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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)
Karl Marx
The English Civil War
Abbassides
Industrial Revolution
2. 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.
Mali
Islam
Kamakura Shogunate
Peter the Great
3. 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
The Muslim Empire
Byzantine Empire Success
Ghana
The Jesuits
4. 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 Renaissance
Napoleon Bonepart
The Glorious Revolution
Sparta
5. 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
The Roman Empire
Confucius
The Congress of Vienna
Constanople
6. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Mycenaean Civilization
African Rivers
Machiavelli
The Samurai
7. Following the Hundred Years' war - civil war broke out between these two rival branches of the English royal Family - Lancaster claimed the throne of England when the Hundred Year finally ended
Islamic Culture
The Magna Carta
The House of Lancaster
Mongols
8. 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
The Renaissance
Mohammad
African Savana
The English Civil War
9. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
English Parliment
The Puritan Revolution
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
10. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Peter the Great
Mycenaean Civilization
Romanesque
The Restoration Era
11. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Roman Society
The Peace of Westphalia
The French Religious Wars
12. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
The Huguenots
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Ionia
Byzantine Empire
13. The French version of the American Declaration
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Early Middle Ages
Oliver Cromwell
St. Augustine
14. ...The House of Lords mainly consist of the peers and the people that have inherited their money. This House of Parliament has slowly lost its power to influence the system of government over the years.
Shinto Religion
Baroque Style
The House of Lords
Augustus
15. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Roman Contributions
Norman Conquest
Benin
Effect of the Reformation
16. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Congress of Verona
The Fall of Rome
Roman Society
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
17. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
The Ottoman Empire
Islamic Culture
The Congress of Vienna
Calvinism
18. 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
The Shogun
Contributions of the Greeks
The Viking Invasions
19. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
Islamic Government and Religion
Egyptian History
Rift Valley
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
20. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
Constanople
Egyptian History
Genghis Khan
Mali
21. 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
Machiavelli
The Near East
Humanism
The Summarians
22. 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 Ottoman Empire
The Hopewell People
The Thirty Years War
The Lord of the Manor
23. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Egyptians
The Babalonians
Louis XIV
24. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
The Ottoman Empire
Nomadic
Neoplatonism
Akbar
25. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Sparta
The Muslim Empire
Tribal Organization
26. 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)
Hieroglyphics
Machiavelli
Peter the Great
Kush
27. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
The House of Commons
Minoan Civilization
Oliver Cromwell
Ionia
28. 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
The Lydians
Martin Luther
Islamic Civilization
Norman Conquest
29. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Oligarthy
The Hopewell People
Effect of the Reformation
The Samurai
30. 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.
The Samurai
Roman Contributions
Greece
Proletariats
31. This was the French law put in place by Napoleon. It promoted equality before the law - toleration of all religions - and outlawing serfdom and feudalism. It also took away women's rights and outlawed trade unions and strikes.
Romanesque
The Israelites
The Code of Napoleon
Ionia
32. 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
Charles I
The Persians
The War of the Roses
The Middle Ages
33. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
The Assyrians
Norman Conquest
The Communist Manifesto
The Huguenots
34. 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
Neoplatonism
Norman Conquest
Islamic Culture
Tokugawa Shogunate
35. 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
The Counter Reformation
Aegan
Cardinal Richelieu
The Franks
36. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Fuedal Contract
Class Division
The War of the Roses
Causes of the French Revolution
37. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Charles I
The Holy Roman Empire
The Hittites
The Summarians
38. 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
The Jesuits
Frederick Barbarossa
Slave Trade
Roman Contributions
39. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Mississippian Culture
Scholasticism
40. 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.
Voltaire
Minoan Civilization
Industrial Revolution
Umayyad
41. 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
Shinto Religion
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Communist Manifesto
Abbassides
42. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Kublai Khan
The Babalonians
The law of Primogeniture
African Rivers
43. 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.
Ghana
The Puritan Revolution
The Roman Empire
The Jesuits
44. 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 Act of Supremacy
Islamic Government and Religion
Neoplatonism
Alexandar the Great
45. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Nile
Hieroglyphics
Sparta
Mohammad
46. The separation of people into different social groups like lower class - upper class. Clergy & nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans wer the work force and serfs were tied to the land.
Militant Socialism
Norman Conquest
Alexandar the Great
Class Division
47. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Byzantine Empire
Thomas Malthus
English Parliment
Mycenaean Civilization
48. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
The Israelites
Realism (Plato)
Athens
The Renaissance
49. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The House of Commons
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Peace of Augsburg
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
50. 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
Henry IV
Ionia
Kublai Khan
The Counter Reformation