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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






2. Disastrous battle during which the British suffered 60 -000 casualties and had nothing to show for it.






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






4. 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






5. 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.






6. Illiterate Cossack who started a mass REVOLT of serfs and peasants. Eventually captured - tortured - then executed






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






8. 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.






9. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






10. 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.






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






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






13. 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






14. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






15. Anti-Nazi - Anti-Vichy Regime French fighters who were led by CHARLES de GAULLE.






16. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.






17. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.






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






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






20. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI






21. 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






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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. 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






28. 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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29. A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952). Implemented by the ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION






30. 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.






31. (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






32. 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.






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






34. 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






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






36. 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.






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






38. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.






39. 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.






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






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






42. 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.






43. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






44. 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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45. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.






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






47. Italian POLITICAL party created by Benito Mussolini during World War I. It emphasized aggressive nationalism and was Mussolini's instrument for the creation of a dictatorship in Italy. Didn't believe in democracy.






48. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.






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






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