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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






2. After Charles X is abdicated - this LIBERAL KING is given the throne of France. He is called the 'King of the French -' which meant that he worked for the people. NATIONAL GUARD killed forty rioters.






3. 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.






4. A highly influential French philosopher who believed that Human beings are naturally good & free & can rely on their instincts. Government should exist to protect common good - and be a democracy. Wrote 'SOCIAL CONTRACT -' and advocated the general w






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






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






7. 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.






8. Followers of a belief which stressed self-reliance - self- culture - self-discipline - and that knowledge transcends instead of coming by reason. They promoted the belief of individualism and caused an array of humanitarian reforms.






9. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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.






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






17. 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.






18. A Jewish British prime minister.






19. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.






20. ELECTED president of France following general election. Won 70% of the votes because of his name. Bonaparte later changed the government to an empire w/himself as emperor just like his uncle - the original Napoleon. Took the title of EMPEROR NAPOLEON






21. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






22. 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






23. A joint stock company that controlled most of India during the period of imperialism. This company controlled the political - social - and economic life in India for more than 200 years.






24. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






25. March 1917. Sent from German Foreign Secretary - addressed to German minister in Mexico City. Mexico should attack the US if US goes to war with Germany (needed that advantage due to Mexico's promixity to the US). In return - Germany would give back






26. 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.






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






28. US president who gave a deadline to the Soviet Union to stop building missiles on Cuba.






29. 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






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






31. Austrian and Prussian emperor declared that they would declare war on France if the ROYAL FAMILY was harmed.






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






33. Britain and America






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






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






36. Civil war in England between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists under Charles I. Forces of Parliament called 'ROUNDHEADS'. Forces of the King called 'CAVALIERS'. Roundheads won - Puritans (Cromwell's religion) purged Presbyterians from Parliament






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






38. Germany supported this country in keeping control of it's Slavic nationalistics - which put GERMANY at odds with RUSSIA - because they wanted Slavs free.






39. 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.






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






41. Germany - Italy - and Japan






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






43. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






45. Large Empire ruled by Habsburgs. Created after Thirty Year's War. Unstable due to ethnic - linguistic - cultural and political differences in it's people. Sided with Germany during WWI. It split up following the end of the war.






46. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.






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






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






49. 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






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