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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






2. Discovered radium.






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






4. Important ZIONIST.






5. Forefront - cutting edge - trailblazers of the revolution.






6. Promoted a GOSPEL of WEALTH - creating a heaven on earth by helping the poor to help themselves.






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






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






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






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






11. 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.






12. 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






13. The process by which religious beliefs - practices - and institutions lose their significance in sectors of society and culture.






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






15. Influential to Darwin's theory - he thought that everything - including humans - produce MORE OFFSPRING than can survive due to food shortages.






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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.






20. 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.






21. 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.






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






23. Monopolized more than 75% of U.S. oil.






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






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






26. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. Invented CROP ROTATION.

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30. Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land. Known in America as the French and Indian War.

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31. A war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871Declared by OTTO VON BISMARK. Humiliating for the French.






32. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.






33. English philosopher who advocated the idea of a 'social contract' in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to LIFE - LIBERTY AND PROPER






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






40. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.






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






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






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






44. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790). His LAISSEZ-FAIRE economics maintains that governments should let the economy run on it's own and natural laws will keep it afloat. This is capitalism.






45. The end of the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN War. Alsace and Lorraine given to Germany.






46. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






47. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.






48. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






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






50. 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.