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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Contributions of the Greeks
Sung Dynasty
The Nile
2. 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 House of Lancaster
The Pelponnesian War
The Crusades
The Manchus
3. 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.
Commercial Revival
The Franks
Confucius
Decentralization of the Germanic States
4. This was a war between France and England between 1346 and 1453. It was fought over land in France that each wanted to control. The British began strongly - but with the help of Joan of Arc - the French rallied and eventually beat England. Two famous
Bourgeoisie
The Hopewell People
The Hundred Years War
Constantine
5. This war was between Aristocrats and Nobles. The Nobles wanted to control the throne so the first Tudor King - Henry VII took the throne in 1485. He abolished the Noble's private armies.
Constantine
The War of the Roses
Martin Luther
Baroque Style
6. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Roman Society
Voltaire
Henry IV
Peter the Great
7. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
Ionia
The law of Primogeniture
The Palace of Versailles
Fuedal System
8. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Bourgeoisie
The Pelponnesian War
Hieroglyphics
The Chaldeans
9. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
African Culture
The Restoration Era
The Viking Invasions
Dorians
10. These people united and ruled most of India. After Babur invaded India - Akbar became the main ruler of this kind. They were great builders Taj Mahal - but their empire declined quickly (by 1750).
The Code of Napoleon
Mughuls
The Summarians
The Age of Enlightenment
11. 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
Ming Dynasty
Martin Luther
The Thirty Years War
English Parliment
12. 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.
Voltaire
The Act of Supremacy
The Heian Era
Gothic Revival
13. 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
Class Division
The Middle Ages
Seljiks
The House of Commons
14. 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 Age of Enlightenment
The Nile
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Holy Roman Empire
15. 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.
Gothic Revival
The Early Middle Ages
The War of the Roses
Swahili
16. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
Paul the Apostle
The Pelponnesian War
Rift Valley
17. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
Hugh Capet
The Lord of the Manor
African Culture
Absolutionism
18. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Brahman
The Viking Invasions
Humanism
Decentralization of the Germanic States
19. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)
James I
Akbar
Ziggurat
Proletariats
20. 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 English Civil War
Neoplatonism
Tribal Organization
The Peace of Westphalia
21. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
The Congress of Verona
Arab Conquests
The Commonwealth Period
22. 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.
The Manchus
Abbassides
The Code of Hammurabi
Manorialism
23. 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.
Class Division
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Frederick Barbarossa
The Ottoman Empire
24. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Norman Conquest
Mongols
African Rivers
Classical Art
25. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The House of York
The Communist Manifesto
The Code of Napoleon
Baroque Style
26. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
African Savana
Dorians
Constanople
Classical Art
27. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
African Savana
The Dark Ages
The Ottoman Empire
The Battle of Hastings
28. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The Spanish Armada
Constantine
James I
Augustus
29. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Fuedal Contract
The House of Commons
Kamakura Shogunate
Mycenaean Civilization
30. The basis of a court system for justice. The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts - applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedent to the facts before them.
Kush
The Egyptians
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
English Common Law
31. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Absolutionism
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Islamic Culture
Seljiks
32. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Fuedal System
The Roman Empire
Umayyad
Swahili
33. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
Cardinal Richelieu
The Lydians
The Holy Roman Empire
Class Division
34. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Calvinism
The Egyptians
Benin
The Council of Trent
35. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
James I
Islamic Culture
Paul the Apostle
The Peace of Augsburg
36. 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.
African Desert
Islam
Ghana
Absolutionism
37. 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
Genghis Khan
Cardinal Richelieu
The Restoration Era
Napoleon Bonepart
38. 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
Mughuls
The Israelites
The Lydians
Islamic Civilization
39. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Cardinal Richelieu
The Shogun
Frederick Barbarossa
40. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
The Phoenicians
Nomadic
Athens
41. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Assyrians
The Summarians
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Viking Invasions
42. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
The English Civil War
Voltaire
Ionia
The Roman Government
43. 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
Benin
The Palace of Versailles
The Magna Carta
Mongols
44. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
Egyptian History
The Franks
The Heian Era
The Hopewell People
45. 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.
Umayyad
The Franks
Frederick Barbarossa
Louis XIV
46. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Viking Invasions
Arab Caliphs
Oliver Cromwell
Frederick Barbarossa
47. 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.
Constanople
Militant Socialism
The Act of Supremacy
Industrial Revolution
48. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Turks
The Assyrians
Roman Contributions
The Babalonians
49. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
Effect of the Reformation
The Hittites
Arab Conquests
50. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Lydians
The Jesuits
The English Civil War
The Nile