Western Civilation 102 - Final Exam

Front 1

The “sleeping giant” of eastern Europe in the first half of the 17th century was_______

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Ottoman Empire

Front 2

The costly palace built by Louis XIV, that became the envy of all European monarchs, was ________

Back 2

Versailles

Front 3

The “ glorious revolution” in 1688 in England was significant for bloodlessly bringing _______to the throne.

Back 3

William of Orange and Mary

Front 4

Absolution means __________

Back 4

See pg 451

Front 5

The witch hunts of the 16th century and 17th century were often directed at _______

Back 5

Women

Front 6

The French play right Molière is noted for ______

Back 6

TARTUFFE

Front 7

The first European to make a systematic observations of the heavens by telescope was ________

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Galileo

Front 8

The philosophy of Rene Descartes stressed the separation of mind and ______

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Body

Front 9

The greatest achievements in science during the 16th and 17th century came in what areas?

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Astronomy, mechanics, & medicine

Front 10

The recognized capital of the enlightenment was _______

Back 10

Paris

Front 11

The German philosopher Immanuel Kant proclaimed the motto of the enlightenment to be________

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Dare to know

Front 12

The carnival of the Mediterranean world was a period of great______

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Indulgence

Front 13

A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in 18th century England was ______

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Gin

Front 14

European society in the 18th century witnessed they continue dominance of _________ family

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Nuclear

Front 15

The domestic system of industrial production in Flanders and England became known as the _______system

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Cottage

Front 16

A key financial innovation of the 18th century was the circulation a paper _________compensating for the lack of coinage.

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Bank notes

Front 17

Concerning the ______ = the treaty of Paris ended the war and Britain because the worlds greatest colonies power

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The seven-year war

Front 18

The estates-general consisted of representatives of three orders: the second estate ( nobles), the third estate (people) and the first estate, representing the ________

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Clergy

Front 19

The French revolutionary slogan neatly evoking the ideals of the rebellion was _____

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Liberty equality and fraternity

Front 20

The constitution of the United States of 1789 created a ________branch system of government that allows the branches to check and balance one another.

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See page 573–574

Front 21

During the reign of terror, the majority of victims were _____

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Bourgeoisie

Front 22

The Industrial Revolution had its beginnings in ______

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Great Britain

Front 23

The infrastructure advantages in Britain promoting rapid industrialization include a canals roads bridges and ______

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Railroads

Front 24

Napoleons domestic policies included the _______ code and a uniformed legal system

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Civil

Front 25

Napoleons constitutional system try to defeat the British by preventing British ______

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Trade

Front 26

Napoleon met his final defeat at the battle of _______

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Waterloo

Front 27

As chancellor of Prussia, Otto Von ______ largely bypassed parliament in pursuing his political goals of military modernization.

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Bismark

Front 28

The _______ of Marx and Engels based all historical developments on class struggle

Back 28

Communist manifesto

Front 29

According to Carl Marx the final result of the struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat would be the ________ society

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Classless

Front 30

Elizabeth Blackwell became the first formal educated female doctor in _______

Back 30

America

Front 31

What type of new energy source powered the second industrial revolution?

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Electricity

Front 32

All of the following were used to limit family size in the late 19th century.

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Abortion, abandonment, infanticide, interruptus, coitus

Front 33

The first professional occupation to be opened up to women was _______

Back 33

Teaching

Front 34

The immediate cause of World War I was the Assassination of _______in Sarajevo.

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Austrian Archduke Francis Ferdinand

Front 35

Among 19th century European political movements, the most responsible for triggering WW1 was _______

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Nationalism

Front 36

The development of ______welfare in France was characterized by long periods of boredom broken by artillery barrages and frontal assault by enemy troops

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Trench

Front 37

As fought in the WW1, ________welfare became a senseless slaughter of troops on all sides with hundreds of thousands of men dying for battlefield gain of a few miles and became increasingly unreal as baffled and incompetent officers persistently ordered their men to accomplish battlefield objectives that were impossible

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Trench

Front 38

The entry of the ________ into World War I in April 1719 gave the nearly defeated allies a psychological boost

Back 38

United States

Front 39

V.I. Lenin, as a leader of the Bolsheviks, promised “peace, land, and ______.”

Back 39

Bread

Front 40

For Woodrow Wilson, the most important thing after the war was to assure acceptance of his______

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14 points

Front 41

The treaty of _______ forced Germany to ignore Aulidge “war guilt” and to pay reparations for is alleged war aggravation

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Versailles

Front 42

Franklin Roosevelt new ______ policy in the United States brought about a partial economic recovery, but for employment do not return until wore to rearmament in their economy

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Deal

Front 43

The first fascist state in Europe was ______

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Italy

Front 44

The most famous of the surrealistic painters was ______

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Salvador Dali

Front 45

Hitler took Poland in 1939 using blitzkrieg or _______ tactics with active support from Joseph Stalin

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Lightning war

Front 46

The ancient “way of the warrior” that was revived during the 1930s was _______

Back 46

Bushido

Front 47

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the main priority for the United States was defeating Germany first and turning it’s great neighbor war machine against ______

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Japan

Front 48

The only country to use women as combatants in World War II was _______

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The Soviet union

Front 49

The _______project was to develop the atomic bomb

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Manhattan

Front 50

Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of ______and _______

Back 50

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Front 51

The official reason for dropping atomic bombs on Japan was to save the hundreds of thousands of ______lives and it was calculated that the US – lead invasion of Japan would cost

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American

Front 52

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against communism was called ______

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Containment

Front 53

The events that immediately preceded and sparked the Cuban missile crisis was ______

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Bay of Pigs

Front 54

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following

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A - race riots in Los Angeles district of Watts

B - the passage of the civil rights act of 1964

C- saw the supreme court approved the concept of separate but equal in public schools

D-the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King

Front 55

The following statements are correct about popular music during the 1950s and 1960s

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A- American musicians such as Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley inspired many British musicians

B- there was an “invasion” of British musical groups in the United States in the 1960s

c- American popular music spread beyond the boundaries of just western civilization

D- White American singers such as Elvis Presley were influenced by African-American rhythm and blues

Front 56

The permissive society is characterized by all of the following except ______

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A - sexual freedom

B- experimentation with drugs

C- decriminalization of homosexuality or

D increasing rates of divorce

Front 57

A recreational drug of choice among college and university students in the 1960s was ______

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Marijuana

Front 58

A shocking event of the anti-war protest was the 70s killing of four student protesters at ______

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Kent State

Front 59

A major cause of the 1973 economic recession in Europe was a significant increase in the price of _______

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Oil

Front 60

During the Vietnam war, the South Vietnamese communist gorillas backed by the north Vietnam were known as the ________

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Vietcong

Front 61

Worldwide, the most popular of mass sports is soccer’s is ______

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World Cup

Front 62

The common currency that was initially adopted by a living member state of the European Union is the _______

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Euro

Front 63

In the aftermath of 9/11 the United States initially wage war in ________

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Afghanistan