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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






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






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






4. Emperor of the Austrian Empire who controlled the Catholic Church closely - granted religious toleration and civic rights to Protestants and Jews - and abolished serfdom. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.






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






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






7. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. Passed in 1833 by the SADLER COMMITTEE - this helped prevent exploitation of children factory workers.






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






16. 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.






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






18. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






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






21. Important ZIONIST.






22. 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.






23. Thousands of Russians marched on the Winter Palace. Nicholas II gave up power. A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT was set up - and immediately social reforms took place.






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






30. Discovered radium.






31. 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.






32. Limited the power of Charles I of England. a) could not declare martial law; b) could not collect taxes; c) could not imprison people without cause; d) soldiers could not be housed without consent. First Parliamentary limit on the power of a king.






33. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






34. 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.






35. Idea created by JOHANN GOTTFRIED HERGER about a 'PEOPLE'S SPIRIT' to identify the national character of Germany - but soon passed to other countries. NATIONALISM.






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






37. A highly influential French philosopher who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good - and be a democracy. Wrote 'SOCIAL CONTRACT -' and advocated the general w






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






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






40. Robert Jenkins - an English Captain - had his ear cut off by Spanish authorities when trying to smuggle goods into Spain. He preserved his ear in a jar of brandy and seven years later in 1738 - he appeared before the British Parliament and showed the

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






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






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Mutiny of Russia's fleet took place here.






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






49. 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






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