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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. ...The House of Lords mainly consist of the peers and the people that have inherited their money. This House of Parliament has slowly lost its power to influence the system of government over the years.
Ionia
Louis XIV
The House of Lords
Mali
2. 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
Songhai
Dorians
Mughuls
Turks
3. An assembly of high church officials summoned by the Catholic Church to clarify doctrine and address reform in response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation.
The Council of Trent
Oliver Cromwell
The Code of Napoleon
The Crusades
4. A religious wars in France that started because of the Concordat of Bologna. This war was not only a religious war but a class war. It was between the Huguenots - who were Upper - class intellectuals who were Calvinist vs. the average poor French Cat
The French Religious Wars
The Hittites
Augustus
Ionia
5. 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 Roman Government
Roman Military Strategy
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Confucianism
6. 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
The Roman Empire
Commercial Revival
The Continental System
7. 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.
Kush
The Muslim Empire
Contributions of the Greeks
Aegan
8. 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.'
Roman Contributions
Machiavelli
Arab Conquests
Hugh Capet
9. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
The Middle Ages
The Continental System
The Ottoman Empire
10. 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
Romanesque
The Roman Empire
The Assyrians
The Congress of Vienna
11. 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
Sparta
The Nile
The Communist Manifesto
Effect of the Reformation
12. Military Genius of France - who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America.
The Nile
Fuedal Contract
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Napoleon Bonepart
13. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Magna Carta
Greek Individualism
The Peace of Augsburg
Roman Contributions
14. 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.
Nomadic
The Nile
English Common Law
The Shogun
15. 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.
Romanesque
The Muslim Empire
The Peace of Westphalia
The House of Commons
16. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Alexandar the Great
The Near East
Greek Individualism
The Viking Invasions
17. 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
Roman Society
Arab Conquests
Henry IV
The Crusades
18. 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.
Swahili
The Phoenicians
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Elizabeth I
19. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Fuedal System
The law of Primogeniture
The Holy Roman Empire
20. 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 Samurai
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Napoleon Bonepart
Shinto Religion
21. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
Norman Conquest
Fuedal System
The Communist Manifesto
22. 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
Slave Trade
Umayyad
The Fall of Rome
The Manchus
23. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Hittites
The Crusades
Ghana
Bourgeoisie
24. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Dorians
The Puritan Revolution
Turks
The House of York
25. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Seljiks
Fuedal System
The Viking Invasions
African Desert
26. Napoleon cut off all trade with Great Britain to try and make Europe more self - sufficient - an economic blockade of Britain. The Foreign Policy of Napoleon - essentially an effort to thwart English advancement by nationally prohibiting British trad
The Chaldeans
Mali
Arab Conquests
The Continental System
27. 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.
Voltaire
The Chaldeans
Bourgeoisie
Mali
28. Prompted by Louis Philippe giving up his throne - this was a new era of liberalism in France. Measures enacted included freeing slaves - granting all males the right to vote - abolishing capital punishment - the establishment of national workshops -
Arab Caliphs
The Act of Supremacy
Absolutionism
The French Republic
29. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Class Division
Ziggurat
Ninety Theses
Humanism
30. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Ionia
The Huguenots
French Revolution
Romanesque
31. 1830s movement in architecture when buildings in the Gothic (high medieval) style became popular. It was in this period that the British Parliament building was built. This was the architectural manifestation of Romanticism. Where the Enlightenment h
The Glorious Revolution
Ceasar
Gothic Revival
Baroque Style
32. 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.
The Peace of Westphalia
The Franks
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Fuedal System
33. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
English Common Law
Bourgeoisie
Classical Art
The Age of Enlightenment
34. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
The Nile
Realism (Plato)
Kublai Khan
Tokugawa Shogunate
35. 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.
Confucius
Islamic Government and Religion
The Age of Enlightenment
Oligarthy
36. 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 House of York
Islamic Culture
Baroque Style
37. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
African Rivers
The Lord of the Manor
African Savana
The Roman Empire
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
The Anasazi Culture
The Dark Ages
Islamic Civilization
Ceasar
39. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Greek Individualism
The Jesuits
Early Japanese Culture
Louis XIV
40. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Age of Enlightenment
Byzantine Empire
Akbar
The Pelponnesian War
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
The Spanish Armada
Ziggurat
The law of Primogeniture
Charlemagne
42. 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.
African Savana
The Early Middle Ages
Seljiks
The Counter Reformation
43. They were polytheistic worshiping over 2000 gods and goddesses. They believed in the afterlife and that they would be judged for their life. They had sacred burials. Ruled by Pharoahs.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Assyrians
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Egyptian Religion
44. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Islamic Culture
The Viking Invasions
Akbar
Militant Socialism
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.
Manorialism
Karl Marx
Commercial Revival
Mali
46. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Roman Society
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Lord of the Manor
Islamic Culture
47. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Martin Luther
Baroque Style
The Code of Napoleon
The House of Commons
48. 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.
Roman Military Strategy
Mohammad
The Continental System
Charles I
49. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Hieroglyphics
The Mongols
The Battle of Hastings
Contributions of the Greeks
50. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
The Thirty Years War
Neoclassicism
The Renaissance
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