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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






2. 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






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






4. 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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5. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.






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






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






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






9. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.






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






11. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.






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






13. Invented the STEAM ENGINE - which led to steam powered cotton mills - and the railroad.






14. 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.






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Greater freedom for Ireland.






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






24. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.






25. 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.






26. NATIONAL SOCIALIST party in GERMANY.






27. 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.






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 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.






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






36. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






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






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






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






40. A Jewish British prime minister.






41. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.






42. 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






43. A military draft






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






45. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.






46. 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






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






48. 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






49. Louis XVI called nobles and clergy to ask for money and the wealthy refused. The nobles refused to pay taxes. This group was made up of people selected by the king and was made up primarily of nobles.






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

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