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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






2. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






3. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






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






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






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






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






8. In 1898 - a conflict between the United States and Spain - in which the U.S. supported the CUBANS' fight for INDEPENDENCE.






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






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






11. Germany - Italy - and Japan






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.'






18. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






19. 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.






20. 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.






21. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






22. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.






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






24. 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.'






25. Led by Danton - a temporary government set up by SANS-CULOTTES that began executing anti-revolutionaries.






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






27. Result of end of Austria-Prussian War - Austria doesn't get involved in German affairs - North German Confederation made under rulership of Prussia. Major step towards German unification.






28. A military draft






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






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






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






32. The French King who built the palace at Versailles - The longest standing King of France 'SUN KING' - - One of the most powerful monarchs of Europe - ruling 72 years. He was famous for his quote -'I AM THE STATE.' Executed by furious revolutionaries.






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






34. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






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






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






37. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






38. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.






39. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need to PROTECT COMMUNISM.






44. 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.






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






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






47. 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.






48. 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.






49. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.






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