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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.
Treaty of Paris
Johannes Kepler
Central Powers.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
2. 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
Lateran Pact
Isaac Newton
Potsdam
Battle of the Bulge
3. British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men - even in voting - in her 1792 'Vindication of the Rights of Women.'
Mary Wollstonecraft
Edmund Burke
Treaty of Tilsit
Russo-Japanese War
4. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Utilitarianism
Count Cavour
Russo-Japanese War
5. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.
Treaty of London
Korean War
Zimmerman telegram
Emmanuel Sieyes
6. Louis XVI called nobles and clergy to ask for money and the wealthy refused. The nobles refused to pay taxes. This group was made up of people selected by the king and was made up primarily of nobles.
Assembly of Notables
Revisionists
Public Health Act
Paris Commune
7. 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.
Triple Alliance
Utilitarianism
Enigma
Joseph II
8. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.
Marshall plan
Triple Entente
William Gladstone
Treaty of London
9. 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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10. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.
Battle of Adowa
Committee of Public Safety
Charles X
Charles Albert
11. Advanced the treatment and diagnosis of disease. Thought that diseases were caused by chemical imbalances.
Kronstadt
Central Powers.
X-Ray
Paracelsus
12. The place at which the three allied leaders - Truman - Stalin - and Atlee - met to discuss the distribution of Germany and the ultimatum that they would issue to Japan demanding thier immediate surrender
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Kulaks
Galileo Galilei
Potsdam
13. This treaty ended the Seven Years War. Gave Canada and area east of the Mississippi to Britain.
Quadruple Alliance
Treaty of Paris
Public Health Act
Seven Year's War
14. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.
Bradenburg-Prussia
Battle of the Bulge
Allies
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
15. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Labour Party
Absolutism
Bradenburg-Prussia
Daimler and Benz
16. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.
Herbert Spencer
Isaac Newton
Adam Smith
The War of Jenkin's Ear
17. Euphemism used to justify DICTATORSHIP in the name of freedom.
Benito Mussolini
Revolution from Above
Herbert Spencer
Bishop Bossuet
18. Developed the SCIENTIFIC METHOD through the INDUCTIVE method (specific to general) - wrote Novum Organum.
Jacobins
Sir Francis Bacon
Thermidor
John Locke
19. 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
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20. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.
Tories
Vesalius
Utilitarianism
soviets
21. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.
Edict of Nantes
Ferdinand VII
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
Rene Descartes
22. 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.
Frederick the Great
John Rockefeller
Thermidorian Reaction
X-Ray
23. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.
Treaty of London
Emmeline Prankhurst
Copernicus
Treaty of Tilsit
24. Germany supported this country in keeping control of it's Slavic nationalistics - which put GERMANY at odds with RUSSIA - because they wanted Slavs free.
Triple Alliance
Utilitarianism
Austria-Hungary
conscription
25. ETHIOPIA beat off Italy's invasion of their country in this battle. Italy was the only European nation to have been defeated by Africans in war.
Battle of the Somme
Panther
Battle of Adowa
John F. Kennedy
26. First loss of a European power to an ASIAN COUNTRY.
Social Democratic Party
Whigs
Russo-Japanese War
Boer War
27. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.
Triple Entente
Oliver Cromwell
'Turnip' Townsend
Ottoman empire dissolved
28. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.
vanguard
Benito Mussolini
Austria-Hungary
Dual Monarchy
29. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.
Treaty of Tilsit
Giueseppe Garibaldi
Franco-Prussian War
Free French
30. French general who became EMPEROR of the French (1769-1821) Subtly became sole ruler of a country trying to become democratic. Claimed the title of FIRST CONSUL. Napoleon waged economic and literal war on England constantly. KING OF ITALY too.
Assembly of Notables
Napoleon
William and Catherine Booth
Ptolemy
31. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.
Benjamin Disraeli
Theodore Herzl
Soviet-Afghan War
Public Health Act
32. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.
Zimmerman telegram
White Russians
Declaration of Pillnitz
Daimler and Benz
33. The most important commodity of the SECOND Industrial Revolution. Used for building ships - trains - bridges - and weapons of war.
Chartist Movement
soviets
Steel
Thermidor
34. 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.
Charles Albert
John Stuart Mill
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Black Shirt March
35. 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.
Marshall plan
Third International
Thomas Malthus
Tories
36. Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need to PROTECT COMMUNISM.
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Lateran Pact
Franz Ferdinand
Brezhnev Doctrine
37. The end of the FRANCO-PRUSSIAN War. Alsace and Lorraine given to Germany.
Treaty of Frankfurt
Volksgeist
Edmund Burke
Battle of the Bulge
38. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.
Vladimir Lenin
Panther
John Stuart Mill
Committee of Public Safety
39. 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.
Nikita Khrushchev
Social Democratic Party
Adolf Eichmann
soviets
40. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'
Steel
Edmund Burke
Austria-Hungary
Tories
41. Government set up in Sourthern France by the Nazis.
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Vichy Regime
Kulaks
Johannes Kepler
42. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.
Copernicus
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Sergei Witte
Continental System
43. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.
Andrew Carnegie
Franco-Prussian War
Count Cavour
New Economic Policy
44. Invented the STEAM ENGINE - which led to steam powered cotton mills - and the railroad.
James Watt
Thomas Malthus
Central Powers.
Third International
45. An economic advisor to Louis XIV; he supported mercantilism and tried to make France economically self-sufficient. Louis ruined it by his multiple expensive wars and lavish lifestyle.
Secularization
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
'Turnip' Townsend
Jacobins
46. Monopolized more than 75% of U.S. oil.
John Rockefeller
Austro-Hungarian Empire
William and Catherine Booth
Bradenburg-Prussia
47. Forefront - cutting edge - trailblazers of the revolution.
Paracelsus
The War of Jenkin's Ear
Triple Entente
vanguard
48. Mutiny of Russia's fleet took place here.
Kronstadt
fire at the Reichstag
Allies
James Watt
49. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.
Berlin Conference
Theodore Herzl
British East India Company
Adolf Eichmann
50. 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.
Labour Party
Soviet-Afghan War
Petition of Rights
Treaty of Frankfurt