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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Tang Dynasty
Umayyad
The Assyrians
The Pelponnesian War
2. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Ziggurat
The French Republic
Roman Contributions
African Savana
3. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Congress of Vienna
Neoplatonism
The Lord of the Manor
Henry IV
4. 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.
African Rivers
The Hundred Years War
The Act of Supremacy
Causes of the French Revolution
5. 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.
Kublai Khan
Neoclassicism
The Jesuits
The Scientific Revolution
6. 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
Gothic Revival
The Early Middle Ages
Islamic Culture
The Lydians
7. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Arab Caliphs
African Culture
The Congress of Verona
Dorians
8. 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 Peace of Augsburg
Abbassides
The Continental System
9. 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
The Palace of Versailles
Marco Polo
Islam
The Israelites
10. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Byzantine Empire
The Protestant Reformation
French Revolution
The Phoenicians
11. 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.
Realism (Plato)
French Revolution
Genghis Khan
The Heian Era
12. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Phoenicians
Industrial Revolution
Mississippian Culture
The Congress of Verona
13. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
African Culture
Calvinism
The Manchus
The Middle Ages
14. 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
Frederick Barbarossa
Turks
Oligarthy
15. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
The Renaissance
Islamic Culture
Class Division
16. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Alexandar the Great
Islamic Civilization
St. Augustine
Islamic Government and Religion
17. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
Egyptian History
Oliver Cromwell
Ziggurat
Laisssez Faire
18. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Swahili
Baroque Style
Absolutionism
Scholasticism
19. 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.
Ninety Theses
The Battle of Hastings
Commercial Revival
Mohammad
20. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
James I
The Hopewell People
Swahili
Norman Conquest
21. 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
Karl Marx
The Holy Roman Empire
The Congress of Vienna
The War of the Roses
22. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Effect of the Reformation
Fuedal Contract
Brahman
Songhai
23. 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.
Paul the Apostle
African Desert
Marco Polo
The Peace of Westphalia
24. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Benin
The Viking Invasions
African Desert
Bourgeoisie
25. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
The House of Lancaster
Contributions of the Greeks
Nomadic
The Protestant Reformation
26. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
African Culture
Contributions of the Greeks
Sung Dynasty
Calvinism
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.
Mississippian Culture
Effect of the Reformation
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
28. 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.'
The Heian Era
Machiavelli
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The War of the Roses
29. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
The Roman Government
Martin Luther
Mali
30. 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 Code of Napoleon
The Continental System
The Peace of Westphalia
Islamic Government and Religion
31. 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 Hopewell People
Early Japanese Culture
The Persians
African Desert
32. 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
The Franks
The Hundred Years War
Class Division
Shinto Religion
33. 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
Mohammad
Egyptian Religion
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
34. 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
Slave Trade
The English Civil War
Neoplatonism
Songhai
35. African Civilization developed here
Ashikaga Shogunate
African Culture
Rift Valley
The Summarians
36. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
Machiavelli
The Continental System
Arab Caliphs
37. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Industrial Revolution
The Mongols
The Peace of Augsburg
The Communist Manifesto
38. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
The Early Middle Ages
The Assyrians
Roman Society
Manorialism
39. First Bourbon king - most important kings in French history - rise to power ended French Civil Wars - gradual course to absolutism - politique - converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris
African Rivers
Marco Polo
The Muslim Empire
Henry IV
40. 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.
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
The Code of Napoleon
The Franks
41. Individual conviction of ones belief - The effeciency and organization of the the early church - Doctrines that stressed equality and immorality. The establishment of the Pope.
Mohammad
Charlemagne
The Samurai
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
42. 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.
The Israelites
The Crusades
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Peace of Westphalia
43. 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
Greece
The Renaissance
Frederick Barbarossa
Norman Conquest
44. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
The Chaldeans
Islamic Civilization
The Early Middle Ages
45. 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
Mughuls
Kublai Khan
Ming Dynasty
Gothic Revival
46. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
The Roman Government
Swahili
Dorians
The Hopewell People
47. 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 -
Louis XIV
Napoleon Bonepart
Abbassides
The Reconquista
48. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Militant Socialism
Greek Individualism
The Lydians
Hieroglyphics
49. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Mycenaean Civilization
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Ottoman Empire
Humanism
50. 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 Spanish Armada
The Glorious Revolution
The Jesuits
The Heian Era