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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Shinto Religion
Mycenaean Civilization
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Pelponnesian War
2. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Hundred Years War
The Assyrians
The Viking Invasions
Thomas Malthus
3. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
The Glorious Revolution
Kamakura Shogunate
African Culture
Benin
4. 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.
The Summarians
Alexandar the Great
The English Civil War
The Council of Trent
5. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
Laisssez Faire
Louis XIV
Islam
Martin Luther
6. African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. Important iron working center.
The Council of Trent
The Lord of the Manor
Kush
Umayyad
7. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Tang Dynasty
Sparta
Realism (Plato)
Laisssez Faire
8. 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
The Hundred Years War
Napoleon Bonepart
The English Civil War
Rift Valley
9. Last of the mound - building cultures of North America; flourished between 800 and 1300 C.E.; featured large towns and ceremonial centers; lacked stone architecture of Central America.
Mississippian Culture
Neoplatonism
The Summarians
The Protestant Reformation
10. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Karl Marx
The House of Lords
African Rivers
11. This group from the east of Mali built up an army and extended their territory to the large bend in the Niger River near Gao whic became the capital of their empire.
The House of Lords
Mohammad
Songhai
Oligarthy
12. 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
Contributions of the Greeks
Rift Valley
Realism (Plato)
13. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Bourgeoisie
Constantine
Romanesque
Paul the Apostle
14. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Ninety Theses
Seljiks
The Egyptians
African Rivers
15. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos
Kush
Fuedal System
The Communist Manifesto
Tribal Organization
16. 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 Lydians
The Dark Ages
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Byzantine Empire Decline
17. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 - Russia experienced a period of weakness and disorder known as the Time of Troubles. Hoping to restore order - an assembly of nobles elected Michael Romanov to be the next czar. The Romanov Dynasty ru
The Romanov Dynasty
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Congress of Verona
Hieroglyphics
18. 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.
Roman Contributions
Louis XIV
The Summarians
Greece
19. Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting
Augustus
The Near East
Scholasticism
Turks
20. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
The Act of Supremacy
The Palace of Versailles
Genghis Khan
Kush
21. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Hugh Capet
Swahili
The Roman Empire
Abbassides
22. 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:
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Machiavelli
The Hundred Years War
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
23. 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.
Industrial Revolution
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Early Middle Ages
Romanesque
24. 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
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The English Civil War
The Magna Carta
The House of Commons
25. These people united and ruled most of India. After Babur invaded India - Akbar became the main ruler of this kind. They were great builders Taj Mahal - but their empire declined quickly (by 1750).
Roman Contributions
The Anasazi Culture
Mughuls
Marco Polo
26. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Ionia
Arab Caliphs
The Lydians
The Pelponnesian War
27. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Brahman
Louis XIV
The Puritan Revolution
Agarian
28. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
The Crusades
Ziggurat
English Parliment
The Shogun
29. 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.
Elizabeth I
Egyptian Religion
Manorialism
The Franks
30. Napoleon cut off all trade with Great Britain to try and make Europe more self - sufficient - an economic blockade of Britain. The Foreign Policy of Napoleon - essentially an effort to thwart English advancement by nationally prohibiting British trad
Hugh Capet
Napoleon Bonepart
The Nile
The Continental System
31. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Voltaire
The Phoenicians
Oligarthy
32. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Ming Dynasty
The Anasazi Culture
Industrial Revolution
Mycenaean Civilization
33. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Hieroglyphics
The Assyrians
The Huguenots
Paul the Apostle
34. 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)
The Restoration Era
The Early Middle Ages
Dorians
Karl Marx
35. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Benin
The Huguenots
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Restoration Era
36. 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
Akbar
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Congress of Vienna
The Roman Empire
37. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Rift Valley
Voltaire
The Nile
Bourgeoisie
38. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Peter the Great
The Ottoman Empire
The Battle of Hastings
Ashikaga Shogunate
39. English military - political - and religious figure who led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War (1642-1649) and called for the execution of Charles I. As lord protector of England (1653-1658) he ruled as a virtual dictator.
Byzantine Empire Decline
Oliver Cromwell
Classical Art
Augustus
40. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Louis XIV
Tang Dynasty
Benin
Manorialism
41. 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 Glorious Revolution
Egyptian Religion
Proletariats
The Assyrians
42. Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Militant Socialism
The Babalonians
Marco Polo
Fuedal Contract
43. ...The House of Lords mainly consist of the peers and the people that have inherited their money. This House of Parliament has slowly lost its power to influence the system of government over the years.
The Age of Enlightenment
The Nile
Manorialism
The House of Lords
44. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Islamic Government and Religion
The Peace of Augsburg
Scholasticism
Proletariats
45. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
The Crusades
Constanople
Oligarthy
The Congress of Verona
46. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)
Causes of the French Revolution
Akbar
The Franks
Roman Military Strategy
47. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
The Muslim Empire
Class Division
Seljiks
Martin Luther
48. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
The Peace of Westphalia
Nomadic
Arab Conquests
Hugh Capet
49. Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.). His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials.
Confucius
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Roman Empire
Mughuls
50. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
Agarian
The Summarians
Arab Conquests
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