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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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.
Mississippian Culture
Cardinal Richelieu
The Hopewell People
The Glorious Revolution
2. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
The Nile
Ninety Theses
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Congress of Verona
3. 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.
St. Augustine
Cardinal Richelieu
Bourgeoisie
Paul the Apostle
4. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
Tang Dynasty
Kamakura Shogunate
Humanism
Scholasticism
5. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
The French Republic
Martin Luther
Athens
Byzantine Empire
6. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
The Babalonians
The Muslim Empire
The Peace of Westphalia
Byzantine Empire
7. 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
The Persians
Class Division
St. Augustine
The House of Lords
8. 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 Communist Manifesto
Roman Society
Napoleon Bonepart
The Ottoman Empire
9. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
Mycenaean Civilization
The Restoration Era
Augustus
Romanesque
10. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Alexandar the Great
The Peace of Westphalia
The Puritan Revolution
The Viking Invasions
11. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
The Counter Reformation
Humanism
The Fall of Rome
Contributions of the Greeks
12. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Genghis Khan
The Nile
Ziggurat
The Chaldeans
13. 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.
Marco Polo
The Renaissance
The Peace of Westphalia
The French Republic
14. 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 Protestant Reformation
Kublai Khan
Louis XIV
The Reconquista
15. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
The Crusades
The Near East
The Congress of Verona
Seljiks
16. 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 Peace of Westphalia
Romanesque
Mughuls
Egyptian Religion
17. The Roman Catholic Church responding to the protestantism by starting their own movement -- they stopped selling indulgences and started 'Society of Jesus' or Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas.
Dorians
Genghis Khan
The Counter Reformation
The Peace of Augsburg
18. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Absolutionism
Calvinism
Umayyad
Greek Individualism
19. 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
Ninety Theses
Martin Luther
Neoclassicism
Cardinal Richelieu
20. 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
The Code of Hammurabi
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Paul the Apostle
21. 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.
The Palace of Versailles
The Summarians
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Decentralization of the Germanic States
22. 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
The Crusades
The Reconquista
Hieroglyphics
Humanism
23. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Ziggurat
The Peace of Augsburg
Hieroglyphics
James I
24. 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.
The Shogun
Genghis Khan
The Summarians
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
25. 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 Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Hundred Years War
The Dark Ages
Bourgeoisie
26. Individual conviction of ones belief - The effeciency and organization of the the early church - Doctrines that stressed equality and immorality. The establishment of the Pope.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Constanople
Mongols
Roman Contributions
27. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The Egyptians
Akbar
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Confucius
28. Continuous barbaric invasion. Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military. The rise of Christianity divided the Empire.
Fuedal System
The Hittites
The Fall of Rome
Absolutionism
29. 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 War of the Roses
African Desert
Sung Dynasty
The House of Commons
30. 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
Marco Polo
Roman Military Strategy
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Lydians
31. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
Byzantine Empire
Mongols
The Congress of Vienna
32. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
The Hundred Years War
Oligarthy
Bourgeoisie
Islamic Civilization
33. It's geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slave - and Turks all of whom were becoming more powerful. The loss of commercial dominace over the Italians. Reliogious contraversy with west and a split with the Roman Catholic Church. The sack of the fourth
Mycenaean Civilization
Byzantine Empire Decline
Seljiks
Ashikaga Shogunate
34. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The Babalonians
Constanople
Martin Luther
The House of York
35. 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 House of York
French Revolution
The Renaissance
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
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.
Akbar
The Assyrians
Greek Individualism
Songhai
37. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
The French Republic
Brahman
The Romanov Dynasty
The Holy Roman Empire
38. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Kublai Khan
English Parliment
African Rivers
The Israelites
39. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
Paul the Apostle
The Counter Reformation
The French Republic
40. 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
Baroque Style
Mughuls
Islam
The Jesuits
41. 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
Fuedal System
The Viking Invasions
Gothic Revival
Charlemagne
42. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
African Desert
Islamic Culture
The Act of Supremacy
The English Civil War
43. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Abbassides
Oliver Cromwell
The War of the Roses
Hugh Capet
44. 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 Fall of Rome
Hieroglyphics
The House of York
Fuedal System
45. 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.
Constanople
Ming Dynasty
Genghis Khan
The Act of Supremacy
46. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
Islamic Government and Religion
The Persians
The Manchus
47. 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
Slave Trade
Ming Dynasty
Charlemagne
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
48. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Agarian
Umayyad
Greece
The Heian Era
49. A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517 - he wrote 95 theses - or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
Roman Contributions
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Athens
Martin Luther
50. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Summarians
The Nile
Class Division
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution