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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
The Age of Enlightenment
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Middle Ages
2. 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.
Rift Valley
Roman Contributions
The House of York
The Dark Ages
3. 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.
The Palace of Versailles
The Fall of Rome
The Dark Ages
Laisssez Faire
4. 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.
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Communist Manifesto
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Manchus
5. 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 Scientific Revolution
The Rise of Christianity
Paul the Apostle
The Thirty Years War
6. 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
Cardinal Richelieu
Marco Polo
The Persians
The Jesuits
7. 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
Commercial Revival
The Summarians
The Middle Ages
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
8. This war was between Aristocrats and Nobles. The Nobles wanted to control the throne so the first Tudor King - Henry VII took the throne in 1485. He abolished the Noble's private armies.
The Palace of Versailles
The War of the Roses
The Reconquista
Nomadic
9. 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.
The Assyrians
Islam
Industrial Revolution
Minoan Civilization
10. 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
Hieroglyphics
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Dorians
11. 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.
Minoan Civilization
The Middle Ages
Oligarthy
Confucius
12. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Causes of the French Revolution
The Peace of Westphalia
The Congress of Verona
Hugh Capet
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.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Tang Dynasty
The Peace of Westphalia
The French Republic
14. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Chaldeans
Songhai
Constanople
15. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
Arab Conquests
Ming Dynasty
The French Republic
The Hopewell People
16. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
The Commonwealth Period
Humanism
The Samurai
Athens
17. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Puritan Revolution
Islamic Culture
The Babalonians
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
18. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Assyrians
Athens
The Pelponnesian War
The Babalonians
19. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Swahili
The Commonwealth Period
The Renaissance
The Crusades
20. 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 -
Genghis Khan
The French Republic
The Council of Trent
The Reconquista
21. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Seljiks
The Roman Government
The Glorious Revolution
The Hundred Years War
22. 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.
St. Augustine
Ghana
The Summarians
The Huguenots
23. 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.
Oligarthy
Songhai
The Nile
The Crusades
24. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Puritan Revolution
Romanesque
Napoleon Bonepart
25. 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.
The Pelponnesian War
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Militant Socialism
Ashikaga Shogunate
26. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Shinto Religion
Greek Individualism
Byzantine Empire Success
The Viking Invasions
27. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
James I
The Peace of Augsburg
Oliver Cromwell
Islam
28. 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
English Common Law
The Mongols
Mughuls
The Hundred Years War
29. 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
Napoleon Bonepart
Roman Society
The Spanish Armada
Greece
30. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
The Code of Napoleon
The Spanish Armada
Umayyad
Slave Trade
31. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
James I
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Shogun
Kamakura Shogunate
32. First Bourbon king - most important kings in French history - rise to power ended French Civil Wars - gradual course to absolutism - politique - converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris
Henry IV
The Fall of Rome
The Anasazi Culture
African Desert
33. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Roman Military Strategy
The Battle of Hastings
The House of Commons
English Parliment
34. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Palace of Versailles
The Continental System
Arab Conquests
Abbassides
35. 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 Chaldeans
African Desert
Norman Conquest
St. Augustine
36. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
The Huguenots
Kamakura Shogunate
Frederick Barbarossa
37. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
The House of Lancaster
Minoan Civilization
Alexandar the Great
The Code of Napoleon
38. 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:
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Frederick Barbarossa
Peter the Great
The Renaissance
39. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
The Roman Empire
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Restoration Era
40. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Byzantine Empire
The Commonwealth Period
The Continental System
Seljiks
41. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Contributions of the Greeks
Islam
African Desert
The House of Lancaster
42. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Early Japanese Culture
Oligarthy
The Age of Enlightenment
Oliver Cromwell
43. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Ceasar
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Dorians
Tribal Organization
44. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
The law of Primogeniture
The Summarians
Byzantine Empire
Calvinism
45. 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 Pelponnesian War
The Israelites
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Mohammad
46. 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
Elizabeth I
James I
The Counter Reformation
The Middle Ages
47. 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).
Islam
Mughuls
Elizabeth I
Commercial Revival
48. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Manorialism
Norman Conquest
The Ottoman Empire
The Roman Government
49. 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.
Ceasar
Causes of the French Revolution
Rift Valley
Oliver Cromwell
50. Established the first lasting monotheism - Saul established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.) - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in
Ninety Theses
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The War of the Roses
The Israelites