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CLEP Western Civilization II

Subjects : clep, history
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1. GOD IS DEAD. Hated self sacrifice - emphasized a 'will to power.' A minority of the strongest should rule.






2. 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






3. LIBERALS and Monarchists. All those opposed to the Russian Revolution.






4. The Quadruple Alliance - Russia - Prussia - Austria - and Britain...plus France - to prevent France's resentment towards the victors.






5. Promoted a GOSPEL of WEALTH - creating a heaven on earth by helping the poor to help themselves.






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






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






11. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






12. 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.






13. The violent backlash in France against the rule of Robspierre that began with his arrest and execution in July 1794 - or 9 Thermidor in the French revolutionary calendar. Most of the instruments of Terror were dismantled - Jacobins were purged from p






14. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.






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






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






17. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.






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






19. 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.






20. 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

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






22. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.






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






24. 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.






25. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






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






28. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. 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.






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






35. Made by Mussolini with the CATHOLIC CHURCH. Declared catholicism Italy's official religion - made church lands tax exempt - and gave church ability to oversee rules regarding marriage. The church then RECOGNIZED MUSSOLINI's status as ruler of Italy.






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






37. 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.






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






39. Three nations - Austria - Russia - and Prussia - who were nervous about liberal revolts - established the PROTOCOL OF TROPPAU that states they can intervene in the affairs of other countries unable to remain CONSERVATIVE.






40. Austrian archduke who was assasinated by SERBIAN NATIONALISTS as the trigger of the FIRST WORLD WAR in 1914.






41. Britain and America






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






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






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






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






46. (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






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






48. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






49. Led by Danton - a temporary government set up by SANS-CULOTTES that began executing anti-revolutionaries.






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