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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






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






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






4. Mussolini's rise to power. Thousands of followers marched on Rome. King Victor Emmanuel III made Mussolini prime minister. Then Fascists made all other political parties illegal.






5. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






6. 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.






7. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.






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






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






10. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






12. Weakness of instability of OTTOMAN rule in the Mediterranean region.






13. A military draft






14. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.






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






16. 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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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.






23. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME






24. 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.






25. The French King who built the palace at Versailles - The longest standing King of France 'SUN KING' - - One of the most powerful monarchs of Europe - ruling 72 years. He was famous for his quote -'I AM THE STATE.' Executed by furious revolutionaries.






26. (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






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






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






29. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.






30. Extermination of the Jews.






31. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






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






33. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






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






35. 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.






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






37. Germany - Italy - and Japan






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






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






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






41. 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.






42. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






43. Worldwide struggle between France and Great Britain for power and control of land. Known in America as the French and Indian War.


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






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






46. English philosopher who advocated the idea of a 'social contract' in which government powers are derived from the consent of the governed and in which the government serves the people; also said people have natural rights to LIFE - LIBERTY AND PROPER






47. 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.'






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






49. 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.






50. 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.