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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Continental System
Arab Conquests
Benin
Fuedal System
2. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Arab Conquests
The Holy Roman Empire
Fuedal Contract
Alexandar the Great
3. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Babalonians
The Shogun
Constantine
The French Republic
4. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
The War of the Roses
Neoclassicism
The French Republic
5. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
The Restoration Era
Kublai Khan
Constantine
The Viking Invasions
6. 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.
Proletariats
Swahili
Fuedal Contract
Mohammad
7. Greek city - state that was ruled by an oligarchy - focused on military - used slaves for agriculture - discouraged the arts. Developed a totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor.
The Shogun
The Puritan Revolution
Sparta
Alexandar the Great
8. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
The Congress of Verona
The Puritan Revolution
The French Republic
9. 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
Bourgeoisie
The Near East
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
10. 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
Slave Trade
The Peace of Westphalia
Akbar
The Crusades
11. 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.
Louis XIV
Paul the Apostle
The Act of Supremacy
Tokugawa Shogunate
12. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Congress of Verona
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The House of Lords
Fuedal Contract
13. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Sung Dynasty
Baroque Style
Brahman
Abbassides
14. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Islamic Government and Religion
Cardinal Richelieu
Slave Trade
The Huguenots
15. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Shinto Religion
Scholasticism
Bourgeoisie
16. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Egyptians
Classical Art
Benin
17. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Henry IV
Greek Individualism
The Battle of Hastings
The Romanov Dynasty
18. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
Scholasticism
Neoplatonism
The Counter Reformation
19. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Abbassides
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The law of Primogeniture
Causes of the French Revolution
20. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Charles I
Realism (Plato)
Benin
Tang Dynasty
21. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
The Nile
Marco Polo
African Desert
The Early Middle Ages
22. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Paul the Apostle
Hieroglyphics
Neoclassicism
The Chaldeans
23. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Code of Hammurabi
Karl Marx
English Common Law
The Hittites
24. 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.
Constanople
The Roman Empire
Peter the Great
Fuedal System
25. This group from the east of Mali built up an army and extended their territory to the large bend in the Niger River near Gao whic became the capital of their empire.
The Congress of Verona
The Romanov Dynasty
Augustus
Songhai
26. 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.
Alexandar the Great
The Holy Roman Empire
Genghis Khan
Ashikaga Shogunate
27. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Palace of Versailles
Benin
The Pelponnesian War
The Babalonians
28. 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.
Alexandar the Great
St. Augustine
Martin Luther
Kamakura Shogunate
29. 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 -
African Savana
The Peace of Westphalia
Kamakura Shogunate
The Reconquista
30. 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.
Ghana
The Glorious Revolution
Abbassides
The Code of Napoleon
31. 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 French Republic
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Anasazi Culture
32. Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting
The Near East
The Samurai
Karl Marx
The Congress of Verona
33. Military Genius of France - who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America.
Alexandar the Great
Napoleon Bonepart
The Rise of Christianity
Louis XIV
34. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Peace of Augsburg
Songhai
Manorialism
The House of Lancaster
35. Entered China and easily changed the Ming dynasty into the Qing dynasty since they were sinicized before - Established a Confucian government with six ministries - a censorate - and other Chinese institutions - Were segregated from the Chinese - Forb
The Manchus
Mali
Manorialism
Oligarthy
36. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
The Persians
English Parliment
Ninety Theses
Classical Art
37. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Scholasticism
Bourgeoisie
Proletariats
Egyptian History
38. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The House of York
The French Religious Wars
The Romanov Dynasty
The Mongols
39. 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.'
Sparta
The Thirty Years War
Machiavelli
Laisssez Faire
40. 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.
The House of Commons
Aegan
Marco Polo
The Council of Trent
41. 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
Tokugawa Shogunate
Effect of the Reformation
The Phoenicians
Thomas Malthus
42. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
The Heian Era
Charles I
Laisssez Faire
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
43. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Rise of Christianity
The Persians
The Holy Roman Empire
The Protestant Reformation
44. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Umayyad
The law of Primogeniture
The Congress of Verona
The Act of Supremacy
45. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Fuedal Contract
Oligarthy
Neoclassicism
46. 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 Council of Trent
African Culture
Ionia
The Thirty Years War
47. Took over Turkey from the Byzantine Empire and strived to expand its borders into Eastern Europe - mainly fighting the Holy Roman Empire and its various princes throughout the Middle Ages. Constanople the center. Over time it started to shrink and gr
French Revolution
The Ottoman Empire
Akbar
Alexandar the Great
48. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
The Hittites
Realism (Plato)
Alexandar the Great
English Common Law
49. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Calvinism
Nomadic
The Reconquista
Ionia
50. 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
Ziggurat
Absolutionism