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AP Euro
Richard's Big List 85-97
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History
10th Grade
03/25/2011

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Impressionism
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Impressionism is relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes. A famous example is Stary Night by Vincent van Gogh
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Post-Impressionism
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Post-Impressionism developed from Impressionism. A famous painter is Camille Pissarro
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Cubism
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Pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture.
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Abstract Painting
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uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
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European Jews
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Assimilation in the West/ Persecution in the East
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Theodor Herzl and Zionism
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Theodor Herzl is the founder of Zionism. Zionism has supported the self-determination of the Jewish people in Israel
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The Russo-Japanese War 1905
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was "the first great war of the 20th century"
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The Revolution of 1905
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was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through areas in Russia
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The Bismarckian System of Alliances
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Bismarck’s system of alliances between 1871 and 1894 was based on keeping Germany unified and intact.
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The Triple Alliance
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Germany, Austria, and Italy
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The Triple Entente
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France, Great Britain, and Russia
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Crisis and Conflict in the Balkans
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The Balkan Wars were two conflicts that took place in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe in 1912 and 1913.
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Serbs vs. Austrians
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The first world war began in August 1914. It was directly triggered by the assassination of the Austrian archduke, Franz Ferdinand and his wife, on 28th June 1914 by Bosnian revolutionary, Gavrilo Princip.
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The Road to World War 1
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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria lead to World War 1
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