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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.'






2. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






3. 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






4. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






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






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






7. 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






8. Invented CROP ROTATION.

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9. 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.






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






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






12. 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)






13. 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.






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






15. Overthrew the monarchy established in 1830; briefly established a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; failure of the republic led to the reestablishment of the French Empire under NAPOLEON III in 1850.






16. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






18. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






19. 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.'






20. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






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






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






26. Radical SUFFRAGETTE who led the WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION - which led large - noisy - and sometimes violent demonstrations.






27. Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) YOUNG ITALY - and RISORGIMENTO movements.






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






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

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30. 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






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






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






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






34. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME






35. 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.






36. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.






37. 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.






38. 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






39. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.






40. The English Parliament drove out an Catholic absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's WILLIAM III OF ORANGE and MARY - his wife - both Protestants. This Revolution was bloodless - and the new monarch's assented to a BILL OF






41. 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.






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






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






44. Britain and America






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






46. A military draft






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






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






49. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.






50. 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.







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