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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.
Declaration of Pillnitz
Assembly of Notables
Congress of Vienna
Lenin and Trotsky
2. 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).
Kulaks
Georges Jacques Danton
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Emelyn Pugachev
3. Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and Ottoman Empire ALLIED during WWI
Central Powers.
White Russians
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Isaac Newton
4. 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.
conscription
Isaac Newton
Friedrich Nietzsche
Girondins
5. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.
Robert Koch
Friedrich Nietzsche
Isaac Newton
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
6. Were forced by mobs to END the MONARCHY in France.
Brezhnev Doctrine
Legislative Assembly
Zimmerman telegram
Steel
7. 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.
Dutch Republic
Third International
Galileo Galilei
fire at the Reichstag
8. In 1898 - a conflict between the United States and Spain - in which the U.S. supported the CUBANS' fight for INDEPENDENCE.
Eastern Question
Soviet-Afghan War
Spanish-American War
Ferdinand VII
9. 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.
Emmeline Prankhurst
Zimmerman telegram
Battle of Adowa
Adolf Eichmann
10. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.
William and Catherine Booth
Soviet-Afghan War
Stalingrad
Peter the Great
11. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.
vanguard
Nazi
Panther
Boer War
12. Austrian and Prussian emperor declared that they would declare war on France if the ROYAL FAMILY was harmed.
Declaration of Pillnitz
Benjamin Disraeli
Berlin Conference
vanguard
13. Also called the COMINTERN. This institute provided rules for Socialists throughtout Europe to follow. Among it's TWENTYONE CONDITIONS was the rejection of all political forms that called for the institution of communism through gradual means.
Third International
Triple Alliance
Spanish-American War
Committee of Public Safety
14. A religious war between the Catholics and Protestants - which resulted in the political restructuring of Europe and the development of nation states - the Dutch Republic - the Swiss Confederacy - the Austro-Hungarian Empire; granted religious freedom
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15. 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
Peter the Great
Russian Revolution
Spanish Civil War
Eastern Question
16. (1740-48) Conflict caused by the rival claims for the dominions of the Habsburg family. Before the death of Charles VI - Holy Roman emperor and archduke of Austria - many of the European powers had guaranteed that Charles's daughter Maria Theresa wou
War of Austrian Succession
Daimler and Benz
Jean Paul Marat
Denis Diderot
17. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.
Continental System
fire at the Reichstag
Concert of Europe
First and Second International
18. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.
Charles Montesquieu
Daimler and Benz
Secularization
Spanish-American War
19. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.
Red Russians
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Stalingrad
Georges Jacques Danton
20. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.
The Glorious Revolution
Sergei Witte
Triple Entente
Thermidor
21. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.
Edict of Nantes
Brezhnev Doctrine
Public Health Act
Sergei Witte
22. Euphemism used to justify DICTATORSHIP in the name of freedom.
Revolution from Above
White Russians
Reform Bill
Lusitania
23. Republican form of government. United Provinces of the Netherlands; tolerant of all religions. 1st half of 17th century was golden age-govt. consisted of organized confederation of 7 provinces each w/ rep. govt. It established the Bank of Amsterdam a
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rene Descartes
Dutch Republic
Seven Weeks' War
24. A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952). Implemented by the ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Marshall plan
Continental System
Treaty of Frankfurt
Benjamin Disraeli
25. 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.
William and Catherine Booth
French Revolution of 1848
Volksgeist
Lenin and Trotsky
26. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.
Edict of Nantes
Herbert Spencer
Vladimir Lenin
Zimmerman telegram
27. 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.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Home Rule
Cecil Rhodes.
Volksgeist
28. Agreement between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I in which Russia became an ally of France and Napoleon took over the lands of Prussia west of the Elbe as well as the Polish provinces.
Treaty of Tilsit
Battle of the Somme
Russo-Japanese War
Boer War
29. Edited and published the first edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA. It was a ENLIGHTENED PERSON's BIBLE. He also attacked religion and conservatives.
Ferdinand VII
Denis Diderot
Boer War
Stalingrad
30. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.
Whigs
Crimean War
Edward Gibbon
Congress of Vienna
31. 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.
Edmund Burke
Count Cavour
Committee of Public Safety
Louis XIV
32. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.
Copernicus
Labour Party
Allies
Triple Alliance
33. 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.
White Russians
Sergei Witte
British East India Company
Franz Ferdinand
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.
Dutch Republic
Napoleon
Johannes Kepler
Fabian Society
35. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.
Steel
Utilitarianism
Continental System
Boer War
36. 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.
Lateran Pact
Charles Albert
Declaration of Pillnitz
Secularization
37. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.
Warsaw Pact
Whigs
Edward Gibbon
Edmund Burke
38. Aka AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN War (1866) This war resulted from Bismarck wanting to isolate Austria from German affairs
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39. 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.
War of Austrian Succession
Reform Bill
Seven Year's War
Bradenburg-Prussia
40. 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.
Jean Paul Marat
Benito Mussolini
Assembly of Notables
War of Austrian Succession
41. Important ZIONIST.
Red Russians
Theodore Herzl
John Locke
Reform Bill
42. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.
Kaiser Wilhelm I
John Locke
Benito Mussolini
Austria-Hungary
43. Promoted a GOSPEL of WEALTH - creating a heaven on earth by helping the poor to help themselves.
Theodore Herzl
Francois Voltaire
Andrew Carnegie
William Gladstone
44. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.
Joseph II
Holy Alliance
Benjamin Disraeli
Gottfried Leibniz
45. The leaders under Robespierre who organized the defenses of France - conducted foreign policy - and centralized authority during the period 1792-1795. REIGN OF TERROR.
Thermidorian Reaction
War of Austrian Succession
Committee of Public Safety
Russian Revolution
46. 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.
Crimean War
Social Democratic Party
Boer War
Franco-Prussian War
47. Ancient scientist who said earth was the center of the universe
Public Health Act
Ptolemy
Emmanuel Sieyes
Factory Act
48. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI
Whigs
Petition of Rights
Easter Rising
Triple Alliance
49. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.
Lenin and Trotsky
Treaty of London
Utilitarianism
Zimmerman telegram
50. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME
ultraroyalists
Vichy Regime
Labour Party
Blaise Pascal