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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.
Russo-Japanese War
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Dulce et Decorum Est
Stalingrad
2. 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.
Russian Revolution
Bradenburg-Prussia
Georges Jacques Danton
Catherine the Great
3. Head of the SS - in charge of extermination.
conscription
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Eichmann
4. 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.'
Allied Powers
North German Confederation
Mary Wollstonecraft
Allies
5. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Allies
Edict of Nantes
Soviet-Afghan War
6. First to develop and write a book on the heliocentric theory - 'On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres.' It was placed on the index of prohibited books
Dual Monarchy
Ottoman empire dissolved
Revolution from Above
Copernicus
7. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
Battle of the Bulge
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Napoleon
8. A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952). Implemented by the ORGANIZATION FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION
Congress of Vienna
Marshall plan
Absolutism
John F. Kennedy
9. Germany - Italy - and Japan
Count Cavour
Axis Powers
Crimean War
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
10. Austrian archduke who was assasinated by SERBIAN NATIONALISTS as the trigger of the FIRST WORLD WAR in 1914.
Fascist Party
Franz Ferdinand
soviets
Berlin Conference
11. 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.
British East India Company
Lenin and Trotsky
Russian Revolution
Rene Descartes
12. Germany supported this country in keeping control of it's Slavic nationalistics - which put GERMANY at odds with RUSSIA - because they wanted Slavs free.
Triple Entente
Edward Gibbon
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Austria-Hungary
13. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.
Enigma
Thomas Malthus
Joseph Stalin
Panther
14. Advanced the treatment and diagnosis of disease. Thought that diseases were caused by chemical imbalances.
Allies
Paracelsus
Emmanuel Sieyes
Count Cavour
15. 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.
Rene Descartes
Franz Ferdinand
Volksgeist
Bradenburg-Prussia
16. 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.
Napoleon
Nikita Khrushchev
Ottoman empire dissolved
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
17. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.
Mary Wollstonecraft
Theodore Herzl
Jacobins
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
18. 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.
Louis XIV
Catherine the Great
Battle of the Somme
Dual Monarchy
19. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.
Red Russians
Reform Bill
Paris Commune
Peter the Great
20. AUSTRIA and HUNGARY. Ruled by Francis Joseph of the Hapsburg empire from 1848 to 1916.
Brezhnev Doctrine
Dual Monarchy
Free French
Eastern Question
21. The process by which religious beliefs - practices - and institutions lose their significance in sectors of society and culture.
John F. Kennedy
Legislative Assembly
Georges Jacques Danton
Secularization
22. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.
Triple Entente
John Rockefeller
Adam Smith
Giueseppe Garibaldi
23. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.
Panther
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Greek Revolution
Gottfried Leibniz
24. 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.
Treaty of Tilsit
English Civil War
Congress of Vienna
Central Powers.
25. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.
Petition of Rights
John Stuart Mill
Charles Albert
Triple Entente
26. Britain political party devoted to the interests of the LABOR UNION movement.
Concert of Europe
North German Confederation
Labour Party
conscription
27. Led by Danton - a temporary government set up by SANS-CULOTTES that began executing anti-revolutionaries.
Assembly of Notables
Social Democratic Party
Paris Commune
Giueseppe Garibaldi
28. 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.
Johannes Kepler
Revolution from Above
Panther
Tories
29. The leaders under Robespierre who organized the defenses of France - conducted foreign policy - and centralized authority during the period 1792-1795. REIGN OF TERROR.
John Locke
Labour Party
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Committee of Public Safety
30. Extermination of the Jews.
Denis Diderot
Kronstadt
Final Solution
Napoleon
31. 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.
Emelyn Pugachev
Girondins
New Economic Policy
Assembly of Notables
32. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.
New Economic Policy
Eastern Question
Atlantic Charter
Denis Diderot
33. 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
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Absolutism
Continental System
Thermidor
34. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.
Public Health Act
Declaration of Pillnitz
Concert of Europe
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
35. This treaty ended the Seven Years War. Gave Canada and area east of the Mississippi to Britain.
Treaty of Paris
Thomas Malthus
Thermidor
Allied Powers
36. British political party. Liberals. Against the king.
Legislative Assembly
English Civil War
The Glorious Revolution
Whigs
37. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.
Theodore Herzl
Committee of Public Safety
Lenin and Trotsky
Revisionists
38. 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.
Treaty of Paris
Franz Ferdinand
Concert of Europe
Reform Bill
39. Greater freedom for Ireland.
Home Rule
Utilitarianism
Austria-Hungary
Enigma
40. Napoleon waged economic war on Britain by preventing trade with it and providing for trade with France.
Andrew Carnegie
Continental System
Franco-Prussian War
Kulaks
41. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.
Red Russians
Mary Wollstonecraft
Spanish Civil War
Peter the Great
42. Invented CROP ROTATION.
43. LIBERAL who wrote the popular work 'ON LIBERTY'
Revisionists
John Stuart Mill
Marie Curie
Chartist Movement
44. Declared GREECE independent and mandated a monarchy there.
Austro-Piedmontese War
Continental System
Treaty of London
White Russians
45. Idea that the goal of society should be to bring about the greatest happiness for the GREATEST NUMBER of people. Associated with JEREMY BENTHAM.
Charles X
Declaration of Pillnitz
New Economic Policy
Utilitarianism
46. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.
soviets
French Revolution of 1848
Vesalius
Adolf Eichmann
47. 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
Battle of the Bulge
Lusitania
Catherine the Great
Dutch Republic
48. Result of end of Austria-Prussian War - Austria doesn't get involved in German affairs - North German Confederation made under rulership of Prussia. Major step towards German unification.
Battle of the Somme
North German Confederation
Isaac Newton
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
49. 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.
Louis Philippe I
Gottfried Leibniz
Third International
Transcendentalists
50. 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
Charles X
Denis Diderot
Paris Commune
Joseph Stalin