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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






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






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






4. 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.'






5. 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






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






7. Discovered radium.






8. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.






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






10. 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.






11. 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






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

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13. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.






14. Stalin's successor - wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. Eisenhower agreed to a summit conference with Khrushchev - France and Great Britain in Geneva - Switzerland in July - 1955 to discuss how peaceful coexistence could be achieved.






15. 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.






16. Germany - Italy - and Japan






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






18. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.






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






20. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.






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






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






23. 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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24. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.






25. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






26. 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.






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






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






29. English philosopher who advocated the idea of a 'social contract' in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to LIFE - LIBERTY AND PROPER






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






31. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






32. 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.






33. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






35. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






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






37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.






44. 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.






45. 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.






46. The GREEKS revolted against the OTTOMANS for their independence.The Concert of Europe generally opposed to this.






47. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






48. The Quadruple Alliance - Russia - Prussia - Austria - and Britain...plus France - to prevent France's resentment towards the victors.






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






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