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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






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






3. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






4. 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.






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






6. A military draft






7. 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.






8. 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.






9. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.






10. 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.






11. Were forced by mobs to END the MONARCHY in France.






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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. A Jewish British prime minister.






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






18. Wrote the pamphlet 'What is the THIRD ESTATE' concerning the plight of France's lower class.






19. Head of the SS - in charge of extermination.






20. From it emerged Turkey - Syria - Iran - and Iraq.






21. 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.






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






23. Soviet counterpart to NATO






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






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. 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.'






28. Extermination of the Jews.






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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. Aka AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN War (1866) This war resulted from Bismarck wanting to isolate Austria from German affairs

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






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






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






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






40. An economic advisor to Louis XIV; he supported mercantilism and tried to make France economically self-sufficient. Louis ruined it by his multiple expensive wars and lavish lifestyle.






41. The process by which religious beliefs - practices - and institutions lose their significance in sectors of society and culture.






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






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






44. Britain and America






45. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






46. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






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






49. Discovered radium.






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






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