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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Mongols
The Fall of Rome
The Israelites
Umayyad
2. The meeting of representatives from each of the nations in the Quadruple Alliance. Its purpose was to draft a peace settlement by redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France. It succeeded in constructing a settlement that w
Louis XIV
Mycenaean Civilization
The Congress of Vienna
The House of Lancaster
3. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician - wrote The Prince - a work on ethics and government - describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that 'the end justifies the means.'
African Desert
Thomas Malthus
The Romanov Dynasty
Machiavelli
4. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
St. Augustine
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Absolutionism
African Desert
5. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Humanism
The Commonwealth Period
The Early Middle Ages
Henry IV
6. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
The Protestant Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
Classical Art
The Glorious Revolution
7. Greek city - state that was ruled by an oligarchy - focused on military - used slaves for agriculture - discouraged the arts. Developed a totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor.
The Peace of Augsburg
The Persians
Sparta
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
8. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
The Protestant Reformation
Gothic Revival
The Phoenicians
Scholasticism
9. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
The Act of Supremacy
Charles I
Mississippian Culture
Constanople
10. The scientific revolution brought about new mechanical inventions - The availability of investment capital and the rise of the middle class provided an economic base - Geographic and social conditions in England favored industrialization:
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Frederick Barbarossa
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Tang Dynasty
11. Following the Hundred Years' war - civil war broke out between these two rival branches of the English royal Family - Lancaster claimed the throne of England when the Hundred Year finally ended
Benin
The House of Lancaster
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Ninety Theses
12. An assembly of high church officials summoned by the Catholic Church to clarify doctrine and address reform in response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation.
Ninety Theses
Bourgeoisie
The Near East
The Council of Trent
13. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Songhai
Aegan
Roman Society
Swahili
14. The revolutionary socialism of ____________ advocated a violent overthrow of the present economic system - History was seen as a class struggle between the exploiters (bourgeoisie) and the exploited (proletariat)
Romanesque
The Reconquista
Fuedal System
Karl Marx
15. The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline A struggle back toward stability.
Absolutionism
The Roman Government
The Early Middle Ages
Neoplatonism
16. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
The Code of Hammurabi
The Protestant Reformation
The Phoenicians
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
17. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Kush
The Samurai
The Peace of Augsburg
The Nile
18. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Viking Invasions
Contributions of the Greeks
Gothic Revival
African Savana
19. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
Akbar
Baroque Style
Ninety Theses
20. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Neoclassicism
Seljiks
Tribal Organization
The Dark Ages
21. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
Mongols
The Rise of Christianity
Abbassides
The Commonwealth Period
22. This was the French law put in place by Napoleon. It promoted equality before the law - toleration of all religions - and outlawing serfdom and feudalism. It also took away women's rights and outlawed trade unions and strikes.
Humanism
The Code of Napoleon
Karl Marx
The Roman Government
23. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - Zoroastrianism - an ethical religion based on concepts of good and evil - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by
The English Civil War
The Viking Invasions
The Persians
The Thirty Years War
24. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
The Phoenicians
The Summarians
The English Civil War
The Romanov Dynasty
25. First Bourbon king - most important kings in French history - rise to power ended French Civil Wars - gradual course to absolutism - politique - converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris
Henry IV
Roman Military Strategy
The French Religious Wars
Ninety Theses
26. A new group of nomads that drove the tang armies out of central Asia and took control of the silk roads. because of this chinas economy was damaged
Turks
Henry IV
Arab Caliphs
Byzantine Empire
27. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
The Lydians
Swahili
Egyptian Religion
Thomas Malthus
28. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.)- Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of
The Chaldeans
African Savana
The Continental System
Scholasticism
29. A religious wars in France that started because of the Concordat of Bologna. This war was not only a religious war but a class war. It was between the Huguenots - who were Upper - class intellectuals who were Calvinist vs. the average poor French Cat
The French Religious Wars
Roman Society
The Scientific Revolution
Mycenaean Civilization
30. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Congress of Verona
The Continental System
The Early Middle Ages
31. A series of military expeditions in the 11th - 12th - and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims
The Crusades
Humanism
Kublai Khan
The Hundred Years War
32. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
James I
The Puritan Revolution
The Congress of Verona
Realism (Plato)
33. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
The Reconquista
The Manchus
Minoan Civilization
Commercial Revival
34. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans - Saharan gold trade.
Mali
Hieroglyphics
The Chaldeans
Mississippian Culture
35. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Ninety Theses
Rift Valley
Arab Conquests
The Mongols
36. Domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constintanople and a monopoly on the silk trade. Excellant use of diplonmacy to avoid invasions. Geographically distant from the tribes who sacked Rome. Codification of Roman Law. A forstress ci
Martin Luther
Byzantine Empire Success
The Commonwealth Period
The Summarians
37. Entered China and easily changed the Ming dynasty into the Qing dynasty since they were sinicized before - Established a Confucian government with six ministries - a censorate - and other Chinese institutions - Were segregated from the Chinese - Forb
Kublai Khan
The Jesuits
The Manchus
Confucianism
38. A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517 - he wrote 95 theses - or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
Napoleon Bonepart
Genghis Khan
Martin Luther
The Puritan Revolution
39. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
Ceasar
The Council of Trent
The Assyrians
Marco Polo
40. Members of the Society of Jesus which became most well known for their work in education of Catholics in Europe. They were devoted to preaching - educating the young - fighting against heresy - serving the Pope - and caring for the needy.
Dorians
The Jesuits
Mongols
Ziggurat
41. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Lord of the Manor
The Summarians
Humanism
Tokugawa Shogunate
42. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
The Romanov Dynasty
The Code of Napoleon
Laisssez Faire
Swahili
43. Roman laws - justice system - court system; language(Latin); Pax Roman a long period of peace that enabled free travel and trade Building Construction - engineering and road construction. architecture - literature - art - sculpture and the humanites.
St. Augustine
Agarian
Roman Contributions
The House of Commons
44. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Kublai Khan
The Glorious Revolution
The Pelponnesian War
45. A war that broke out between the parliament supporters (roundheads) and the king's supporters (cavaliers). It ended with the execution of the king - Charles I
Militant Socialism
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Louis XIV
The English Civil War
46. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
The Congress of Vienna
The Lydians
The Scientific Revolution
The Code of Napoleon
47. A collection of laws covering crimes - farming - business activities - and marriage and family. Many of the punishments were cruel - but the code was an important step in the development of a justice system
Arab Conquests
The Rise of Christianity
The Code of Hammurabi
The Peace of Westphalia
48. King of England - Scotland - and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Charles I
Roman Contributions
The House of Lords
49. They were polytheistic worshiping over 2000 gods and goddesses. They believed in the afterlife and that they would be judged for their life. They had sacred burials. Ruled by Pharoahs.
Classical Art
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Egyptian Religion
The House of Commons
50. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Aegan
Norman Conquest
Fuedal System
The Glorious Revolution