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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
African Savana
The Congress of Verona
Commercial Revival
The Mongols
2. 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
Hieroglyphics
The Chaldeans
The Phoenicians
Contributions of the Greeks
3. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Humanism
The Israelites
The Spanish Armada
Aegan
4. 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 Babalonians
Egyptian Religion
Confucianism
Kush
5. 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.
Mohammad
The Crusades
Egyptian History
African Culture
6. 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
Byzantine Empire Decline
Hugh Capet
Roman Society
The Palace of Versailles
7. 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.
Arab Conquests
Voltaire
Industrial Revolution
Roman Society
8. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Calvinism
Roman Contributions
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Decentralization of the Germanic States
9. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
The Congress of Verona
African Savana
Fuedal Contract
The Hittites
10. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
African Culture
The Hopewell People
The Huguenots
Oliver Cromwell
11. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Jesuits
Arab Conquests
Songhai
Mongols
12. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
The Continental System
Ceasar
Oliver Cromwell
Baroque Style
13. 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
Benin
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Chaldeans
The Hittites
14. King of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
Karl Marx
The Puritan Revolution
Louis XIV
The Battle of Hastings
15. 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
Roman Military Strategy
The Commonwealth Period
Ceasar
Laisssez Faire
16. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Causes of the French Revolution
Absolutionism
The Code of Hammurabi
The Shogun
17. 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 Code of Napoleon
The Thirty Years War
The Reconquista
Ashikaga Shogunate
18. 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
English Common Law
Neoclassicism
The Hundred Years War
French Revolution
19. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Pelponnesian War
Mali
Byzantine Empire
African Rivers
20. The rise of Islam
Norman Conquest
The Congress of Verona
The Muslim Empire
Minoan Civilization
21. 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
The Rise of Christianity
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The House of York
Constanople
22. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Egyptian History
The Middle Ages
Brahman
The Anasazi Culture
23. African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. Important iron working center.
The Dark Ages
Fuedal System
Kush
Voltaire
24. 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
The law of Primogeniture
Manorialism
The Viking Invasions
The Samurai
25. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Dark Ages
Nomadic
The Hittites
The Anasazi Culture
26. 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 Fall of Rome
James I
The Code of Hammurabi
The Code of Napoleon
27. A broad intellectual movement in 18th - century Europe that advocated the use of reason in the re - evaluation of accepted ideas. Also known as the Age of Reason.
Peter the Great
The Act of Supremacy
The Age of Enlightenment
Calvinism
28. 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.
Mali
Abbassides
The Protestant Reformation
Confucius
29. 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.
The Early Middle Ages
Mali
The Commonwealth Period
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
30. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
Marco Polo
The House of York
Islamic Civilization
Elizabeth I
31. 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.
Akbar
Fuedal System
Kush
The French Republic
32. 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
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Communist Manifesto
The Council of Trent
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
33. Last of the mound - building cultures of North America; flourished between 800 and 1300 C.E.; featured large towns and ceremonial centers; lacked stone architecture of Central America.
Benin
The Muslim Empire
The House of York
Mississippian Culture
34. 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).
Mughuls
The Battle of Hastings
Agarian
The Assyrians
35. 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.
Elizabeth I
The War of the Roses
African Savana
Marco Polo
36. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Laisssez Faire
Byzantine Empire Success
The Huguenots
37. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Fuedal System
Oliver Cromwell
Swahili
Nomadic
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:
Seljiks
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Minoan Civilization
The Communist Manifesto
39. 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
Abbassides
Effect of the Reformation
The Thirty Years War
English Common Law
40. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Benin
Class Division
Constantine
African Savana
41. 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
Militant Socialism
Contributions of the Greeks
The Spanish Armada
The House of York
42. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Slave Trade
Athens
Augustus
43. 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
The Lydians
Umayyad
Augustus
Machiavelli
44. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
The Palace of Versailles
Laisssez Faire
Elizabeth I
Industrial Revolution
45. 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
Peter the Great
The Lord of the Manor
Proletariats
The Franks
46. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Islamic Government and Religion
The Egyptians
The Scientific Revolution
The Peace of Westphalia
47. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Hugh Capet
The Samurai
Early Japanese Culture
English Parliment
48. 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 Ottoman Empire
Islamic Government and Religion
Islam
The Scientific Revolution
49. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans - Saharan gold trade.
Mali
The law of Primogeniture
Islamic Government and Religion
Minoan Civilization
50. 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.
French Revolution
The Battle of Hastings
Egyptian Religion
Commercial Revival