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CLEP Western Civilization II

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






2. Important ZIONIST.






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






4. 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.






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






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






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






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






9. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.






10. Alliance between Germany - Italy - Austria-Hungary before WWI






11. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






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






13. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.






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






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






16. Tutor of Louis XIV who taught about the DIVINE RIGHT of the monarchy - which helped secure Louis' ideal of absolute monarchy. Conservative. Wrote 'Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Scripture.'






17. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.






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






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






20. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






21. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.






22. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. 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






26. 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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27. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.






28. 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.






29. RUSSIA - PRUSSIA - AUSTRIA - AND BRITAIN banded together to defeat the tyrant Napoleon.






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






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






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






37. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. Invented CROP ROTATION.

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41. Austrian archduke who was assasinated by SERBIAN NATIONALISTS as the trigger of the FIRST WORLD WAR in 1914.






42. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






43. 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.






44. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.






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






46. 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.






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






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






49. Divided AFRICA among the Europeans and contributed greatly to the SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA.






50. First ruled by the Great Elector - Frederick William. Formed after Thirty Year's War. Prussia's nobles - JUNKERS - were given exemption from taxes to give loyalty to the Fredericks. Built an enormous army. Would become Germany.