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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Calvinism
The Viking Invasions
The Early Middle Ages
The Middle Ages
2. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The law of Primogeniture
Umayyad
Islamic Government and Religion
Athens
3. 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 Anasazi Culture
The Protestant Reformation
The Thirty Years War
Neoplatonism
4. 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.
Ziggurat
Hugh Capet
The Glorious Revolution
Confucianism
5. 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.
Elizabeth I
The Act of Supremacy
Mohammad
The Persians
6. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Muslim Empire
Brahman
Arab Conquests
Ashikaga Shogunate
7. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
African Desert
Causes of the French Revolution
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Ming Dynasty
8. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - Zoroastrianism - an ethical religion based on concepts of good and evil - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by
The Rise of Christianity
Minoan Civilization
The Persians
English Parliment
9. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)
Neoplatonism
Bourgeoisie
Calvinism
Akbar
10. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Byzantine Empire Success
The Holy Roman Empire
Romanesque
Gothic Revival
11. 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.
Laisssez Faire
The Early Middle Ages
The Lord of the Manor
Classical Art
12. English military - political - and religious figure who led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War (1642-1649) and called for the execution of Charles I. As lord protector of England (1653-1658) he ruled as a virtual dictator.
The Mongols
Oliver Cromwell
Sung Dynasty
Kublai Khan
13. 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.
Industrial Revolution
Commercial Revival
Brahman
The law of Primogeniture
14. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Summarians
The Palace of Versailles
Causes of the French Revolution
The Pelponnesian War
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.
The Egyptians
The Magna Carta
Laisssez Faire
Roman Contributions
16. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Summarians
The French Republic
Byzantine Empire Success
The Nile
17. King of England - Scotland - and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
The Huguenots
Charles I
Martin Luther
Egyptian History
18. The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
English Common Law
The Hundred Years War
James I
19. 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
The Council of Trent
The Assyrians
Industrial Revolution
Laisssez Faire
20. 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.
The Scientific Revolution
Martin Luther
Byzantine Empire
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
21. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
African Desert
Ziggurat
The Hittites
22. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Charles I
The Pelponnesian War
Shinto Religion
African Culture
23. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
Roman Military Strategy
The Commonwealth Period
Fuedal Contract
Hugh Capet
24. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Tang Dynasty
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Viking Invasions
Voltaire
25. 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
The Near East
Genghis Khan
The Romanov Dynasty
Class Division
26. 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
The Chaldeans
Paul the Apostle
The Lydians
Tokugawa Shogunate
27. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Frederick Barbarossa
The Puritan Revolution
Mohammad
James I
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 Peace of Augsburg
Aegan
Calvinism
The Lydians
29. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
The Puritan Revolution
The House of Lancaster
Romanesque
30. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
Sparta
Turks
Kamakura Shogunate
The Hopewell People
31. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The House of Commons
Thomas Malthus
Proletariats
Aegan
32. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
Roman Society
Constanople
Umayyad
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
Byzantine Empire Decline
Early Japanese Culture
The Congress of Verona
Paul the Apostle
34. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Realism (Plato)
The law of Primogeniture
Umayyad
Tribal Organization
35. 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
Ziggurat
The Rise of Christianity
Turks
English Parliment
36. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Kublai Khan
Tang Dynasty
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Mycenaean Civilization
37. 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 Lord of the Manor
The French Religious Wars
Mississippian Culture
St. Augustine
38. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved. Center for world trade and exchange of culture. It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe. It preserved the Eastern Church which converted Slavic people to Christianity. Its economic streng
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Peace of Westphalia
Minoan Civilization
Byzantine Empire Decline
39. 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)
Islam
Constantine
Byzantine Empire
Louis XIV
40. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Mali
The Samurai
Ninety Theses
Charlemagne
41. 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.
English Parliment
The Congress of Verona
Genghis Khan
Bourgeoisie
42. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The law of Primogeniture
Greece
The Rise of Christianity
Mississippian Culture
43. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
The Hopewell People
The Anasazi Culture
The Huguenots
44. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
The Huguenots
The Magna Carta
The Communist Manifesto
Brahman
45. 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 Renaissance
Abbassides
The Congress of Verona
46. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Ionia
The Middle Ages
Classical Art
Thomas Malthus
47. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
Realism (Plato)
Byzantine Empire Success
Absolutionism
48. African Civilization developed here
Rift Valley
Seljiks
Peter the Great
Genghis Khan
49. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
The Assyrians
Constantine
Sparta
50. 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.
Thomas Malthus
The Franks
Laisssez Faire
Minoan Civilization