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CLEP Western Civilization II
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1. 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.
Assembly of Notables
Revisionists
John Locke
Russian Revolution
2. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Brezhnev Doctrine
Absolutism
Russian Revolution
3. 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.
fire at the Reichstag
Nikita Khrushchev
John Rockefeller
Battle of Adowa
4. The Soviets invade Afghanistan - many people support Afghanistan through the context of the Cold War and to prevent the spread of Communism.
Soviet-Afghan War
Red Russians
Lusitania
Utilitarianism
5. Legislative body of 5 men after Thermidorian Reaction - UNSTABLE.
soviets
Directory
Francois Voltaire
Ottoman empire dissolved
6. The machine German's encrypted their battle plan codes on - which British broke and could foresee German battle plans.
Revolution from Above
Fascist Party
Public Health Act
Enigma
7. 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.
Stalingrad
soviets
Charles Albert
French Revolution of 1848
8. 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
Free French
Enigma
Copernicus
Congress of Vienna
9. 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
Holy Alliance
Edict of Nantes
Francois Voltaire
X-Ray
10. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.
Charles Albert
ultraroyalists
Edict of Nantes
Austria-Hungary
11. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.
Louis XIV
Zimmerman telegram
Easter Rising
Thermidorian Reaction
12. Passed in 1848 - this encouraged local towns to pass SANITATION laws.
Gottfried Leibniz
Public Health Act
Paris Commune
Austro-Hungarian Empire
13. Disastrous battle during which the British suffered 60 -000 casualties and had nothing to show for it.
conscription
Paris Commune
Battle of the Somme
North German Confederation
14. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.
Easter Rising
Fabian Society
conscription
Home Rule
15. A military draft
North German Confederation
Frederick the Great
Thomas Malthus
conscription
16. (1807-1882) Soldier of fortune who amassed his 'RED SHIRT' army to bring Naples and Sicily into a unified Italy.
Giueseppe Garibaldi
Steel
Panther
Battle of Adowa
17. OLD ORDER of kings who ruled absolutely.
The Glorious Revolution
ancien regime
Berlin Conference
Boer War
18. Finance minister who INDUSTRIALIZED Russia.
Berlin Conference
John Stuart Mill
Ptolemy
Sergei Witte
19. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.
'Turnip' Townsend
Isaac Newton
vanguard
Dulce et Decorum Est
20. 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.
Transcendentalists
soviets
Potsdam
Marie Curie
21. Organizations devoted to revolution. Created by radical COMMUNISTS and SOCIALISTS - including Marx.
Directory
Atlantic Charter
The War of Jenkin's Ear
First and Second International
22. Where Napoleon eventually met his defeat. He then was exiled to Elba.
Treaty of London
Rene Descartes
Theodore Herzl
Leipzig
23. Aka AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN War (1866) This war resulted from Bismarck wanting to isolate Austria from German affairs
24. French liberals who wanted the absolute monarchy; supported Charles X - wanted the ANCIEN REGIME
Johannes Kepler
Zimmerman telegram
Marshall plan
ultraroyalists
25. Perfected the INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - for cars.
Daimler and Benz
Girondins
Whigs
Treaty of Frankfurt
26. Wrote 'THE SPIRIT OF THE LAWS' - advocated separation of powers with the three BRANCHES of legislative - judicial - and executive - plus checks and balances.
Peter the Great
Central Powers.
Charles Montesquieu
Count Cavour
27. In 1936 a rebellion erupted in Spain after a coalition of Republicans - Socialists - and Communists was elected. General Francisco Franco led the rebellion. The revolt quickly became a civil war. The Soviet Union provided arms and advisers to the gov
Friedrich Nietzsche
William and Catherine Booth
Spanish Civil War
White Russians
28. 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.
Joseph II
Axis Powers
Catherine the Great
Chartist Movement
29. US president who gave a deadline to the Soviet Union to stop building missiles on Cuba.
The War of Jenkin's Ear
John F. Kennedy
Kulaks
Treaty of Frankfurt
30. Forefront - cutting edge - trailblazers of the revolution.
Jean Paul Marat
Sir Francis Bacon
Ottoman empire dissolved
vanguard
31. THE ATHENS OF THE NORTH. The Scottish had their own Enlightenment.
Labour Party
Joseph II
Edinburgh
Johannes Kepler
32. Developed CALCULUS dependently and at the same time as Pascal.
Gottfried Leibniz
French Revolution of 1848
Robert Koch
Declaration of Pillnitz
33. 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.
Seven Year's War
Frederick the Great
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Eichmann
34. GOD IS DEAD. Hated self sacrifice - emphasized a 'will to power.' A minority of the strongest should rule.
Axis Powers
Friedrich Nietzsche
Brezhnev Doctrine
Emmeline Prankhurst
35. Peace treaty between Russia and Central Powers. Marked Russia's exit from war. Its harsh terms intensified the Allies' determination for victory.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Seven Year's War
Brest-Litovsk Treaty
Volksgeist
36. Petition in 19th century Britain where members of the working class demanded reforms in Parliament and in elections - including suffrage for all MEN.
Revolution from Above
Kulaks
John Stuart Mill
Chartist Movement
37. From it emerged Turkey - Syria - Iran - and Iraq.
Lateran Pact
Treaty of Frankfurt
fire at the Reichstag
Ottoman empire dissolved
38. Last German offensive on the Western Front in World War II. Its failure hastened German defeat.
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
Seven Weeks' War
Giuseppe Mazzini
Battle of the Bulge
39. Radical SUFFRAGETTE who led the WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION - which led large - noisy - and sometimes violent demonstrations.
Emmeline Prankhurst
Easter Rising
Third International
Marie Curie
40. 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.
Bishop Bossuet
Marie Curie
Black Shirt March
Third International
41. Local communist councils established throughout Russia.
Revolution from Above
John Stuart Mill
Treaty of Frankfurt
soviets
42. Conservative king who was revolted against in SPAIN. He ignored Spain's constitution and disbanded the parliament.
Herbert Spencer
Emmanuel Sieyes
Ferdinand VII
Edinburgh
43. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.
Stalingrad
Eastern Question
Brezhnev Doctrine
Russo-Japanese War
44. Farmers who resisted COLLECTIVIZATION and were labeled enemies of Stalin. All were executed.
Kulaks
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
Nazi
Ptolemy
45. Soviet counterpart to NATO
Warsaw Pact
Legislative Assembly
British East India Company
conscription
46. Lenin was forced to institute this policy - which allowed PEASANTS to SELL some of what they produced.
Bishop Bossuet
ancien regime
Concert of Europe
New Economic Policy
47. Overthrew the provisional government in Russia in 1917 - made null the democratic reforms - and established a dictatorship.
Seven Weeks' War
Lenin and Trotsky
Gottfried Leibniz
Lusitania
48. Ship sunk by GERMAN UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE on all ships headed for Britain. This caused Americans to enter the war.
Lenin and Trotsky
Battle of Adowa
Thirty Years' War
Lusitania
49. The King of Prussia who chose Otto Van Bismark to be his Prime Minister. He was eventually crowned Kaiser of Prussia and Germany.
Vesalius
Herbert Spencer
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Peter the Great
50. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.
Revolution from Above
Girondins
Austro-Hungarian empire dissolved
Nazi