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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
The English Civil War
Neoplatonism
The Dark Ages
Charlemagne
2. Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences. shogunate started by Tokugawa Leyasu; 4 class system - warriors - farmers - artisans - merchants; Japan's ports were closed off; wanted to create their own culture; illegal to
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Heian Era
The Dark Ages
Tang Dynasty
3. The rise of Islam
Oligarthy
The Muslim Empire
Rift Valley
Benin
4. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Tang Dynasty
Agarian
Egyptian History
The Scientific Revolution
5. 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 Pelponnesian War
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Shogun
Machiavelli
6. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Constanople
Napoleon Bonepart
The Anasazi Culture
7. 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
Cardinal Richelieu
Minoan Civilization
The Glorious Revolution
The Samurai
8. 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.
Martin Luther
The Renaissance
Arab Conquests
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
9. 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
Turks
Constanople
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Cardinal Richelieu
10. 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 House of York
Mohammad
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Causes of the French Revolution
11. 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 English Civil War
The Age of Enlightenment
The Glorious Revolution
The Assyrians
12. 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
Classical Art
Islamic Culture
The Phoenicians
Agarian
13. 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.
Marco Polo
Genghis Khan
Charlemagne
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
14. 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.
Frederick Barbarossa
Alexandar the Great
The Early Middle Ages
Scholasticism
15. 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
Bourgeoisie
Roman Contributions
Sung Dynasty
16. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Hittites
Arab Caliphs
Tribal Organization
The Age of Enlightenment
17. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
The Anasazi Culture
The Middle Ages
The Hittites
Classical Art
18. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Tang Dynasty
Bourgeoisie
Constantine
Sparta
19. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
The Fall of Rome
Charlemagne
Proletariats
The Code of Napoleon
20. 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
The Restoration Era
Confucianism
Henry IV
Turks
21. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Neoclassicism
Voltaire
Neoplatonism
The Peace of Westphalia
22. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved. Center for world trade and exchange of culture. It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe. It preserved the Eastern Church which converted Slavic people to Christianity. Its economic streng
Ionia
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Roman Military Strategy
The Muslim Empire
23. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Egyptian Religion
The Samurai
Nomadic
Sparta
24. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Ninety Theses
The House of Lords
The Summarians
Minoan Civilization
25. 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.
The Phoenicians
Confucianism
Machiavelli
Constantine
26. 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.
The Rise of Christianity
The Manchus
French Revolution
The Counter Reformation
27. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The Israelites
Kublai Khan
The House of York
Charles I
28. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Elizabeth I
The Ottoman Empire
English Common Law
Hieroglyphics
29. 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.
Mississippian Culture
English Parliment
Roman Contributions
Class Division
30. 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 Pelponnesian War
The Assyrians
English Parliment
The Lord of the Manor
31. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Baroque Style
Sparta
Elizabeth I
Early Japanese Culture
32. 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 Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Elizabeth I
Neoplatonism
The Continental System
33. 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
Elizabeth I
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Tribal Organization
Frederick Barbarossa
34. 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
The Chaldeans
Augustus
St. Augustine
Shinto Religion
35. 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)
Hugh Capet
The Holy Roman Empire
Umayyad
Karl Marx
36. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
The Congress of Verona
Romanesque
Brahman
Kush
37. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Norman Conquest
Contributions of the Greeks
Mohammad
The English Civil War
38. 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:
The Age of Enlightenment
Ming Dynasty
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Athens
39. 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 Code of Hammurabi
The Counter Reformation
The Palace of Versailles
Thomas Malthus
40. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Kush
The Commonwealth Period
Thomas Malthus
The Hopewell People
41. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Ziggurat
Minoan Civilization
The Lord of the Manor
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
42. 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 Hittites
Greece
The Council of Trent
The Puritan Revolution
43. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
African Savana
Absolutionism
Elizabeth I
Bourgeoisie
44. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Henry IV
Kublai Khan
Charles I
Fuedal Contract
45. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Tokugawa Shogunate
Louis XIV
Scholasticism
Hugh Capet
46. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Battle of Hastings
Byzantine Empire Decline
Manorialism
47. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
Tang Dynasty
English Common Law
Mongols
The Protestant Reformation
48. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
The Code of Hammurabi
Benin
The Commonwealth Period
The Shogun
49. 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
Akbar
Roman Military Strategy
Minoan Civilization
Laisssez Faire
50. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Ming Dynasty
The Roman Government
The Roman Empire
Tokugawa Shogunate