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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.






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






3. The GREEKS revolted against the OTTOMANS for their independence.The Concert of Europe generally opposed to this.






4. Edited and published the first edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA. It was a ENLIGHTENED PERSON's BIBLE. He also attacked religion and conservatives.






5. A Flemish surgeon who is considered the father of modern anatomy. He dissected human cadavers. (1514-1564)






6. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






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






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






10. Fascist dictator of ITALY (1922-1943). He led Italy to conquer Ethiopia - joined Germany in the Axis pact - and allied Italy with Germany in World War II. He was overthrown in 1943 when the Allies invaded Italy.Called IL DUCE (the leader)






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. This treaty ended the Seven Years War. Gave Canada and area east of the Mississippi to Britain.






15. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






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. Robert Jenkins - an English Captain - had his ear cut off by Spanish authorities when trying to smuggle goods into Spain. He preserved his ear in a jar of brandy and seven years later in 1738 - he appeared before the British Parliament and showed the

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24. 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.






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






26. 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.






27. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.






31. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952). Implemented by the ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION






41. (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






42. French mathematician who invented CALCULUS - devised a theory of chance and probability. Wrote the 'Pensees.' Argued that religion and science are both true. PASCAL's WAGER said that It is worth the risk believing in God.






43. Passed in 1832 - this controversial law gave the VOTE to middle class men in industrial cities - and gave them the right to be represented in PARLIAMENT. It abolished 'rotten boroughs -' sparsely populated areas that had representation.






44. 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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.






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







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