the Soviet Union carried out by Nikita Krushchev
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Who is Maximilian Robespierre
The radical leader of the Jacobins that lead the Reign of Terror
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What is humanism
This idea influenced Renaissance art with its emphasis on the classics of Rome and Greece
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Who is Henry VIII
He separated from the Catholic Church in order to divorce his wife
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Who is Woodrow Wilson
The US President that offered the Fourteen Points at the Paris Peace Conference
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What is Greece and Turkey
The Truman Doctrine was aimed to support these countries
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What is the battle of Waterloo
Napoleon's last stand was this battle
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What is romanticism
Artistic style that focused on nature and was a reaction to cold reasoning of the Enlightenment
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What is the Council of Trent
Meeting that clarified and redefined the Catholic Church's doctrine
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Who is Gavrilo Princip
He assassinated Archduke Francis Ferdinand which triggered a sequence of events that plunged Europe into World War I
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Who is Brezhnev
He was the leader in Russia during the high point of the detente
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What is the national assembly
The assembly created by the third estate
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What is Baroque
Dramatic style of art with a strong tie to Christianity that played a main role during the absolute monarch period
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Who are the anabaptists
Group that believed in the separation of Church and state
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What is blitzkrieg
The method the Germans used to conquer territories initially in Poland with fast moving armor and air power during World War II
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What is solidarity
A Polish labor union that contested the communist regime
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What is the declaration of Pillnitz
Decree by Austria and Prussia vowing support for a French monarch during Napoleon's reign
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What is realism
Characterized by its depiction of real people and events
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What is existentialism
This belief had influence on the 20th century philosopher Jean Paul Sartre
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Who Erich Maria Remarque
He wrote "All Quiet on the Western Front," a war novel describing the slaughter on the Western Front in World War I
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What is the Schuman Plan
The plan that lead to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
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Who are the emigres
nobles, clergy, and others who fled France and its revolutionary forces during the French Revolution
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Who is Raphael
He painted "The School of Athens" under Renaissance influence
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What is the edict of restitution
In the Habsburg Empire, this restored all Catholic properties lost to Protestants since 1552, and allowed only Catholics and Lutherans to practice their faith.
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