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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.
Legislative Assembly
Kulaks
Enigma
Social Democratic Party
2. Mussolini's rise to power. Thousands of followers marched on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III made Mussolini prime minister. Then Fascists made all other political parties illegal.
James Watt
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Black Shirt March
Crimean War
3. Lasting from 1899 to 1902 - DUTCH colonists and the BRITISH competed for control of territory in South Africa.
Lenin and Trotsky
Gottfried Leibniz
Boer War
soviets
4. First loss of a European power to an ASIAN COUNTRY.
Allied Powers
Giuseppe Mazzini
Final Solution
Russo-Japanese War
5. 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
Spanish Civil War
Home Rule
Andrew Carnegie
Lenin and Trotsky
6. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.
Stalingrad
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Marie Curie
Fascist Party
7. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.
Thermidorian Reaction
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Atlantic Charter
Enigma
8. A Jewish British prime minister.
Thomas Malthus
Andrew Carnegie
Benjamin Disraeli
North German Confederation
9. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.
Triple Alliance
Francois Voltaire
Lateran Pact
Dual Monarchy
10. 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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11. First ruled by the Great Elector - Frederick William. Formed after Thirty Year's War. Prussia's nobles - JUNKERS - were given exemption from taxes to give loyalty to the Fredericks. Built an enormous army. Would become Germany.
Rene Descartes
Central Powers.
Assembly of Notables
Bradenburg-Prussia
12. Republican form of government. United Provinces of the Netherlands; tolerant of all religions. 1st half of 17th century was golden age-govt. consisted of organized confederation of 7 provinces each w/ rep. govt. It established the Bank of Amsterdam a
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Factory Act
Dutch Republic
13. 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.
Leipzig
John Locke
Russo-Japanese War
North German Confederation
14. 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.
First and Second International
White Russians
Adolf Eichmann
Nikita Khrushchev
15. Treaty of non-aggression between Russian and Germany during WW2 to keep it a one front war for Germany. Also called the NAZI-SOVIET PACT.
Easter Rising
Francois Voltaire
Quadruple Alliance
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
16. Piedmont - Italy defeated Austro-Hungarian empire and won their INDEPENDENCE.
Seven Weeks' War
The Glorious Revolution
Emmeline Prankhurst
Austro-Piedmontese War
17. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.
Charles Montesquieu
Napoleon
Thermidor
The War of Jenkin's Ear
18. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI
Treaty of Paris
Central Powers.
Kulaks
Triple Alliance
19. 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.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Axis Powers
Home Rule
Austro-Hungarian Empire
20. 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.
Congress of Vienna
Quadruple Alliance
Declaration of Pillnitz
Galileo Galilei
21. Important ZIONIST.
Allies
Theodore Herzl
Home Rule
Atlantic Charter
22. 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.
Volksgeist
Jean Paul Marat
Edward Gibbon
Free French
23. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.
Continental System
Treaty of Paris
Denis Diderot
Directory
24. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
Crimean War
Giueseppe Garibaldi
Chartist Movement
25. 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.
ultraroyalists
Assembly of Notables
Herbert Spencer
Korean War
26. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.
Robert Koch
Gottfried Leibniz
Zimmerman telegram
Francois Voltaire
27. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.
New Economic Policy
Greek Revolution
Public Health Act
Concert of Europe
28. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.
Marshall plan
Count Cavour
Battle of the Bulge
Ottoman empire dissolved
29. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.
Louis XIV
Red Russians
Kronstadt
Congress of Vienna
30. Passed in 1833 by the SADLER COMMITTEE - this helped prevent exploitation of children factory workers.
Easter Rising
Adolf Eichmann
Factory Act
Nazi
31. Soviet counterpart to NATO
Count Cavour
Treaty of London
Treaty of Paris
Warsaw Pact
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.
Petition of Rights
Eastern Question
Dulce et Decorum Est
James Watt
33. 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.
Louis XIV
Nikita Khrushchev
Vichy Regime
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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.
Sir Francis Bacon
Blaise Pascal
Enigma
Third International
35. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.
'Turnip' Townsend
Edict of Nantes
Allies
Dutch Republic
36. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.
Leipzig
Count Cavour
Easter Rising
Eastern Question
37. Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and Ottoman Empire ALLIED during WWI
Peter the Great
Axis Powers
Catherine the Great
Central Powers.
38. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.
Steel
Treaty of Frankfurt
Thirty Years' War
Soviet-Afghan War
39. 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
Holy Alliance
Black Shirt March
Bishop Bossuet
Francois Voltaire
40. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.
Treaty of Tilsit
Red Russians
Russian Revolution
First and Second International
41. Discovered radium.
Galileo Galilei
Marie Curie
Sir Francis Bacon
War of Austrian Succession
42. French general who became EMPEROR of the French (1769-1821) Subtly became sole ruler of a country trying to become democratic. Claimed the title of FIRST CONSUL. Napoleon waged economic and literal war on England constantly. KING OF ITALY too.
Napoleon
Stalingrad
Spanish Civil War
Herbert Spencer
43. 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.
Adolf Eichmann
Holy Alliance
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Russian Revolution
44. 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.
Bishop Bossuet
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Declaration of Pillnitz
Oliver Cromwell
45. A Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy. He dissected human cadavers. (1514-1564)
Charles Montesquieu
Declaration of Pillnitz
Vesalius
Boer War
46. (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
John F. Kennedy
Francois Voltaire
Marshall plan
War of Austrian Succession
47. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.
Ottoman empire dissolved
Louis Philippe I
Rene Descartes
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
48. 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.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Peter the Great
French Revolution of 1848
Chartist Movement
49. 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.
Russo-Japanese War
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Black Shirt March
Dual Monarchy
50. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.
Enclosure movement
Dulce et Decorum Est
Lateran Pact
Adolf Eichmann