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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Important ZIONIST.






2. 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.






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






4. Discovered in 1895 and led to questions about the nature of matter.






5. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.






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






7. 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






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






9. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






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






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






12. 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.






13. Extermination of the Jews.






14. 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






15. Ancient scientist who said earth was the center of the universe






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






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






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






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






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






21. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.






22. 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.






23. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.






24. A Jewish British prime minister.






25. Britain and America






26. 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.






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.






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






33. 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.






34. 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.






35. Large Empire ruled by Habsburgs. Created after Thirty Year's War. Unstable due to ethnic - linguistic - cultural and political differences in it's people. Sided with Germany during WWI. It split up following the end of the war.






36. 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.






37. JACOBIN French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794).






38. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






43. 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.






44. 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






45. British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men - even in voting - in her 1792 'Vindication of the Rights of Women.'






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






47. Developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD through the INDUCTIVE method (specific to general) - wrote Novum Organum.






48. Weakness of instability of OTTOMAN rule in the Mediterranean region.






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






50. 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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