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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Agreement between Napoleon and Czar Alexander I in which Russia became an ally of France and Napoleon took over the lands of Prussia west of the Elbe as well as the Polish provinces.






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






3. Invented CROP ROTATION.


4. Were forced by mobs to END the MONARCHY in France.






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






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






7. 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.






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






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






10. Britain and America






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






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






13. 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.






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






15. 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






16. 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.'






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






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






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






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






25. Treaty of non-aggression between Russian and Germany during WW2 to keep it a one front war for Germany. Also called the NAZI-SOVIET PACT.






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






27. Passed in 1833 by the SADLER COMMITTEE - this helped prevent exploitation of children factory workers.






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






29. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






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






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






32. 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






33. 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.






34. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






36. 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.






37. 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.






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






39. A Jewish British prime minister.






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






41. Soviet Union and its allies had the right to intervene in any socialist country whenever they saw the need to PROTECT COMMUNISM.






42. Founded the Salvation Army






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






44. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.






45. 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.






46. German Lutheran astronomer - discovered that the paths of the planets around the sun are ELLIPTICAL rather that circular.






47. JACOBIN French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794).






48. 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






49. (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






50. Italian nationalist whose writings spurred the movement for a unified and independent Italy (1805-1872) YOUNG ITALY - and RISORGIMENTO movements.