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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






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






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






4. A military draft






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






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






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






8. 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.






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






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






15. An alliance between Great Britain - France and Russia in the years before WWI.






16. 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.






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 1598 - Granted the Huguenots liberty of worship. Revoked by Louis XIV in 1658. He chased the HUGUENOTS out of the country.






22. 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.






23. One of the prominent JACOBIN radical leaders during the revolution. He edited a radical newspaper. He called to rid France of the enemies of the Revolution






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






25. Russia - France - and Britain during WWI.






26. Founded the famous British RHODES SCHOLARS program for study in Oxford - England. He wanted students from colonies to study in England - then return and help the empire. RHODESIA (Zimbabwe) named after him.






27. Led by Danton - a temporary government set up by SANS-CULOTTES that began executing anti-revolutionaries.






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






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






30. 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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31. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.






32. JACOBIN French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794).






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






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






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






36. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.






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






38. 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.






39. 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.






40. 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.






41. Soviet counterpart to NATO






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






43. French philosopher. Scorned all authority - religion - and corrupt government. Extreme CYNIC. Believed in tolerance - reason - and freedom of thought - expression - and religious belief - but not Christianity. Famous quote - 'CRUSH THE INFAMOUS THING






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






45. Stalin's successor - wanted peaceful coexistence with the U.S. Eisenhower agreed to a summit conference with Khrushchev - France and Great Britain in Geneva - Switzerland in July - 1955 to discuss how peaceful coexistence could be achieved.






46. Important Russian radical who was a member of secret - exiled - SOCIAL REVOLUTIONARY AND CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTIES in Russia - which was ruled by a tsar.






47. The violent backlash in France against the rule of Robspierre that began with his arrest and execution in July 1794 - or 9 Thermidor in the French revolutionary calendar. Most of the instruments of Terror were dismantled - Jacobins were purged from p






48. Document that helped create the UNITED NATIONS.






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






50. 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