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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. This treaty ended the Seven Years War. Gave Canada and area east of the Mississippi to Britain.






2. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.






3. Led by Danton - a temporary government set up by SANS-CULOTTES that began executing anti-revolutionaries.






4. Important ZIONIST.






5. Idea created by JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERGER about a 'PEOPLE'S SPIRIT' to identify the national character of Germany - but soon passed to other countries. NATIONALISM.






6. ELECTED president of France following general election. Won 70% of the votes because of his name. Bonaparte later changed the government to an empire w/himself as emperor just like his uncle - the original Napoleon. Took the title of EMPEROR NAPOLEON






7. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






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






9. The most important commodity of the SECOND Industrial Revolution. Used for building ships - trains - bridges - and weapons of war.






10. Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and Ottoman Empire ALLIED during WWI






11. RUSSIA - PRUSSIA - AUSTRIA - AND BRITAIN banded together to defeat the tyrant Napoleon.






12. Developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD through the INDUCTIVE method (specific to general) - wrote Novum Organum.






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






14. Nazi war criminal who lived in hiding in Argentina for years before her was captured. HANNAH ARENDT argued in her book - 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' that he seemed hardly demonic.






15. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.






16. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.






17. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.






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






19. Hitler blamed this event on communists and gave himself an excuse to take COMPLETE POWER of Germany.






20. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.






21. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.






22. Treaty of non-aggression between Russian and Germany during WW2 to keep it a one front war for Germany. Also called the NAZI-SOVIET PACT.






23. Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) YOUNG ITALY - and RISORGIMENTO movements.






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






25. Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition. INDUSTRIALIZED RUSSIA using FIVE YEAR PLANS which developed economics and emphasizes steel - iron - electricity - and heavy






26. Anti-Nazi - Anti-Vichy Regime French fighters who were led by CHARLES de GAULLE.






27. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






28. Discovered radium.






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






30. Radical SUFFRAGETTE who led the WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION - which led large - noisy - and sometimes violent demonstrations.






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






34. French general who became EMPEROR of the French (1769-1821) Subtly became sole ruler of a country trying to become democratic. Claimed the title of FIRST CONSUL. Napoleon waged economic and literal war on England constantly. KING OF ITALY too.






35. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.






36. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






37. Result of end of Austria-Prussian War - Austria doesn't get involved in German affairs - North German Confederation made under rulership of Prussia. Major step towards German unification.






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






39. Limited the power of Charles I of England. a) could not declare martial law; b) could not collect taxes; c) could not imprison people without cause; d) soldiers could not be housed without consent. First Parliamentary limit on the power of a king.






40. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






41. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






42. English mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal GRAVITY - a theory about the nature of light - and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation - presented in Principia Mathematica (1






43. Petition in 19th century Britain where members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections - including suffrage for all MEN.






44. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.






45. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.






46. Three nations - Austria - Russia - and Prussia - who were nervous about liberal revolts - established the PROTOCOL OF TROPPAU that states they can intervene in the affairs of other countries unable to remain CONSERVATIVE.






47. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.






48. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






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






50. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.