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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. 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.






2. Greater freedom for Ireland.






3. Tsar who - in the late 17th and early 18th century - turned to the western model to 'modernize' Russia.






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






5. In 1884 - this British prime minister passed the REFORM ACT - which gave the vote to 60 percent of British men.






6. Monopolized more than 75% of U.S. oil.






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






8. New 'SECULAR' name for a month in summer.






9. 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.






10. 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






11. Prussian king of the 18th century; attempted to introduce Enlightenment reforms into Germany; built on military and BUREAUCRATIC foundations of his predecessors; introduced freedom of religion; increased state control of economy. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT.






12. The GREEKS revolted against the OTTOMANS for their independence.The Concert of Europe generally opposed to this.






13. 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).






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






15. Aka AUSTRO-PRUSSIAN War (1866) This war resulted from Bismarck wanting to isolate Austria from German affairs

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16. Influential to Darwin's theory - he thought that everything - including humans - produce MORE OFFSPRING than can survive due to food shortages.






17. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






18. King of PIEDMONT-SARDINIA - part of Italy.






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






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






21. 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.






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






23. Hitler blamed this event on communists and gave himself an excuse to take COMPLETE POWER of Germany.






24. 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.






25. 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.






26. 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.'






27. Father of modern CONSERVATISM. noted for his emphasis on tradition. Wrote 'Reflections on the Revolution in France.'






28. 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.






29. Three nations - Austria - Russia - and Prussia - who were nervous about liberal revolts - established the PROTOCOL OF TROPPAU that states they can intervene in the affairs of other countries unable to remain CONSERVATIVE.






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






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






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






36. BOLSHEVIKS. Revolutionaries and communists.






37. People - such as EDUARD BERNSTEIN - who believed that COMMUNISM could be achieved slowly and through democratic means.






38. 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






39. 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.






40. A city Hitler wanted because it was a center of rail transportation and provide access to oil fields.






41. ELECTED president of France following general election. Won 70% of the votes because of his name. Bonaparte later changed the government to an empire w/himself as emperor just like his uncle - the original Napoleon. Took the title of EMPEROR NAPOLEON






42. Founded the Salvation Army






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






44. 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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45. 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.






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






47. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






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






49. 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.






50. This was the empress of Russia who continued Peter's goal to Westernizing Russia - created a new law code - and greatly expanded Russia. ENLIGHTENED DESPOT who wrote to Voltaire and Diderot and questioned capital punishment and serfdom.