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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
Marco Polo
Neoplatonism
St. Augustine
2. The economic and social system of medieval europe - lords recieved land from the King in exchane for loyalty and serfs worked the land for the lords in exchange for protection.
Fuedal System
Realism (Plato)
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Sparta
3. Document written in 1215 which limited the power of the King and established the principle of limited government and the fundamental rights of English citizens. The document also introduced such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Magna Carta
The Mongols
Akbar
4. The Founder of Islam. Muslims believe that Mohammad was God's last Prophet and that he received the word of God from the angel Gabriel.
Mohammad
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Mongols
Swahili
5. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Thomas Malthus
The law of Primogeniture
The Roman Government
Causes of the French Revolution
6. The rise of Islam
The Anasazi Culture
The Persians
The Muslim Empire
Ashikaga Shogunate
7. A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid - fourteenth to the mid - seventeenth century.The ousted the Mongols. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa - the Middle East - and Southeast Asia
Neoclassicism
Islamic Civilization
The Protestant Reformation
Ming Dynasty
8. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Nomadic
Ashikaga Shogunate
Thomas Malthus
The Magna Carta
9. One of the largest military fleets in the history of warfare which was sent to attack England in 1588. The smaller English fleet was able to defeat the armada by using its ease of maneuverability and ended Spain's domination of the Atlantic Ocean and
The Spanish Armada
Absolutionism
The Viking Invasions
Militant Socialism
10. The separation of people into different social groups like lower class - upper class. Clergy & nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans wer the work force and serfs were tied to the land.
Benin
The Hundred Years War
The Shogun
Class Division
11. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
The Pelponnesian War
Peter the Great
The Babalonians
African Culture
12. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Pelponnesian War
Fuedal System
Tribal Organization
13. 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 Lydians
The Nile
Peter the Great
The Crusades
14. It's geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slave - and Turks all of whom were becoming more powerful. The loss of commercial dominace over the Italians. Reliogious contraversy with west and a split with the Roman Catholic Church. The sack of the fourth
Byzantine Empire Decline
Benin
Humanism
Akbar
15. 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
Confucius
The Code of Hammurabi
Commercial Revival
Kublai Khan
16. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Lord of the Manor
The Nile
The Phoenicians
The Summarians
17. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Ziggurat
Ceasar
Humanism
Realism (Plato)
18. The Christian name for Saul who had been a persecutor of Christians before conversion. - Was responsible for the spread of Christian theology & the resulting response from the Roman Empire.
Paul the Apostle
Causes of the French Revolution
The Act of Supremacy
The Council of Trent
19. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
African Culture
Humanism
Mycenaean Civilization
The Anasazi Culture
20. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Early Japanese Culture
Egyptian Religion
Islamic Government and Religion
Ceasar
21. 1830s movement in architecture when buildings in the Gothic (high medieval) style became popular. It was in this period that the British Parliament building was built. This was the architectural manifestation of Romanticism. Where the Enlightenment h
Ghana
Egyptian Religion
Gothic Revival
Oligarthy
22. A warlike monotheistic civilization that spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and were constantly at war. They are known for their brilliant arabesques and gorgeous craftsmanship
Islamic Civilization
Militant Socialism
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
23. The English Parliament drove out an absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's William and Mary. 1688 - change of who is in power without bloodshed. Established the supremacy of Parliment.
The Chaldeans
Minoan Civilization
The Glorious Revolution
Tang Dynasty
24. Among the most vigorous of the medieval emperors. Clashed with the pope over the appointment of the clergy. Known as 'the red beard' (r. 1152-1190). He attempted to conquer Lombardy (n. Italy) and unite the German princes - but the popes did not appr
Frederick Barbarossa
The Puritan Revolution
Class Division
Turks
25. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
The Palace of Versailles
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Reconquista
Oligarthy
26. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Augustus
The Fall of Rome
The Renaissance
The Early Middle Ages
27. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
Benin
28. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The Chaldeans
The law of Primogeniture
Seljiks
The House of Commons
29. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Constanople
Laisssez Faire
The law of Primogeniture
Swahili
30. 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
The Persians
The Manchus
Marco Polo
The Middle Ages
31. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Sparta
The Chaldeans
Kublai Khan
The Magna Carta
32. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
The House of Lords
The Peace of Augsburg
The Peace of Westphalia
Voltaire
33. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Byzantine Empire
Karl Marx
The Heian Era
Brahman
34. A broad intellectual movement in 18th - century Europe that advocated the use of reason in the re - evaluation of accepted ideas. Also known as the Age of Reason.
The Age of Enlightenment
Hugh Capet
The Crusades
Class Division
35. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Kush
The Hittites
The Nile
Arab Conquests
36. This was a war between France and England between 1346 and 1453. It was fought over land in France that each wanted to control. The British began strongly - but with the help of Joan of Arc - the French rallied and eventually beat England. Two famous
Ming Dynasty
Benin
The Hundred Years War
The Restoration Era
37. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
Egyptian History
The Near East
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Karl Marx
38. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Islamic Government and Religion
The Nile
The War of the Roses
Napoleon Bonepart
39. Individual conviction of ones belief - The effeciency and organization of the the early church - Doctrines that stressed equality and immorality. The establishment of the Pope.
The Council of Trent
Industrial Revolution
The Rise of Christianity
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
40. A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics - astronomy - and biology - in institutions supporting scientific investigation - and in the more widely held picture of the universe
The Scientific Revolution
Egyptian Religion
African Culture
Brahman
41. 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.
Norman Conquest
Constanople
Mongols
Swahili
42. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Early Japanese Culture
Mali
The Hittites
Mongols
43. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Shinto Religion
Akbar
Hieroglyphics
The Manchus
44. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Paul the Apostle
The Code of Napoleon
The Thirty Years War
Romanesque
45. The system of ethics - education - and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples - stressing love for humanity - ancestor worship - reverence for parents - and harmony in thought and conduct.
Egyptian History
Genghis Khan
Confucianism
Greece
46. The first religion of Japan - 'The way of the Gods.' Shinto celebrates the mysteries and unforeseen forces of nature. Animistic. According to Shinto beliefs - divine spirits called kami are associated with the awesome forces of nature - such as rushi
The Holy Roman Empire
Shinto Religion
French Revolution
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
47. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
Benin
The Continental System
Mississippian Culture
48. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Slave Trade
James I
The Dark Ages
Alexandar the Great
49. 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.
The Rise of Christianity
Constantine
The Jesuits
The Manchus
50. This was the 2nd law passed by Parliament for King Henry VIII. It said that King Henry VIII was the only supreme head of the Church of England - and this church was formed from this act.
Laisssez Faire
Benin
Scholasticism
The Act of Supremacy