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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Egyptian Religion
The Dark Ages
The Battle of Hastings
The House of York
2. 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 Mongols
Greek Individualism
Fuedal System
Confucianism
3. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Realism (Plato)
Minoan Civilization
Aegan
The Roman Government
4. 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.
The Peace of Westphalia
Scholasticism
The Israelites
Ceasar
5. 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
The Palace of Versailles
The Phoenicians
The Lord of the Manor
The Magna Carta
6. 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.
Augustus
The Peace of Augsburg
Industrial Revolution
Fuedal System
7. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Ashikaga Shogunate
Islamic Culture
The Anasazi Culture
Swahili
8. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Class Division
The Summarians
Romanesque
Absolutionism
9. 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.
Ghana
The Jesuits
Arab Conquests
Fuedal System
10. 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.
Peter the Great
The Act of Supremacy
Turks
The Hittites
11. 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 Fall of Rome
The Middle Ages
Causes of the French Revolution
Elizabeth I
12. 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)
Industrial Revolution
Louis XIV
Marco Polo
English Common Law
13. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Ziggurat
Mississippian Culture
Kublai Khan
The Restoration Era
14. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Baroque Style
Scholasticism
Voltaire
The Reconquista
15. 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.
Abbassides
Brahman
Roman Contributions
Early Japanese Culture
16. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Islamic Culture
Athens
The Commonwealth Period
The Peace of Westphalia
17. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Islamic Government and Religion
Marco Polo
The Egyptians
The law of Primogeniture
18. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
The French Republic
Roman Society
Constantine
The War of the Roses
19. 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.
The Battle of Hastings
The Romanov Dynasty
Charles I
Fuedal System
20. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
Effect of the Reformation
Scholasticism
The Restoration Era
The Assyrians
21. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
Mongols
Paul the Apostle
Cardinal Richelieu
Abbassides
22. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
The Romanov Dynasty
Abbassides
African Culture
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
23. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Nomadic
Voltaire
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Greece
24. 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
The Hundred Years War
Tribal Organization
Cardinal Richelieu
Sung Dynasty
25. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Humanism
Ionia
The Chaldeans
The law of Primogeniture
26. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Hugh Capet
The Congress of Verona
Henry IV
The Reconquista
27. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Peace of Augsburg
The Shogun
The Thirty Years War
The Puritan Revolution
28. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
The Egyptians
Genghis Khan
Brahman
29. 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
The Israelites
The Chaldeans
The Nile
The Glorious Revolution
30. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Brahman
Classical Art
The Spanish Armada
The Hundred Years War
31. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
Kublai Khan
Cardinal Richelieu
The Rise of Christianity
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
32. The rise of Islam
Louis XIV
The Anasazi Culture
Ghana
The Muslim Empire
33. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
The Fall of Rome
Neoclassicism
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Swahili
34. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
The Samurai
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Manorialism
Norman Conquest
35. 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 Rise of Christianity
Mughuls
The Age of Enlightenment
Decentralization of the Germanic States
36. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Cardinal Richelieu
Mycenaean Civilization
Islamic Culture
The Nile
37. 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
The Peace of Augsburg
Mughuls
The Ottoman Empire
38. 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 Congress of Vienna
The Middle Ages
Islamic Civilization
Egyptian History
39. 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.
The Summarians
Kublai Khan
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
French Revolution
40. 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
Gothic Revival
Fuedal Contract
Mississippian Culture
Tokugawa Shogunate
41. A series of military expeditions in the 11th - 12th - and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims
Umayyad
Roman Contributions
The Crusades
Constantine
42. 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 Thirty Years War
Byzantine Empire Success
Turks
The War of the Roses
43. 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
The Early Middle Ages
Proletariats
The Dark Ages
The Commonwealth Period
44. 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
Dorians
The Congress of Vienna
Byzantine Empire Success
The Commonwealth Period
45. 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 Congress of Vienna
Tang Dynasty
The Lord of the Manor
The Heian Era
46. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Turks
The Protestant Reformation
The Scientific Revolution
Gothic Revival
47. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
Tang Dynasty
The Renaissance
Absolutionism
The Battle of Hastings
48. 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.
The Lord of the Manor
Mississippian Culture
Napoleon Bonepart
Early Japanese Culture
49. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Slave Trade
Tribal Organization
Confucianism
Abbassides
50. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Roman Government
Byzantine Empire
The Magna Carta
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