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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






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






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






4. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






5. This treaty ended the Seven Years War. Gave Canada and area east of the Mississippi to Britain.






6. 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.






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






8. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






9. A Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy. He dissected human cadavers. (1514-1564)






10. Agreement between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I in which Russia became an ally of France and Napoleon took over the lands of Prussia west of the Elbe as well as the Polish provinces.






11. 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.






12. 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).






13. A religious war between the Catholics and Protestants - which resulted in the political restructuring of Europe and the development of nation states - the Dutch Republic - the Swiss Confederacy - the Austro-Hungarian Empire; granted religious freedom

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14. Hitler blamed this event on communists and gave himself an excuse to take COMPLETE POWER of Germany.






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






16. 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.'






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






18. An economic advisor to Louis XIV; he supported mercantilism and tried to make France economically self-sufficient. Louis ruined it by his multiple expensive wars and lavish lifestyle.






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






20. French philosopher. Scorned all authority - religion - and corrupt government. Extreme CYNIC. Believed in tolerance - reason - and freedom of thought - expression - and religious belief - but not Christianity. Famous quote - 'CRUSH THE INFAMOUS THING






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






22. 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.






23. Germany supported this country in keeping control of it's Slavic nationalistics - which put GERMANY at odds with RUSSIA - because they wanted Slavs free.






24. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.






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






26. Edited and published the first edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA. It was a ENLIGHTENED PERSON's BIBLE. He also attacked religion and conservatives.






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






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






29. Meeting among world powers concerning how the world would run after Napoleon. They wanted no country to control another - creating buffer states - Belgium - from France's conquered territory. PEACEKEEPERS.






30. Anti-Nazi - Anti-Vichy Regime French fighters who were led by CHARLES de GAULLE.






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






32. 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.






33. Nazi war criminal who lived in hiding in Argentina for years before her was captured. HANNAH ARENDT argued in her book - 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' that he seemed hardly demonic.






34. (1740-48) Conflict caused by the rival claims for the dominions of the Habsburg family. Before the death of Charles VI - Holy Roman emperor and archduke of Austria - many of the European powers had guaranteed that Charles's daughter Maria Theresa wou






35. 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.






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






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






38. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






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






40. 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.






41. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)






42. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






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






44. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






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






46. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.






47. 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






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






49. GOD IS DEAD. Hated self sacrifice - emphasized a 'will to power.' A minority of the strongest should rule.






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