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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






2. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






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. Discovered radium.






5. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






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






7. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






8. Petition in 19th century Britain where members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections - including suffrage for all MEN.






9. 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.






10. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






11. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






12. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI






13. 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.'






14. 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.






15. 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.






16. A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political - social - and economic life in India for more than 200 years.






17. Illiterate Cossack who started a mass REVOLT of serfs and peasants. Eventually captured - tortured - then executed






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






19. Britain and America






20. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






22. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.






23. Greater freedom for Ireland.






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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.






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






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

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29. US president who gave a deadline to the Soviet Union to stop building missiles on Cuba.






30. 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.






31. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.






32. 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.






33. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






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






35. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.






36. Extermination of the Jews.






37. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.






43. 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.






44. Warship that was sent to the MOROCCAN coast by the GERMANS - to publicly declare they favored Moroccans being free from their colonizers - France. It was a threat to Britain and France.






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






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






47. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






48. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.






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






50. 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.