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World Civ 2
Exam 3
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History
Undergraduate 3
11/22/2010

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This artistic style is often seen as the syntheses of Classicism and Romanticism and Romanticism, it dominated the las half of the 19th Century
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Realism
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Metaphysics and the higher reality along with God's Moral law were the ideas of
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Kant
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The inverted J-curve, the iron law of wages, and zero-sum game theory were his ideas
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Riccardo
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Population grows exponentially while food production grows arithmetically
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Malthus
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The greatest good for the greatest number
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Utilitariansim.
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Change should be gradual so as to not remove freedoms that we already have
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conservatism
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The main advocate of conservatism following the French Revolution
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Edmund Burke
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From each according to his ability, to each according to his ability
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Socialism
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from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
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communism
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not one of the guiding principles at the congress of Vienna
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Revenge
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This conservative dominated the congress of Vienna
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Metternich
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This scandal rocked France and made it into a stronger democracy
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the Dreyfus Affair
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Using it's super power status, Great Britain ended this world wide
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slave trade
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This conservative prime minister led the way in municipal and agricultural reform.
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Lloyd-George
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This liberal prime minister led the way in the creation of the Welfare State
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Lloyd George
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the 100 year period from 1815 to 1914 in which there wer no major wars is knows as
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pax Britannica
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An astate-organized assault on the JEwish people of Russia
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Pogrom
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Russian class of educated people theorized about Russia's future.
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Intelligensia
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This italian leader souhgt to prepare the next generation of italians to work for unification
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Mazzini
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This nation occupied large portions of northern italy
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austria
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this italian leader organized large portions of northern italy
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garabaldi
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following th erevolution of 1848, delegates met at this city to make a constitution
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frankfurt
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the creation of the German nation state hinged on this question
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Grossdeutch or Kleindeutch
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the iron chancellor, Bismarck, came from this German state
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Prussia
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Bismarck did not organize a war against
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russia
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Classicism gets it's name from this time period
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classical greece
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not a typical of classical art and literature
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supernatural elements
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not typical of classical art an architecture
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movement and motion
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Classical poetry was often labeled as this, even though it wasn't
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an essay
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not a sub-category of classical art or architecture
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impressionism
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classical music was dominated by composers from this country
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germany
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this style of writing became popular during classicism
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the novel
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This classical novel is the best example of coming to a logical conclusion
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candide
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this artistic style grew out of the american and french revolutions
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Romanticism
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this artistic style relied on Reason, logic, natural laws, form and order
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classicism
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this artistic style was based on the Greek and roman era, especially it's architecture
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Classicism
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this artistic style relied on emotion, movement, action and the supernatural
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romanticism
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this is a key element of romanticsm
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logical conclusions
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one new element of Romantic literature that classical literature does not have
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transcendent charachters
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the main argument that romanticism has with classicism
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beauty does not have to be perfect
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the darkside of romanticism is usually referred to as
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gothic
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the best example of a gothic novel
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frankenstein
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many of the traits of impressionism can be traced to
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invention of the camera
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because of its emphasis on emotion, this musical form was very popular during the romanticism
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opera
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this type of romantic literature held on longer than the other forms
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gothic novels
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romantic poetry emphasized this characteristic
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free flowing words
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an essential part of romanticism that comes from the american and french revolutions
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nationalism
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a hallmark of romanticism, it is also very popular currently
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the supernatural
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because of its wildness and emphasis on nature, romanticism emphasized these types of colors
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earth tones, like burnt sienna.
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– Meiji restoration
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1) Copy US production, transport, & navy
2) Copy French law, economy, social structure
3) Secure raw materials
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Sino-Japanese War
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Korea & Taiwan taken,
Manchurian Sphere
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Russo-Japanese War
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Manchuria secured
Sakhalin taken
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The Triple Alliance
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Italy joined Germany and Austria as the Dual Alliance gained a third member
The key point of this Triple Alliance was that it was a defensive alliance and only came into effect if one of the three nations was attacked.
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1887 The Reinsurance Treaty
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In 1879, following the Berlin Conference and Germany making Russia back down after the Treaty of San Stefano, Russia feared Germany and Austria turning on it.
In 1890 the new Kaiser Wilhelm decided to drop the Reinsurance Treaty.
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realism(essay)
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1850-WWI rejected supernatural, emphasized Nature. Glory in exactness. Moral ambiguous characters “Dexter”. Novels: uncle tom’s cabin, call of the wild, Moby dick. Architecture: frank Lloyd write, fit in with landscape, nature. Gustalf Eifel tower without shell. Art: compete with camera battled with loud colors moved into impressionist movement with color camera. Monet van to motion and movement cubism.
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Marxism(essay)
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founded by karl marx also called Scientific Communism, broken into three categories 1) Economic Determinism 2) Class Struggle Bourgeoisie vs. Proletariat 3) Historical Inevitability. Bourgeoisie were needed to build the industry, therefore, there must be an Industrial Rev before Communist Rev. Dictatorship of the Proletariat creates a classless society.
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Social Darwinism(essay)
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Based on Charles Darwins ideas, 4 people involved in social Darwinism. Herbert Spencer Anglo-Saxon dominance, Aryan race, Rudyard Kipling – White Man's Burden educating the rest of the world, Cecil Rhodes – social & economic superiority = racial superiority, Friedriche Nietzche – elitism & superman theory
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The Frankfurt Parliament(essay)
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In May 1848, the people declared the creation of a new German nation called the German Confederation. Representatives of the 39 German states were to meet in Frankfurt. Dominated by lawyers and professors They pretty much agreed they wanted a nation-state, or in German, a Reich. In March of 1849, they came to a Grossdeutsch solution, with a federal style system based on the US constitution and British Constitutional Monarchy.
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The Age of Bismarck (1848)(essay)
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The Frankfurt Parliament collapsed and the old order was able to reestablish itself, Bismarck declared that Germany would only be united through Blood and Iron, The Seven Weeks War: 1866-1867 If attacked, now Germany would fight as one, under Prussian leadership, The Franco-Prussian War: 1870-71 Napoleon III was captured, and in the spring of 1870, France surrendered. At the peace conference at Versailles, all 37 German monarchs were introduced. King Ludwig of Bavaria, shouted “All hail, Wilhelm, Kaiser of Germany,” when the Prussian king was introduced. This created a united Germany, known as the Second Reich, a kleindeutsch solution
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British Model (essay)
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Dominions- Colonies where the majority of colonists were white, usually British, Crown Colonies: Relied on local leaders to rule their own people but had British colonial administrators to run the colony. They act as a puppet for the British monarch. Companies, Corporate Colonies: The entire colony was owned by a private corporation or citizen. Protectorates:Nominally independent "states" run by a local leader, but "protected" by British military Sphere of Influence: Actually independent states granting special economic conditions to a European nation, No political or military control, but economic domination
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