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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






2. 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.






3. 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






4. 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.






5. RUSSIA - PRUSSIA - AUSTRIA - AND BRITAIN banded together to defeat the tyrant Napoleon.






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






7. A Jewish British prime minister.






8. 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.






9. 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.






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






11. Conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires over Christian shrines and territory fought primarily in the Crimean Peninsula. To prevent Russian expansion - Britain and France sent troops to support the Ottomans.






12. 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.






13. 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






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






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






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






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






18. 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.'






19. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.






20. 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






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






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






23. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.






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






25. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






26. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.






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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






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






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






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






35. Conservative king who was revolted against in SPAIN. He ignored Spain's constitution and disbanded the parliament.






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






37. A military draft






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






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






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






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






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






43. Fascist dictator of ITALY (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia - joined Germany in the Axis pact - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.Called IL DUCE (the leader)






44. Soviet counterpart to NATO






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






46. 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.






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






48. The violent backlash in France against the rule of Robspierre that began with his arrest and execution in July 1794 - or 9 Thermidor in the French revolutionary calendar. Most of the instruments of Terror were dismantled - Jacobins were purged from p






49. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






50. 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