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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






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






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






4. Radical SUFFRAGETTE who led the WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION - which led large - noisy - and sometimes violent demonstrations.






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






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






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. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






9. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






10. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






11. Extermination of the Jews.






12. Limited the power of Charles I of England. a) could not declare martial law; b) could not collect taxes; c) could not imprison people without cause; d) soldiers could not be housed without consent. First Parliamentary limit on the power of a king.






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. 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.






18. 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






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






20. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






22. 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.






23. A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political - social - and economic life in India for more than 200 years.






24. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






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






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






27. (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






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






29. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






30. The most important commodity of the SECOND Industrial Revolution. Used for building ships - trains - bridges - and weapons of war.






31. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






32. Founded the Salvation Army






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






34. 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.






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






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






37. A Jewish British prime minister.






38. 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.






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






40. 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






41. 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.






42. Lasting from 1899 to 1902 - DUTCH colonists and the BRITISH competed for control of territory in South Africa.






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






44. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






46. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.






47. Britain and America






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






49. Thousands of Russians marched on the Winter Palace. Nicholas II gave up power. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT was set up - and immediately social reforms took place.






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