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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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)
Arab Conquests
The Act of Supremacy
Karl Marx
Peter the Great
2. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
Ghana
Islam
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
3. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Ceasar
Hugh Capet
Slave Trade
African Savana
4. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The House of Lancaster
The Congress of Verona
Swahili
Napoleon Bonepart
5. 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
Calvinism
Napoleon Bonepart
Proletariats
The Anasazi Culture
6. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Ghana
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Mongols
7. Western Europe no longer united by religion - Weakens power and influence of the Catholic Church The power of states was strenthened as was the middle class. Encourages education - people encouraged to read the bible and interpret it individually
Ninety Theses
Effect of the Reformation
The Lydians
Greek Individualism
8. 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 Hopewell People
The Council of Trent
The Mongols
Roman Contributions
9. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Seljiks
Greece
English Parliment
The Early Middle Ages
10. A warlike monotheistic civilization that spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and were constantly at war. They are known for their brilliant arabesques and gorgeous craftsmanship
Commercial Revival
The Spanish Armada
Islamic Civilization
Byzantine Empire Success
11. The French version of the American Declaration
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Arab Caliphs
The Holy Roman Empire
The Scientific Revolution
12. 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.
The Jesuits
The Scientific Revolution
African Rivers
Umayyad
13. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Phoenicians
The Roman Government
Proletariats
14. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Benin
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Henry IV
Arab Conquests
15. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Paul the Apostle
African Culture
Ziggurat
Realism (Plato)
16. 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
Henry IV
Genghis Khan
Egyptian History
17. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Rift Valley
Frederick Barbarossa
The Code of Hammurabi
The Babalonians
18. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Constanople
The Manchus
The Peace of Augsburg
The Hittites
19. A period in European history - between about 1000 AD and 1500 AD - when the power of kings - people of high rank and the Christian Church was strong
Umayyad
The Persians
Ionia
The Middle Ages
20. 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 Persians
Islam
Voltaire
The Communist Manifesto
21. 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 Restoration Era
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Israelites
22. 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.
Fuedal System
Thomas Malthus
Islamic Civilization
The Huguenots
23. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.)- Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of
The Fall of Rome
Ionia
Charles I
The Chaldeans
24. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Causes of the French Revolution
Minoan Civilization
The Roman Empire
Ashikaga Shogunate
25. 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 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Peace of Westphalia
The Congress of Verona
Tokugawa Shogunate
26. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Middle Ages
The Puritan Revolution
The Viking Invasions
Brahman
27. 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
African Rivers
Martin Luther
The Palace of Versailles
28. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
Abbassides
The Palace of Versailles
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Franks
29. 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 Muslim Empire
Aegan
St. Augustine
The Middle Ages
30. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Summarians
The English Civil War
The Nile
Neoclassicism
31. An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production.
Peter the Great
Roman Society
The Reconquista
Manorialism
32. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Napoleon Bonepart
Realism (Plato)
The Battle of Hastings
The Glorious Revolution
33. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Baroque Style
The Assyrians
Mycenaean Civilization
Shinto Religion
34. The Heian Era commenced in 794 - and was a time when Japan gradually stopped imitating China - developing into a distinct new culture. The new culture mixed both Chinese and Japanese cultures - combining the faiths of China - Shintoism - and Buddhism
The Spanish Armada
The Heian Era
The Manchus
Classical Art
35. 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
Nomadic
The Crusades
The Thirty Years War
The Age of Enlightenment
36. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Shinto Religion
The law of Primogeniture
Greek Individualism
The Roman Empire
37. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Aegan
Humanism
The French Republic
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
38. 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
Sung Dynasty
Bourgeoisie
The Phoenicians
Henry IV
39. African Civilization developed here
The Anasazi Culture
Scholasticism
French Revolution
Rift Valley
40. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Kamakura Shogunate
Industrial Revolution
African Savana
Early Japanese Culture
41. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Genghis Khan
The French Republic
The Viking Invasions
Causes of the French Revolution
42. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
Absolutionism
Mycenaean Civilization
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
43. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
The Counter Reformation
Classical Art
Umayyad
Sung Dynasty
44. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
The English Civil War
Ziggurat
The Jesuits
African Culture
45. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
Turks
Causes of the French Revolution
The Huguenots
46. 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
Mississippian Culture
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Spanish Armada
Genghis Khan
47. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
The Code of Napoleon
Absolutionism
Neoplatonism
The Congress of Vienna
48. 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 Decline
The Dark Ages
Kamakura Shogunate
The Huguenots
49. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Songhai
Neoclassicism
The Chaldeans
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
50. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Augustus
The law of Primogeniture
Umayyad
Effect of the Reformation