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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
French Revolution
The Mongols
Absolutionism
African Savana
2. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
Laisssez Faire
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Slave Trade
Militant Socialism
3. Were United by Genghis Khan to capture all of asia - which they did except for India. Asia under Mongolian ruler till grandson of Gings (Kublai) died and there was an overturning.
Henry IV
The Pelponnesian War
The Phoenicians
The Mongols
4. 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 Heian Era
Roman Contributions
Effect of the Reformation
Sparta
5. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Genghis Khan
Ziggurat
The Assyrians
Abbassides
6. 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
English Parliment
Islamic Civilization
The Franks
7. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Hopewell People
Abbassides
The House of Commons
The Summarians
8. 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
The Act of Supremacy
Charlemagne
The Phoenicians
9. 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:
Mali
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Ottoman Empire
Swahili
10. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
Charlemagne
The Jesuits
The Palace of Versailles
The Near East
11. 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
Henry IV
Karl Marx
The Chaldeans
The Spanish Armada
12. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
African Rivers
The Continental System
Charles I
Sung Dynasty
13. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Reconquista
St. Augustine
Mycenaean Civilization
14. 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 -
Confucius
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Battle of Hastings
The Reconquista
15. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Neoplatonism
The Phoenicians
Athens
The law of Primogeniture
16. 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
Turks
Ming Dynasty
The Shogun
Napoleon Bonepart
17. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
Sparta
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
18. 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 Code of Hammurabi
The Jesuits
Songhai
The Spanish Armada
19. 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.
The Continental System
Martin Luther
The Persians
The Thirty Years War
20. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Benin
The Congress of Verona
The Spanish Armada
Byzantine Empire
21. 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
Norman Conquest
The Manchus
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Machiavelli
22. 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 Persians
Mali
Napoleon Bonepart
The Chaldeans
23. 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
The Nile
The Congress of Vienna
Byzantine Empire
Napoleon Bonepart
24. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
The Code of Napoleon
The Commonwealth Period
Constanople
The Huguenots
25. The basis of a court system for justice. The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts - applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedent to the facts before them.
The Communist Manifesto
Mississippian Culture
English Common Law
Islamic Culture
26. 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 Thirty Years War
The Glorious Revolution
African Desert
The Israelites
27. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Genghis Khan
Oliver Cromwell
Neoclassicism
Peter the Great
28. 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.
The Mongols
Arab Caliphs
Minoan Civilization
Marco Polo
29. 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.
The Scientific Revolution
The Act of Supremacy
Mohammad
Class Division
30. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
Songhai
The Hopewell People
The Muslim Empire
Swahili
31. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Turks
Dorians
Byzantine Empire
Kamakura Shogunate
32. The great rebirth of acrt - literature - and learning in the 14th - 15th - and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. - A new way of thinking. Which laed to future reforms for the catholic
The Franks
Ming Dynasty
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Renaissance
33. Divide and conquer - attack one enemy at a time - always ally with the weak power against the strong - then conquer both afterwards. Give conquered people a stake/citizenship in the empire - respect local religions and traditions. Demand loyalty and
African Rivers
Roman Military Strategy
Dorians
The Muslim Empire
34. 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.
Roman Society
The Code of Napoleon
Kush
The Palace of Versailles
35. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Ionia
Abbassides
Charles I
Benin
36. 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.
Egyptian Religion
Sung Dynasty
The Act of Supremacy
Karl Marx
37. A war that occurred between 1618 and 1648; it was mainly a civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over religious and political issues; it also involved the countries of Spain - France - Denmark - and Sweden
The Thirty Years War
Ming Dynasty
Causes of the French Revolution
Mughuls
38. Known as knights of feudal Japan and retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th - century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was consolidated in the Tokugawa period. They were privileged to wear two swor
The Samurai
Frederick Barbarossa
Scholasticism
Rift Valley
39. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Ninety Theses
Neoplatonism
Nomadic
Oligarthy
40. 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.
The Early Middle Ages
The law of Primogeniture
The Middle Ages
The Continental System
41. 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
Contributions of the Greeks
The Congress of Verona
Confucius
The English Civil War
42. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
The Assyrians
Mughuls
Augustus
Early Japanese Culture
43. 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
The Spanish Armada
The Near East
The Holy Roman Empire
Arab Conquests
44. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
Roman Military Strategy
The Restoration Era
Commercial Revival
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
45. 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
Athens
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Tribal Organization
The Magna Carta
46. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
Romanesque
The Franks
African Rivers
47. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Causes of the French Revolution
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Nomadic
Songhai
48. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Battle of Hastings
The law of Primogeniture
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The French Republic
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.
Oliver Cromwell
The Viking Invasions
The War of the Roses
Confucius
50. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
Hieroglyphics
Brahman
The Near East