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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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.'
Cardinal Richelieu
Machiavelli
The Congress of Vienna
Ashikaga Shogunate
2. The first great Christian philosopher. He was a sinner and did not believe but eventually was converted and he wrote CIty of God as well as Confession - he is also responsible for the doctrine of Original Sin
St. Augustine
Voltaire
The Reconquista
Oligarthy
3. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
The Renaissance
Ceasar
The Fall of Rome
Arab Caliphs
4. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Confucianism
Ninety Theses
Egyptian History
Machiavelli
5. 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
Mughuls
Kublai Khan
Roman Society
6. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Constanople
Effect of the Reformation
Brahman
Abbassides
7. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
The Protestant Reformation
The Hittites
Martin Luther
The Roman Government
8. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Arab Conquests
The Commonwealth Period
Islamic Culture
The Magna Carta
9. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Ghana
Oliver Cromwell
The Lord of the Manor
The Summarians
10. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
The law of Primogeniture
Ziggurat
The Restoration Era
St. Augustine
11. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Martin Luther
Neoclassicism
Turks
Augustus
12. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
Peter the Great
Sung Dynasty
Absolutionism
13. 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
Napoleon Bonepart
The Shogun
Industrial Revolution
14. 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
Absolutionism
African Desert
Cardinal Richelieu
Elizabeth I
15. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Greek Individualism
Islamic Culture
Hieroglyphics
Rift Valley
16. The Christian name for Saul who had been a persecutor of Christians before conversion. - Was responsible for the spread of Christian theology & the resulting response from the Roman Empire.
The Hittites
Bourgeoisie
Paul the Apostle
Industrial Revolution
17. 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 Persians
Frederick Barbarossa
The Middle Ages
Hugh Capet
18. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Bourgeoisie
Napoleon Bonepart
Tang Dynasty
Decentralization of the Germanic States
19. 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
The Phoenicians
The Middle Ages
The Peace of Augsburg
Roman Military Strategy
20. 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.
Class Division
The Roman Government
Mali
Roman Society
21. 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
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Elizabeth I
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Benin
22. Forceful seizure of governmental power
African Culture
Aegan
Militant Socialism
The law of Primogeniture
23. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Mongols
Effect of the Reformation
The Shogun
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
24. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
The Babalonians
Contributions of the Greeks
Bourgeoisie
The Glorious Revolution
25. 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)
Ionia
Louis XIV
Charlemagne
Sung Dynasty
26. 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.
Realism (Plato)
The Nile
The Act of Supremacy
Fuedal System
27. 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
Swahili
The Samurai
The Battle of Hastings
The Spanish Armada
28. 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
Gothic Revival
The House of Commons
The Protestant Reformation
29. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Proletariats
Brahman
Contributions of the Greeks
Kamakura Shogunate
30. 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
The Hopewell People
The Thirty Years War
The House of Lancaster
Ceasar
31. 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.
Swahili
Genghis Khan
Thomas Malthus
Effect of the Reformation
32. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
The Protestant Reformation
Roman Contributions
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Fuedal Contract
33. 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.
Class Division
Peter the Great
The Renaissance
Roman Society
34. 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:
The Hittites
Arab Caliphs
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The House of Commons
35. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Roman Society
Islamic Civilization
Islamic Government and Religion
The Congress of Verona
36. 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 Lord of the Manor
Augustus
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Songhai
37. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Class Division
The Huguenots
Manorialism
Calvinism
38. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Swahili
Realism (Plato)
Machiavelli
Constanople
39. 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
The Thirty Years War
Thomas Malthus
African Culture
40. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Shinto Religion
Effect of the Reformation
Athens
Islamic Government and Religion
41. 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.
The Near East
Turks
Hieroglyphics
Confucius
42. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Islamic Civilization
The Romanov Dynasty
Alexandar the Great
Minoan Civilization
43. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
English Parliment
Seljiks
Akbar
The Puritan Revolution
44. 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
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Renaissance
The Chaldeans
Byzantine Empire Decline
45. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
The Peace of Augsburg
The House of Lords
Kublai Khan
Charles I
46. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
The Protestant Reformation
The Council of Trent
Agarian
Slave Trade
47. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Constantine
The Congress of Verona
Confucius
The Franks
48. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
The Lord of the Manor
The Huguenots
The Egyptians
The Communist Manifesto
49. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Norman Conquest
French Revolution
The Battle of Hastings
Kublai Khan
50. A new group of nomads that drove the tang armies out of central Asia and took control of the silk roads. because of this chinas economy was damaged
The House of Commons
Realism (Plato)
The Heian Era
Turks