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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. Forefront - cutting edge - trailblazers of the revolution.
Joseph Stalin
vanguard
Enclosure movement
Revisionists
2. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
Theodore Herzl
Steel
Kronstadt
3. 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.
Blaise Pascal
New Economic Policy
Paris Commune
Andrew Carnegie
4. Important ZIONIST.
Russian Revolution
Theodore Herzl
Enclosure movement
Public Health Act
5. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.
ancien regime
Oliver Cromwell
Panther
Marie Curie
6. 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.
Napoleon
Ptolemy
Chartist Movement
Transcendentalists
7. 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.
Third International
Louis XIV
Denis Diderot
Bradenburg-Prussia
8. 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
Bishop Bossuet
Paris Commune
Adolf Eichmann
Zimmerman telegram
9. Germany supported this country in keeping control of it's Slavic nationalistics - which put GERMANY at odds with RUSSIA - because they wanted Slavs free.
Galileo Galilei
Eastern Question
Austria-Hungary
Warsaw Pact
10. Weakness of instability of OTTOMAN rule in the Mediterranean region.
Eastern Question
Nikita Khrushchev
Edinburgh
Austria-Hungary
11. 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.
Lateran Pact
Seven Year's War
Panther
Rene Descartes
12. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Berlin Conference
Volksgeist
Fabian Society
Lusitania
13. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Tories
Secularization
Axis Powers
Absolutism
14. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.
John Locke
Dulce et Decorum Est
Lenin and Trotsky
Free French
15. Passed in 1833 by the SADLER COMMITTEE - this helped prevent exploitation of children factory workers.
Factory Act
soviets
Edinburgh
Nikita Khrushchev
16. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.
Edinburgh
Andrew Carnegie
Frederick the Great
John F. Kennedy
17. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI
Leipzig
Triple Alliance
Holy Alliance
Labour Party
18. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Edinburgh
Emmanuel Sieyes
Louis Philippe I
19. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.
Edmund Burke
Atlantic Charter
Herbert Spencer
William and Catherine Booth
20. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.
Ferdinand VII
Enclosure movement
Greek Revolution
Andrew Carnegie
21. Disastrous battle during which the British suffered 60 -000 casualties and had nothing to show for it.
James Watt
Charles Albert
Battle of the Somme
Soviet-Afghan War
22. 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
Girondins
Spanish Civil War
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Lusitania
23. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.
Soviet-Afghan War
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Francois Voltaire
Frederick the Great
24. 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
Dutch Republic
Secularization
Central Powers.
The War of Jenkin's Ear
25. GOD IS DEAD. Hated self sacrifice - emphasized a 'will to power.' A minority of the strongest should rule.
Fascist Party
Franco-Prussian War
Revisionists
Friedrich Nietzsche
26. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT who wrote to Voltaire and Diderot and questioned capital punishment and serfdom.
Catherine the Great
Paris Commune
Factory Act
Denis Diderot
27. RUSSIA - PRUSSIA - AUSTRIA - AND BRITAIN banded together to defeat the tyrant Napoleon.
Lateran Pact
Soviet-Afghan War
Quadruple Alliance
Enclosure movement
28. Britain and America
Allied Powers
Battle of the Somme
Benito Mussolini
Holy Alliance
29. People - such as EDUARD BERNSTEIN - who believed that COMMUNISM could be achieved slowly and through democratic means.
Allies
Free French
Revisionists
Legislative Assembly
30. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.
Rene Descartes
First and Second International
Giuseppe Mazzini
Emmanuel Sieyes
31. Conservative king who was revolted against in SPAIN. He ignored Spain's constitution and disbanded the parliament.
Vesalius
Giuseppe Mazzini
Ferdinand VII
New Economic Policy
32. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.
Emmanuel Sieyes
Friedrich Nietzsche
Count Cavour
Vichy Regime
33. 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.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Charles X
soviets
Vesalius
34. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.
Treaty of London
Enigma
'Turnip' Townsend
English Civil War
35. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'
Steel
Assembly of Notables
Secularization
Edmund Burke
36. 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
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Transcendentalists
Holy Alliance
Battle of Adowa
37. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.
Quadruple Alliance
Jean Paul Marat
Robert Koch
Edict of Nantes
38. A Jewish British prime minister.
Benjamin Disraeli
Kulaks
Emelyn Pugachev
X-Ray
39. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.
Isaac Newton
Ottoman empire dissolved
Leipzig
Peter the Great
40. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.
William Gladstone
Fabian Society
Galileo Galilei
Francois Voltaire
41. Austrian and Prussian emperor declared that they would declare war on France if the ROYAL FAMILY was harmed.
Declaration of Pillnitz
Social Democratic Party
Assembly of Notables
Petition of Rights
42. 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.
Johannes Kepler
Frederick the Great
Ptolemy
conscription
43. Hitler blamed this event on communists and gave himself an excuse to take COMPLETE POWER of Germany.
Zimmerman telegram
Petition of Rights
Thomas Malthus
fire at the Reichstag
44. 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.
Bradenburg-Prussia
Marie Curie
Girondins
Vichy Regime
45. ETHIOPIA beat off Italy's invasion of their country in this battle. Italy was the only European nation to have been defeated by Africans in war.
fire at the Reichstag
Assembly of Notables
Battle of Adowa
vanguard
46. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.
The Glorious Revolution
Russian Revolution
Edward Gibbon
Daimler and Benz
47. Civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I. Forces of Parliament called 'ROUNDHEADS'. Forces of the King called 'CAVALIERS'. Roundheads won - Puritans (Cromwell's religion) purged Presbyterians from Parliament
conscription
Declaration of Pillnitz
Social Democratic Party
English Civil War
48. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.
X-Ray
Lusitania
Factory Act
North German Confederation
49. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.
Triple Entente
Adolf Eichmann
Ottoman empire dissolved
Marshall plan
50. Invented the STEAM ENGINE - which led to steam powered cotton mills - and the railroad.
John Locke
Bishop Bossuet
Dutch Republic
James Watt