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CLEP Western Civilization II

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1. Treaty of non-aggression between Russian and Germany during WW2 to keep it a one front war for Germany. Also called the NAZI-SOVIET PACT.






2. An association of British socialists who advocate gradual evolutionary reforms within the law leading to democratic SOCIALISM.






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






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






5. A religious war between the Catholics and Protestants - which resulted in the political restructuring of Europe and the development of nation states - the Dutch Republic - the Swiss Confederacy - the Austro-Hungarian Empire; granted religious freedom


6. Tutor of Louis XIV who taught about the DIVINE RIGHT of the monarchy - which helped secure Louis' ideal of absolute monarchy. Conservative. Wrote 'Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Scripture.'






7. Scottish economist who advocated private enterprise and free trade (1723-1790). His LAISSEZ-FAIRE economics maintains that governments should let the economy run on it's own and natural laws will keep it afloat. This is capitalism.






8. 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.






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






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






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






12. 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.






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. Soviet counterpart to NATO






16. Formulated SOCIAL DARWINISM.






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






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






19. 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






20. Edited and published the first edition of the ENCYCLOPEDIA. It was a ENLIGHTENED PERSON's BIBLE. He also attacked religion and conservatives.






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






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






23. Euphemism used to justify DICTATORSHIP in the name of freedom.






24. Radical SUFFRAGETTE who led the WOMEN'S SOCIAL AND POLITICAL UNION - which led large - noisy - and sometimes violent demonstrations.






25. From it emerged Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - Hungary - and Austria.






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






27. Civil conflict caused by Irish nationalists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY against the British Empire - led by EAMON de VALERA.






28. 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






29. Were forced by mobs to END the MONARCHY in France.






30. LIBERALS and Monarchists. All those opposed to the Russian Revolution.






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






32. A military draft






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






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






35. 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






36. Prime minister of Sardinia (northern Italy) who vowed to drive out the Austrians and worked towards a united Italy.






37. Isolated the TUBERCULOSIS bacillus.






38. From it emerged Turkey - Syria - Iran - and Iraq.






39. Powerful poem by WILFRED OWEN about the horrors of WWI.






40. Discovered in 1895 and led to questions about the nature of matter.






41. SOCIALISTIC political party in Germany. SDP






42. 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.






43. First loss of a European power to an ASIAN COUNTRY.






44. 17t century French philosopher. Famously known for writing 'cogito ergo sum' ('I THINK THEREFORE I AM'). Wrote about concept of dualism.






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






46. 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






47. A Jewish British prime minister.






48. 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.






49. Invented CROP ROTATION.


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