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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






2. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.






3. 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






4. 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.






5. Discovered radium.






6. In 1898 - a conflict between the United States and Spain - in which the U.S. supported the CUBANS' fight for INDEPENDENCE.






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






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






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






10. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






11. Conservative king who was revolted against in SPAIN. He ignored Spain's constitution and disbanded the parliament.






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. Warship that was sent to the MOROCCAN coast by the GERMANS - to publicly declare they favored Moroccans being free from their colonizers - France. It was a threat to Britain and France.






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






16. 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.






17. Also called the COMINTERN. This institute provided rules for Socialists throughtout Europe to follow. Among it's TWENTYONE CONDITIONS was the rejection of all political forms that called for the institution of communism through gradual means.






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






19. First to develop and write a book on the heliocentric theory - 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.' It was placed on the index of prohibited books






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






21. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.






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






23. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






24. Extermination of the Jews.






25. A war between France and Prussia that ended the Second Empire in France and led to the founding of modern Germany; 1870-1871Declared by OTTO VON BISMARK. Humiliating for the French.






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






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






28. Meeting among world powers concerning how the world would run after Napoleon. They wanted no country to control another - creating buffer states - Belgium - from France's conquered territory. PEACEKEEPERS.






29. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






30. From it emerged Turkey - Syria - Iran - and Iraq.






31. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.






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






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






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






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






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






37. The British government took land from owners - FENCED it off - and used it to raise sheep. Benefitted the economy - but hurt small farmers.






38. Head of the SS - in charge of extermination.






39. 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.






40. Overthrew the monarchy established in 1830; briefly established a DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; failure of the republic led to the reestablishment of the French Empire under NAPOLEON III in 1850.






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






42. Greater freedom for Ireland.






43. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






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






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






46. Germany - Italy - and Japan






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






48. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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







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