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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






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






3. Agreement between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I in which Russia became an ally of France and Napoleon took over the lands of Prussia west of the Elbe as well as the Polish provinces.






4. 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.






5. Germany - Austria-Hungary - Bulgaria - and Ottoman Empire ALLIED during WWI






6. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






7. A Jewish British prime minister.






8. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.






9. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






10. The English Parliament drove out an Catholic absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's WILLIAM III OF ORANGE and MARY - his wife - both Protestants. This Revolution was bloodless - and the new monarch's assented to a BILL OF






11. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






12. 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






13. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






14. 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






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






16. Austrian and Prussian emperor declared that they would declare war on France if the ROYAL FAMILY was harmed.






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






19. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






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






22. 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.






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






24. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'






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






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






27. 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.






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






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






30. Italian POLITICAL party created by Benito Mussolini during World War I. It emphasized aggressive nationalism and was Mussolini's instrument for the creation of a dictatorship in Italy. Didn't believe in democracy.






31. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.






32. 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.






33. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.






34. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






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






41. 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.






42. 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.






43. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT who wrote to Voltaire and Diderot and questioned capital punishment and serfdom.






44. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.






45. Invented CROP ROTATION.

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46. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






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






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






49. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






50. Head of the SS - in charge of extermination.