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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Wrote THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. First ever history book to refer to history in strictly SECULAR terms. No God involved.






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






3. Developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD through the INDUCTIVE method (specific to general) - wrote Novum Organum.






4. 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






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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. 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.






9. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






10. GOD IS DEAD. Hated self sacrifice - emphasized a 'will to power.' A minority of the strongest should rule.






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






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






13. Mutiny of Russia's fleet took place here.






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






15. Important ZIONIST.






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






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






18. Invented CROP ROTATION.


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






20. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME






21. 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.






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






23. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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


27. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.






28. A Jewish British prime minister.






29. A military draft






30. Soviet counterpart to NATO






31. Germany - Italy - and Japan






32. Passed in 1832 - this controversial law gave the VOTE to middle class men in industrial cities - and gave them the right to be represented in PARLIAMENT. It abolished 'rotten boroughs -' sparsely populated areas that had representation.






33. 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






34. Influential to Darwin's theory - he thought that everything - including humans - produce MORE OFFSPRING than can survive due to food shortages.






35. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)






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






37. Wrote the pamphlet 'What is the THIRD ESTATE' concerning the plight of France's lower class.






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






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






40. Robert Jenkins - an English Captain - had his ear cut off by Spanish authorities when trying to smuggle goods into Spain. He preserved his ear in a jar of brandy and seven years later in 1738 - he appeared before the British Parliament and showed the


41. 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.






42. 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.






43. Discovered in 1895 and led to questions about the nature of matter.






44. (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






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






50. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.