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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Umayyad
Elizabeth I
The Summarians
Swahili
2. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
The Hundred Years War
Romanesque
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mycenaean Civilization
3. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Mali
Constantine
The law of Primogeniture
The Palace of Versailles
4. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Confucianism
Fuedal System
African Rivers
The Anasazi Culture
5. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Kublai Khan
Realism (Plato)
English Parliment
The Peace of Augsburg
6. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Greece
Agarian
The Continental System
Augustus
7. 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.
Thomas Malthus
Class Division
The Persians
The Congress of Verona
8. 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
The Chaldeans
The Pelponnesian War
The House of Commons
The Ottoman Empire
9. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
The Thirty Years War
Classical Art
Constanople
Commercial Revival
10. 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 -
The Crusades
Islamic Government and Religion
The law of Primogeniture
The Reconquista
11. 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
Confucius
Cardinal Richelieu
Greek Individualism
The Jesuits
12. 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.
Elizabeth I
Augustus
Industrial Revolution
Tokugawa Shogunate
13. The French version of the American Declaration
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The French Republic
Tribal Organization
The Hundred Years War
14. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
English Parliment
The Reconquista
Tribal Organization
Augustus
15. 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
Frederick Barbarossa
Dorians
The English Civil War
Gothic Revival
16. 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.
African Desert
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mongols
Byzantine Empire
17. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Arab Caliphs
Thomas Malthus
Laisssez Faire
Byzantine Empire
18. 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.
The Restoration Era
African Culture
Ghana
Shinto Religion
19. 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).
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Mycenaean Civilization
Mughuls
Egyptian History
20. 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 Middle Ages
The Fall of Rome
Manorialism
The Glorious Revolution
21. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Militant Socialism
The Muslim Empire
The Code of Hammurabi
The Shogun
22. 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
The Act of Supremacy
Calvinism
Islamic Civilization
23. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
The House of York
Islamic Government and Religion
Ninety Theses
24. 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:
Arab Conquests
The Shogun
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Babalonians
25. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Mohammad
Ming Dynasty
Roman Military Strategy
26. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Frederick Barbarossa
The Holy Roman Empire
The Huguenots
The Heian Era
27. 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
Abbassides
The Peace of Augsburg
Islamic Civilization
The Muslim Empire
28. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Babalonians
Songhai
Greek Individualism
29. 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.
Mississippian Culture
Roman Military Strategy
Confucius
The Congress of Vienna
30. The most of the power lies on the shoulders of the House of the Commons. The Commons is elected by the people. The commons grant money - and is the law- making body in the british government.The commons pick the Prime Minister.
The Early Middle Ages
Kublai Khan
The Roman Empire
The House of Commons
31. 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
African Culture
Rift Valley
Agarian
32. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
The Thirty Years War
Fuedal Contract
Mali
Genghis Khan
33. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Nomadic
Rift Valley
Aegan
Slave Trade
34. 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)
The Peace of Augsburg
Effect of the Reformation
Thomas Malthus
Louis XIV
35. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Lord of the Manor
The House of Lancaster
The Viking Invasions
Karl Marx
36. 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
Kamakura Shogunate
African Savana
Absolutionism
37. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The Code of Hammurabi
Aegan
The Roman Empire
The law of Primogeniture
38. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
The Early Middle Ages
Kublai Khan
Byzantine Empire Decline
Calvinism
39. 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
Peter the Great
Augustus
The Peace of Westphalia
40. 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.
Rift Valley
The Peace of Westphalia
Ceasar
The Near East
41. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Neoclassicism
Neoplatonism
Mali
The Puritan Revolution
42. Were United by Genghis Khan to capture all of asia - which they did except for India. Asia under Mongolian ruler till grandson of Gings (Kublai) died and there was an overturning.
Arab Caliphs
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Mongols
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
43. 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.
Roman Military Strategy
Bourgeoisie
The Reconquista
The War of the Roses
44. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Brahman
The Commonwealth Period
The Lydians
Greece
45. 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.
Calvinism
Commercial Revival
The Phoenicians
Rift Valley
46. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 - Russia experienced a period of weakness and disorder known as the Time of Troubles. Hoping to restore order - an assembly of nobles elected Michael Romanov to be the next czar. The Romanov Dynasty ru
Arab Caliphs
The Romanov Dynasty
The Council of Trent
Frederick Barbarossa
47. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Ionia
Militant Socialism
Arab Conquests
The Franks
48. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
The Act of Supremacy
Paul the Apostle
Neoplatonism
The law of Primogeniture
49. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Islamic Civilization
Scholasticism
The Israelites
The Commonwealth Period
50. 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.
Laisssez Faire
English Common Law
Contributions of the Greeks
Marco Polo