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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Emperor of the Austrian Empire who controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.






2. 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.






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






4. 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.






5. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






6. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.






7. The Quadruple Alliance - Russia - Prussia - Austria - and Britain...plus France - to prevent France's resentment towards the victors.






8. English philosopher who advocated the idea of a 'social contract' in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to LIFE - LIBERTY AND PROPER






9. Austrian and Prussian emperor declared that they would declare war on France if the ROYAL FAMILY was harmed.






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






11. 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






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






13. A Jewish British prime minister.






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






15. Prussian king of the 18th century; attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany; built on military and BUREAUCRATIC foundations of his predecessors; introduced freedom of religion; increased state control of economy. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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.






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






21. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.






22. A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political - social - and economic life in India for more than 200 years.






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






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






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






26. Founded the Salvation Army






27. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.






28. Euphemism used to justify DICTATORSHIP in the name of freedom.






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






30. Conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires over Christian shrines and territory fought primarily in the Crimean Peninsula. To prevent Russian expansion - Britain and France sent troops to support the Ottomans.






31. Invented CROP ROTATION.

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32. 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.






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






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






35. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.






36. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.






37. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






38. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.






39. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






40. Important ZIONIST.






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






42. Greater freedom for Ireland.






43. Italian POLITICAL party created by Benito Mussolini during World War I. It emphasized aggressive nationalism and was Mussolini's instrument for the creation of a dictatorship in Italy. Didn't believe in democracy.






44. Overthrew the monarchy established in 1830; briefly established a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; failure of the republic led to the reestablishment of the French Empire under NAPOLEON III in 1850.






45. 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.






46. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






47. Extermination of the Jews.






48. Thousands of Russians marched on the Winter Palace. Nicholas II gave up power. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT was set up - and immediately social reforms took place.






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






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