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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






2. 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.






3. Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need to PROTECT COMMUNISM.






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






5. In 1898 - a conflict between the United States and Spain - in which the U.S. supported the CUBANS' fight for INDEPENDENCE.






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






7. 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).






8. Influential to Darwin's theory - he thought that everything - including humans - produce MORE OFFSPRING than can survive due to food shortages.






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






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






11. Piedmont - Italy defeated Austro-Hungarian empire and won their INDEPENDENCE.






12. Britain and America






13. 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.






14. Discovered radium.






15. Soviet counterpart to NATO






16. 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






17. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






18. 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






19. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






20. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.






21. Extermination of the Jews.






22. 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






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






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






26. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.






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






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






29. 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.






30. Germany - Italy - and Japan






31. 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.






32. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.






33. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






34. LIBERALS and Monarchists. All those opposed to the Russian Revolution.






35. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






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






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






38. March 1917. Sent from German Foreign Secretary - addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's promixity to the US). In return - Germany would give back






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






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






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






42. 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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43. Warship that was sent to the MOROCCAN coast by the GERMANS - to publicly declare they favored Moroccans being free from their colonizers - France. It was a threat to Britain and France.






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






45. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






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






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






48. The end of the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN War. Alsace and Lorraine given to Germany.






49. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






50. One of the prominent JACOBIN radical leaders during the revolution. He edited a radical newspaper. He called to rid France of the enemies of the Revolution