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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. First loss of a European power to an ASIAN COUNTRY.






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






3. 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.






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






5. JACOBIN French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794).






6. 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.






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






8. A Jewish British prime minister.






9. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






10. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.






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






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






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






14. 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.






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






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






17. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.






18. Discovered radium.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. People - such as EDUARD BERNSTEIN - who believed that COMMUNISM could be achieved slowly and through democratic means.






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






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






34. 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






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






36. One of the prominent JACOBIN radical leaders during the revolution. He edited a radical newspaper. He called to rid France of the enemies of the Revolution






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






38. Government set up in Sourthern France by the Nazis.






39. 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.'






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






41. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.






42. Important ZIONIST.






43. 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






44. A military draft






45. Ancient scientist who said earth was the center of the universe






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


47. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.






48. The GREEKS revolted against the OTTOMANS for their independence.The Concert of Europe generally opposed to this.






49. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






50. 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.