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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






2. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.






3. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






4. 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.






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. Germany - Italy - and Japan






10. Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition. INDUSTRIALIZED RUSSIA using FIVE YEAR PLANS which developed economics and emphasizes steel - iron - electricity - and heavy






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






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






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






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






15. Discovered radium.






16. Lasting from 1899 to 1902 - DUTCH colonists and the BRITISH competed for control of territory in South Africa.






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






18. 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.






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






20. The most important commodity of the SECOND Industrial Revolution. Used for building ships - trains - bridges - and weapons of war.






21. Greater freedom for Ireland.






22. Puritan Leader of the Roundheads (parliamentarians) in the English Civil War. He was declared 'protector' of England - Ireland - and Scotland (like a king). After his death - the monarchy was restored.






23. Conflict between the Russian and Ottoman Empires over Christian shrines and territory fought primarily in the Crimean Peninsula. To prevent Russian expansion - Britain and France sent troops to support the Ottomans.






24. 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.






25. The leaders under Robespierre who organized the defenses of France - conducted foreign policy - and centralized authority during the period 1792-1795. REIGN OF TERROR.






26. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






31. Nazi war criminal who lived in hiding in Argentina for years before her was captured. HANNAH ARENDT argued in her book - 'Eichmann in Jerusalem' that he seemed hardly demonic.






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






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






34. Britain and America






35. 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.'






36. 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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37. 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.






38. 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.






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






40. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.






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






42. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.






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






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






45. 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.'






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






47. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.






48. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790). His LAISSEZ-FAIRE economics maintains that governments should let the economy run on it's own and natural laws will keep it afloat. This is capitalism.






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






50. 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