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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. 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
Third International
Triple Entente
Emmeline Prankhurst
John Locke
2. 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.
Allies
Louis Philippe I
Tories
Enclosure movement
3. 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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4. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.
Treaty of Paris
Spanish Civil War
Stalingrad
Daimler and Benz
5. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.
Dual Monarchy
Leipzig
Heinrich Himmler
Treaty of London
6. 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
Battle of the Bulge
English Civil War
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Zimmerman telegram
7. The GREEKS revolted against the OTTOMANS for their independence.The Concert of Europe generally opposed to this.
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Treaty of London
Greek Revolution
New Economic Policy
8. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.
Spanish Civil War
Emmeline Prankhurst
Revolution from Above
Enclosure movement
9. 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)
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Benito Mussolini
New Economic Policy
Adam Smith
10. 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
ancien regime
Ferdinand VII
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adolf Eichmann
11. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Vladimir Lenin
Absolutism
William Gladstone
12. 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.
Paracelsus
Joseph Stalin
Lateran Pact
Volksgeist
13. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.
X-Ray
Joseph Stalin
Quadruple Alliance
Enigma
14. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI
Herbert Spencer
Charles X
Edinburgh
Triple Alliance
15. Developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD through the INDUCTIVE method (specific to general) - wrote Novum Organum.
Gottfried Leibniz
Sir Francis Bacon
Daimler and Benz
Benito Mussolini
16. From it emerged Turkey - Syria - Iran - and Iraq.
Atlantic Charter
Enclosure movement
Seven Weeks' War
Ottoman empire dissolved
17. The place at which the three allied leaders - Truman - Stalin - and Atlee - met to discuss the distribution of Germany and the ultimatum that they would issue to Japan demanding thier immediate surrender
Oliver Cromwell
Friedrich Nietzsche
Concert of Europe
Potsdam
18. Germany - Italy - and Japan
X-Ray
Axis Powers
Atlantic Charter
Transcendentalists
19. 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.
Directory
Giuseppe Mazzini
Bradenburg-Prussia
Secularization
20. 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.
X-Ray
Girondins
North German Confederation
Holy Alliance
21. Greater freedom for Ireland.
Dulce et Decorum Est
Fascist Party
Allies
Home Rule
22. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.
Battle of the Somme
Sergei Witte
Stalingrad
Count Cavour
23. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.
Committee of Public Safety
Edward Gibbon
John Locke
Treaty of Frankfurt
24. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.
Joseph Stalin
Franz Ferdinand
Dulce et Decorum Est
Heinrich Himmler
25. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.
Johannes Kepler
Marshall plan
Charles Albert
X-Ray
26. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.
Isaac Newton
Edmund Burke
William Gladstone
Potsdam
27. Hitler blamed this event on communists and gave himself an excuse to take COMPLETE POWER of Germany.
Vladimir Lenin
John Locke
soviets
fire at the Reichstag
28. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.
Battle of the Bulge
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Black Shirt March
Treaty of Paris
29. Very RADICAL French revolutionary party responsible for Reign of Terror and execution of king
Soviet-Afghan War
ultraroyalists
Napoleon
Jacobins
30. Prussian king of the 18th century; attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany; built on military and BUREAUCRATIC foundations of his predecessors; introduced freedom of religion; increased state control of economy. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.
Battle of the Bulge
Ferdinand VII
Vesalius
Frederick the Great
31. 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.
Stalingrad
Assembly of Notables
Denis Diderot
Louis Philippe I
32. The CONSERVATIVE side of the National Assembly. They favored having a king and wanted an absolute monarchy like England. They were the first people to control the National Assembly.
Potsdam
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Girondins
Heinrich Himmler
33. CONSERVATIVE KING succeeded his brother Louis XVIII. His desire to restore France to a Pre-1789 world led to the Revolution of 1830 and the ascent of Louis Philippe.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Black Shirt March
Quadruple Alliance
Charles X
34. 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.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Adam Smith
Theodore Herzl
Quadruple Alliance
35. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'
Ptolemy
North German Confederation
Ottoman empire dissolved
Edmund Burke
36. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.
Benjamin Disraeli
Vladimir Lenin
Thermidor
Assembly of Notables
37. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.
Declaration of Pillnitz
Count Cavour
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
William and Catherine Booth
38. 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.
Treaty of Frankfurt
Ferdinand VII
Crimean War
British East India Company
39. 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.
Cecil Rhodes.
Seven Year's War
Napoleon
Emmanuel Sieyes
40. 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
ultraroyalists
Dutch Republic
Blaise Pascal
Thermidor
41. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.
Revisionists
Vesalius
First and Second International
Lenin and Trotsky
42. LIBERALS and Monarchists. All those opposed to the Russian Revolution.
White Russians
Atlantic Charter
Paris Commune
Nikita Khrushchev
43. Government set up in Sourthern France by the Nazis.
Public Health Act
Franz Ferdinand
Panther
Vichy Regime
44. The most important commodity of the SECOND Industrial Revolution. Used for building ships - trains - bridges - and weapons of war.
Steel
French Revolution of 1848
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Boer War
45. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.
X-Ray
Triple Entente
Friedrich Nietzsche
Leipzig
46. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.
Red Russians
Korean War
Final Solution
Reform Bill
47. French mathematician who invented CALCULUS - devised a theory of chance and probability. Wrote the 'Pensees.' Argued that religion and science are both true. PASCAL's WAGER said that It is worth the risk believing in God.
Transcendentalists
British East India Company
Blaise Pascal
Spanish-American War
48. Austrian archduke who was assasinated by SERBIAN NATIONALISTS as the trigger of the FIRST WORLD WAR in 1914.
Franz Ferdinand
Lateran Pact
Battle of the Somme
conscription
49. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.
Treaty of Tilsit
Jean Paul Marat
Charles Montesquieu
Allied Powers
50. Founded the famous British RHODES SCHOLARS program for study in Oxford - England. He wanted students from colonies to study in England - then return and help the empire. RHODESIA (Zimbabwe) named after him.
Heinrich Himmler
Battle of the Somme
Factory Act
Cecil Rhodes.