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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Three nations - Austria - Russia - and Prussia - who were nervous about liberal revolts - established the PROTOCOL OF TROPPAU that states they can intervene in the affairs of other countries unable to remain CONSERVATIVE.






2. French mathematician who invented CALCULUS - devised a theory of chance and probability. Wrote the 'Pensees.' Argued that religion and science are both true. PASCAL's WAGER said that It is worth the risk believing in God.






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






4. Passed in 1833 by the SADLER COMMITTEE - this helped prevent exploitation of children factory workers.






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






6. 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.






7. 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.






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






9. 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).






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






11. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.






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






13. 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.






14. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






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






16. 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






17. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






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






19. Discovered radium.






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






21. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






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






23. 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.






24. Where Napoleon eventually met his defeat. He then was exiled to Elba.






25. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.






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






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. Puritan Leader of the Roundheads (parliamentarians) in the English Civil War. He was declared 'protector' of England - Ireland - and Scotland (like a king). After his death - the monarchy was restored.






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






35. First to develop and write a book on the heliocentric theory - 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.' It was placed on the index of prohibited books






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






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






38. English mathematician and scientist who invented differential calculus and formulated the theory of universal GRAVITY - a theory about the nature of light - and three laws of motion. His treatise on gravitation - presented in Principia Mathematica (1






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






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






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






42. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






43. 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






44. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.






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






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






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






48. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






49. Forefront - cutting edge - trailblazers of the revolution.






50. 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.