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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Were forced by mobs to END the MONARCHY in France.






2. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.






3. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI






4. Legislative body of 5 men after Thermidorian Reaction - UNSTABLE.






5. The place at which the three allied leaders - Truman - Stalin - and Atlee - met to discuss the distribution of Germany and the ultimatum that they would issue to Japan demanding thier immediate surrender






6. Followers of a belief which stressed self-reliance - self- culture - self-discipline - and that knowledge transcends instead of coming by reason. They promoted the belief of individualism and caused an array of humanitarian reforms.






7. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.






8. Weakness of instability of OTTOMAN rule in the Mediterranean region.






9. Britain and America






10. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'






11. Greater freedom for Ireland.






12. ETHIOPIA beat off Italy's invasion of their country in this battle. Italy was the only European nation to have been defeated by Africans in war.






13. Edited and published the first edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA. It was a ENLIGHTENED PERSON's BIBLE. He also attacked religion and conservatives.






14. Mussolini's rise to power. Thousands of followers marched on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III made Mussolini prime minister. Then Fascists made all other political parties illegal.






15. The violent backlash in France against the rule of Robspierre that began with his arrest and execution in July 1794 - or 9 Thermidor in the French revolutionary calendar. Most of the instruments of Terror were dismantled - Jacobins were purged from p






16. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






17. Illiterate Cossack who started a mass REVOLT of serfs and peasants. Eventually captured - tortured - then executed






18. In 1898 - a conflict between the United States and Spain - in which the U.S. supported the CUBANS' fight for INDEPENDENCE.






19. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.






20. A member of a British political party - founded in 1689 - that was the opposition party to the Whigs and has been known as the Conservative Party since about 1832. Fond of kings and against revolution.






21. Head of the SS - in charge of extermination.






22. JACOBIN French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794).






23. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






24. Aka AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN War (1866) This war resulted from Bismarck wanting to isolate Austria from German affairs

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25. CONSERVATIVE KING succeeded his brother Louis XVIII. His desire to restore France to a Pre-1789 world led to the Revolution of 1830 and the ascent of Louis Philippe.






26. March 1917. Sent from German Foreign Secretary - addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's promixity to the US). In return - Germany would give back






27. US president who gave a deadline to the Soviet Union to stop building missiles on Cuba.






28. Louis XVI called nobles and clergy to ask for money and the wealthy refused. The nobles refused to pay taxes. This group was made up of people selected by the king and was made up primarily of nobles.






29. Wrote the pamphlet 'What is the THIRD ESTATE' concerning the plight of France's lower class.






30. After Charles X is abdicated - this LIBERAL KING is given the throne of France. He is called the 'King of the French -' which meant that he worked for the people. NATIONAL GUARD killed forty rioters.






31. Where Napoleon eventually met his defeat. He then was exiled to Elba.






32. Ancient scientist who said earth was the center of the universe






33. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.






34. The process by which religious beliefs - practices - and institutions lose their significance in sectors of society and culture.






35. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.






36. People - such as EDUARD BERNSTEIN - who believed that COMMUNISM could be achieved slowly and through democratic means.






37. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)






38. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.






39. Founded the famous British RHODES SCHOLARS program for study in Oxford - England. He wanted students from colonies to study in England - then return and help the empire. RHODESIA (Zimbabwe) named after him.






40. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.






41. First loss of a European power to an ASIAN COUNTRY.






42. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






43. Founded the Salvation Army






44. Austrian archduke who was assasinated by SERBIAN NATIONALISTS as the trigger of the FIRST WORLD WAR in 1914.






45. Tutor of Louis XIV who taught about the DIVINE RIGHT of the monarchy - which helped secure Louis' ideal of absolute monarchy. Conservative. Wrote 'Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Scripture.'






46. Made by Mussolini with the CATHOLIC CHURCH. Declared catholicism Italy's official religion - made church lands tax exempt - and gave church ability to oversee rules regarding marriage. The church then RECOGNIZED MUSSOLINI's status as ruler of Italy.






47. Fascist dictator of ITALY (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia - joined Germany in the Axis pact - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.Called IL DUCE (the leader)






48. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.






49. Government set up in Sourthern France by the Nazis.






50. Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need to PROTECT COMMUNISM.