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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






2. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






3. Founded the Salvation Army






4. LIBERAL who wrote the popular work 'ON LIBERTY'






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






6. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.






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






8. Passed in 1832 - this controversial law gave the VOTE to middle class men in industrial cities - and gave them the right to be represented in PARLIAMENT. It abolished 'rotten boroughs -' sparsely populated areas that had representation.






9. 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.






10. Meeting among world powers concerning how the world would run after Napoleon. They wanted no country to control another - creating buffer states - Belgium - from France's conquered territory. PEACEKEEPERS.






11. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a TELESCOPE to study the stars. Advocated heliocentric theory. Was tried by the INQUISITION and spent his life under house arrest.






12. The English Parliament drove out an Catholic absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's WILLIAM III OF ORANGE and MARY - his wife - both Protestants. This Revolution was bloodless - and the new monarch's assented to a BILL OF






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






14. 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






15. The CONSERVATIVE side of the National Assembly. They favored having a king and wanted an absolute monarchy like England. They were the first people to control the National Assembly.






16. 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.






17. Stalin's successor - wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. Eisenhower agreed to a summit conference with Khrushchev - France and Great Britain in Geneva - Switzerland in July - 1955 to discuss how peaceful coexistence could be achieved.






18. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






19. Promoted a GOSPEL of WEALTH - creating a heaven on earth by helping the poor to help themselves.






20. From it emerged Turkey - Syria - Iran - and Iraq.






21. Mutiny of Russia's fleet took place here.






22. Large Empire ruled by Habsburgs. Created after Thirty Year's War. Unstable due to ethnic - linguistic - cultural and political differences in it's people. Sided with Germany during WWI. It split up following the end of the war.






23. A war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871Declared by OTTO VON BISMARK. Humiliating for the French.






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






25. First ruled by the Great Elector - Frederick William. Formed after Thirty Year's War. Prussia's nobles - JUNKERS - were given exemption from taxes to give loyalty to the Fredericks. Built an enormous army. Would become Germany.






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






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






28. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.






29. Lasting from 1899 to 1902 - DUTCH colonists and the BRITISH competed for control of territory in South Africa.






30. A highly influential French philosopher who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good - and be a democracy. Wrote 'SOCIAL CONTRACT -' and advocated the general w






31. In 1936 a rebellion erupted in Spain after a coalition of Republicans - Socialists - and Communists was elected. General Francisco Franco led the rebellion. The revolt quickly became a civil war. The Soviet Union provided arms and advisers to the gov






32. The French King who built the palace at Versailles - The longest standing King of France 'SUN KING' - - One of the most powerful monarchs of Europe - ruling 72 years. He was famous for his quote -'I AM THE STATE.' Executed by furious revolutionaries.






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






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






35. Very RADICAL French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king






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






37. Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land. Known in America as the French and Indian War.

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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






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






44. French philosopher. Scorned all authority - religion - and corrupt government. Extreme CYNIC. Believed in tolerance - reason - and freedom of thought - expression - and religious belief - but not Christianity. Famous quote - 'CRUSH THE INFAMOUS THING






45. Advanced the treatment and diagnosis of disease. Thought that diseases were caused by chemical imbalances.






46. Discovered radium.






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






48. The GREEKS revolted against the OTTOMANS for their independence.The Concert of Europe generally opposed to this.






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






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