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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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
Kush
English Common Law
The Peace of Westphalia
2. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
The Renaissance
The Dark Ages
The Magna Carta
The Act of Supremacy
3. 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
Ziggurat
The Hundred Years War
The Babalonians
The Samurai
4. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
Peter the Great
The House of Lancaster
Kush
The Hopewell People
5. 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 Phoenicians
The Scientific Revolution
The Crusades
Roman Society
6. 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 Continental System
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Dorians
Roman Military Strategy
7. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Neoclassicism
Mycenaean Civilization
The Congress of Verona
Confucius
8. Ended the Thirty Years War. 1. Recognized independent authority of German princes. 2. Allowed France to intervene in German affairs. 3. Pope couldn't participate in German religious affiars.
The Babalonians
The Peace of Westphalia
Islamic Culture
The Franks
9. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Slave Trade
Arab Caliphs
Seljiks
Ziggurat
10. 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
Mohammad
The Anasazi Culture
The Huguenots
Elizabeth I
11. Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages - culture - and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. (p. 552)
Minoan Civilization
Akbar
Peter the Great
Roman Contributions
12. 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.
The Fall of Rome
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Romanesque
The Act of Supremacy
13. 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
Scholasticism
Byzantine Empire Decline
Augustus
Confucius
14. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Swahili
The Roman Government
The Communist Manifesto
Roman Society
15. 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 Reconquista
The Spanish Armada
Class Division
Charles I
16. 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 Hundred Years War
African Rivers
St. Augustine
The Council of Trent
17. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Norman Conquest
Mississippian Culture
James I
Humanism
18. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
The Egyptians
The Communist Manifesto
Athens
The English Civil War
19. 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.
Rift Valley
The Pelponnesian War
Henry IV
Industrial Revolution
20. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Mongols
Militant Socialism
The Council of Trent
Arab Conquests
21. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
The Counter Reformation
African Culture
Tang Dynasty
The Palace of Versailles
22. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Fuedal Contract
Alexandar the Great
Mississippian Culture
The Reconquista
23. 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)
The Continental System
Hieroglyphics
Ghana
Akbar
24. 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 Early Middle Ages
The Spanish Armada
Martin Luther
St. Augustine
25. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Confucius
The Act of Supremacy
The Pelponnesian War
The law of Primogeniture
26. 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
Minoan Civilization
The Rise of Christianity
The Communist Manifesto
Nomadic
27. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Greek Individualism
Paul the Apostle
The Hittites
Agarian
28. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Tang Dynasty
Causes of the French Revolution
Ceasar
The War of the Roses
29. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
The Protestant Reformation
The Babalonians
Charles I
The Fall of Rome
30. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Scholasticism
Swahili
Islamic Government and Religion
The War of the Roses
31. 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.
Norman Conquest
Confucius
The French Religious Wars
St. Augustine
32. 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.
Slave Trade
James I
The Early Middle Ages
The War of the Roses
33. 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
The Persians
The Manchus
The Hopewell People
34. 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
The Phoenicians
The House of Lords
Kublai Khan
Contributions of the Greeks
35. 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.
Classical Art
Confucianism
The War of the Roses
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
36. 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 Fall of Rome
Greece
The Dark Ages
The Crusades
37. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
African Savana
Tokugawa Shogunate
Scholasticism
Umayyad
38. 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.
The Muslim Empire
Agarian
Fuedal System
Mohammad
39. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Militant Socialism
The Peace of Augsburg
The House of Lancaster
Egyptian Religion
40. Domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constintanople and a monopoly on the silk trade. Excellant use of diplonmacy to avoid invasions. Geographically distant from the tribes who sacked Rome. Codification of Roman Law. A forstress ci
Islamic Civilization
Byzantine Empire Success
Seljiks
The Spanish Armada
41. 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.
Napoleon Bonepart
Slave Trade
Nomadic
Oliver Cromwell
42. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Swahili
The Rise of Christianity
The Manchus
The Babalonians
43. Te monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
Islam
The Scientific Revolution
The Hittites
Charles I
44. The Roman Catholic Church responding to the protestantism by starting their own movement -- they stopped selling indulgences and started 'Society of Jesus' or Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas.
The Muslim Empire
The Ottoman Empire
The Counter Reformation
The Near East
45. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
The Manchus
Voltaire
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Classical Art
46. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
The Congress of Vienna
The Restoration Era
Machiavelli
Voltaire
47. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Militant Socialism
Marco Polo
Neoplatonism
Louis XIV
48. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Egyptian History
The Commonwealth Period
Realism (Plato)
49. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Swahili
Absolutionism
Greek Individualism
The Lord of the Manor
50. Renewal in trade/ growth in economy. No more manorialism. Expanded the social class and a true middle class emerged. Introduced banking and the Guild system.
Roman Society
The Hundred Years War
Commercial Revival
The Pelponnesian War