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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The most of the power lies on the shoulders of the House of the Commons. The Commons is elected by the people. The commons grant money - and is the law- making body in the british government.The commons pick the Prime Minister.
The House of Commons
The Mongols
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Congress of Verona
2. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Marco Polo
Baroque Style
The Fall of Rome
Oliver Cromwell
3. 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
Arab Conquests
Napoleon Bonepart
Mali
Shinto Religion
4. 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
Hugh Capet
Charles I
The Viking Invasions
5. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Mali
The Commonwealth Period
Dorians
Roman Military Strategy
6. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
The Spanish Armada
Hieroglyphics
Voltaire
Charles I
7. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Islamic Culture
Akbar
Constantine
Cardinal Richelieu
8. 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)
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mughuls
Egyptian Religion
Karl Marx
9. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
The Battle of Hastings
The Act of Supremacy
Manorialism
10. Continuous barbaric invasion. Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military. The rise of Christianity divided the Empire.
Egyptian History
The Fall of Rome
The Peace of Westphalia
Byzantine Empire Success
11. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
The Thirty Years War
The Anasazi Culture
Fuedal System
Byzantine Empire
12. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Proletariats
Confucius
Realism (Plato)
The Israelites
13. African Civilization developed here
Voltaire
The Fall of Rome
Rift Valley
The law of Primogeniture
14. 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
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Egyptian History
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
15. 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
The War of the Roses
Mali
Frederick Barbarossa
The Congress of Vienna
16. 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.
Byzantine Empire Success
Causes of the French Revolution
Ghana
Kamakura Shogunate
17. 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 War of the Roses
Humanism
Swahili
The Israelites
18. First known kingdom in sub - Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast.
The Anasazi Culture
Voltaire
The French Religious Wars
Ghana
19. 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)
Akbar
The Hundred Years War
Hugh Capet
Nomadic
20. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
The Franks
Oliver Cromwell
Egyptian History
The Chaldeans
21. 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
The Commonwealth Period
Turks
Elizabeth I
The French Republic
22. 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.
Napoleon Bonepart
Islamic Civilization
The House of Lords
Confucianism
23. The rise of Islam
The Muslim Empire
Greek Individualism
Tokugawa Shogunate
Effect of the Reformation
24. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
African Culture
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Norman Conquest
25. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The Assyrians
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Peter the Great
Mughuls
26. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
Contributions of the Greeks
Gothic Revival
Neoplatonism
27. 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.
The Spanish Armada
Mississippian Culture
Karl Marx
Mycenaean Civilization
28. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Militant Socialism
The Israelites
Abbassides
Ceasar
29. 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
Cardinal Richelieu
Oliver Cromwell
The House of Commons
Fuedal System
30. 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
The Code of Hammurabi
The Counter Reformation
Brahman
The Hopewell People
31. 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 Holy Roman Empire
Hugh Capet
Dorians
Egyptian History
32. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Charlemagne
Ming Dynasty
The Phoenicians
33. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
The House of York
Kamakura Shogunate
African Culture
English Parliment
34. 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 Renaissance
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Martin Luther
The Early Middle Ages
35. The revolution that began in 1789 - overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges - and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
Thomas Malthus
African Desert
Mali
French Revolution
36. ...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 House of Lords
Swahili
Oliver Cromwell
Alexandar the Great
37. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Arab Conquests
Oliver Cromwell
Class Division
African Culture
38. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Neoclassicism
The Nile
English Parliment
Rift Valley
39. 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
The Council of Trent
Roman Military Strategy
Classical Art
African Rivers
40. 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.
The Renaissance
Industrial Revolution
Sung Dynasty
Seljiks
41. 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
The Restoration Era
Class Division
Gothic Revival
The Assyrians
42. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Oligarthy
St. Augustine
Frederick Barbarossa
The Nile
43. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Kublai Khan
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Alexandar the Great
Tang Dynasty
44. 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
Abbassides
The Thirty Years War
The French Religious Wars
The Hundred Years War
45. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Neoclassicism
Arab Conquests
Sung Dynasty
The Persians
46. 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
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Roman Military Strategy
Shinto Religion
47. The French version of the American Declaration
The law of Primogeniture
Rift Valley
Seljiks
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
48. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Council of Trent
The Battle of Hastings
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Shogun
49. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Byzantine Empire Success
Benin
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The House of Lancaster
50. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
Ionia
The Viking Invasions
Elizabeth I
Ming Dynasty