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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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).






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






3. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






4. 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.






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






6. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.






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






8. 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.






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






10. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.






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






12. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.'






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






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






19. 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.






20. A Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy. He dissected human cadavers. (1514-1564)






21. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






22. 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






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






28. Invented the STEAM ENGINE - which led to steam powered cotton mills - and the railroad.






29. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. Robert Jenkins - an English Captain - had his ear cut off by Spanish authorities when trying to smuggle goods into Spain. He preserved his ear in a jar of brandy and seven years later in 1738 - he appeared before the British Parliament and showed the

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






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






39. Discovered in 1895 and led to questions about the nature of matter.






40. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.






41. A Jewish British prime minister.






42. 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.






43. Important ZIONIST.






44. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






46. 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.






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






48. 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






49. 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






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