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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Brahman
Swahili
Cardinal Richelieu
Greece
2. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Norman Conquest
The law of Primogeniture
The Assyrians
Umayyad
3. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Near East
African Desert
The Hittites
The House of York
4. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Ionia
The Viking Invasions
Karl Marx
The Congress of Verona
5. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Genghis Khan
Constantine
The Congress of Vienna
6. 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
Marco Polo
Roman Military Strategy
Shinto Religion
Sung Dynasty
7. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Age of Enlightenment
Islamic Government and Religion
Alexandar the Great
8. 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.
Umayyad
The Jesuits
Roman Society
The Roman Government
9. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
Humanism
Genghis Khan
The Renaissance
10. Large powerful kingdom in East/Central africa. Controlled and taxed trade between the interior and coastal regions - Organized the flow of gold - ivory - slaves - forged alliances w/ local rulers & profited immensely from these transactions.
Manorialism
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Magna Carta
Laisssez Faire
11. 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
The Manchus
Alexandar the Great
The Roman Empire
The Continental System
12. The Ashikaga Shogunate is the weakest of the three Japanese bakufu governments. Unlike its predecessor - the Kamakura Shogunate - or its successor - the - when Ashikaga Takauji established his bakufu he had little personal territories with which to
The Shogun
Ashikaga Shogunate
Voltaire
The Nile
13. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The Thirty Years War
The Hundred Years War
Kamakura Shogunate
The law of Primogeniture
14. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
The Assyrians
Nomadic
The Spanish Armada
Arab Conquests
15. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
The Communist Manifesto
The Puritan Revolution
The Jesuits
16. The French version of the American Declaration
African Culture
Nomadic
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
17. The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings
James I
St. Augustine
Songhai
Benin
18. Established the first lasting monotheism - Saul established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.) - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in
The Scientific Revolution
The Israelites
The Crusades
Nomadic
19. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
African Desert
Neoplatonism
African Savana
Brahman
20. 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.
The Mongols
The Israelites
The French Republic
Confucianism
21. 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
Genghis Khan
Byzantine Empire Decline
Charles I
The Middle Ages
22. 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.
Seljiks
The Muslim Empire
Marco Polo
Mohammad
23. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Baroque Style
Arab Caliphs
Mycenaean Civilization
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
24. 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
Baroque Style
Roman Military Strategy
The Near East
The Reconquista
25. 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
English Parliment
Tribal Organization
Byzantine Empire Decline
Alexandar the Great
26. 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.
Mycenaean Civilization
African Savana
Kamakura Shogunate
The Heian Era
27. The first great Christian philosopher. He was a sinner and did not believe but eventually was converted and he wrote CIty of God as well as Confession - he is also responsible for the doctrine of Original Sin
Causes of the French Revolution
St. Augustine
Neoplatonism
Umayyad
28. 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
The War of the Roses
The Near East
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
29. The change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production - especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
Agarian
Commercial Revival
Bourgeoisie
Industrial Revolution
30. African Civilization developed here
Rift Valley
French Revolution
Marco Polo
The Restoration Era
31. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
The Assyrians
The Near East
The Congress of Verona
Realism (Plato)
32. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Glorious Revolution
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Mughuls
Absolutionism
33. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Norman Conquest
Contributions of the Greeks
The Middle Ages
The Congress of Vienna
34. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Age of Enlightenment
The Congress of Verona
The Battle of Hastings
Louis XIV
35. A group of Germanic tribes. They became allies of the Romans and became Christian. In the 8th century they established the Carolingian rule. Perhaps the most famous leader was Charlemagne.
The Franks
The House of Lords
English Common Law
Louis XIV
36. 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 Magna Carta
The law of Primogeniture
African Rivers
Athens
37. The class of modern wage laborers who having no means of production of their own - are reducing to selling their labor power in order to live
Proletariats
Brahman
Arab Conquests
Mali
38. King Louis XIII was a weak ruler and Richelieu filled the void - more or less running the empire via his advice to the king. A clever politician and strategist - Richelieu expanded royal power - punished dissent harshly - and built France into a grea
Elizabeth I
Mongols
Tokugawa Shogunate
Cardinal Richelieu
39. 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.
The Act of Supremacy
The Hittites
The Palace of Versailles
Roman Contributions
40. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Minoan Civilization
Constantine
The Babalonians
The Crusades
41. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Machiavelli
The Age of Enlightenment
Arab Conquests
Baroque Style
42. 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
Arab Conquests
The Restoration Era
The Thirty Years War
The Communist Manifesto
43. 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
Minoan Civilization
Charles I
The House of York
The Samurai
44. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Kamakura Shogunate
Bourgeoisie
The Crusades
The Counter Reformation
45. 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.'
Charlemagne
The law of Primogeniture
African Savana
Machiavelli
46. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
Sparta
The Israelites
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Age of Enlightenment
47. 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
Benin
The Congress of Verona
Hugh Capet
Realism (Plato)
48. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Kublai Khan
Tang Dynasty
Early Japanese Culture
Ashikaga Shogunate
49. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Militant Socialism
The Muslim Empire
Karl Marx
Calvinism
50. 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 Palace of Versailles
The Scientific Revolution
Paul the Apostle
Ninety Theses