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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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 Puritan Revolution
African Rivers
Neoclassicism
The Spanish Armada
2. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
The War of the Roses
Roman Military Strategy
Alexandar the Great
Minoan Civilization
3. Took over Turkey from the Byzantine Empire and strived to expand its borders into Eastern Europe - mainly fighting the Holy Roman Empire and its various princes throughout the Middle Ages. Constanople the center. Over time it started to shrink and gr
The Lord of the Manor
The Ottoman Empire
Neoclassicism
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
4. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Arab Caliphs
The Battle of Hastings
The Pelponnesian War
Thomas Malthus
5. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Tokugawa Shogunate
Voltaire
The Romanov Dynasty
The Samurai
6. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Byzantine Empire Decline
Alexandar the Great
Norman Conquest
Kush
7. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The Roman Government
The law of Primogeniture
The Puritan Revolution
Classical Art
8. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Karl Marx
The Holy Roman Empire
Agarian
The Dark Ages
9. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Fuedal Contract
The Hittites
Classical Art
African Rivers
10. 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.'
Humanism
Machiavelli
The Early Middle Ages
Benin
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.
The Persians
Early Japanese Culture
The Early Middle Ages
Mughuls
12. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Battle of Hastings
The Lord of the Manor
The Counter Reformation
Benin
13. 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.
Ashikaga Shogunate
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The House of Commons
English Common Law
14. 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
James I
The Mongols
The Commonwealth Period
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
15. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Umayyad
The Hopewell People
Fuedal Contract
Contributions of the Greeks
16. 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 Persians
Roman Contributions
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
17. 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 Lydians
The Samurai
The Communist Manifesto
Tokugawa Shogunate
18. 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 Magna Carta
Proletariats
Mississippian Culture
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
19. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Mongols
Early Japanese Culture
Charlemagne
20. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
The Phoenicians
Scholasticism
The Egyptians
Arab Conquests
21. 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.
Songhai
Islamic Culture
Minoan Civilization
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
22. 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
Oligarthy
The Dark Ages
Tokugawa Shogunate
Cardinal Richelieu
23. 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 Shogun
The Roman Empire
Arab Conquests
Confucianism
24. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Effect of the Reformation
The Protestant Reformation
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
25. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Realism (Plato)
Karl Marx
Swahili
Roman Contributions
26. 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
St. Augustine
Causes of the French Revolution
Proletariats
Islamic Government and Religion
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.
Mali
Roman Society
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
African Savana
28. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Elizabeth I
Early Japanese Culture
Alexandar the Great
Umayyad
29. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Voltaire
The Communist Manifesto
Tribal Organization
The Peace of Westphalia
30. 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.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Peace of Augsburg
The House of Commons
The House of Lords
31. 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
Fuedal System
The House of Commons
The Crusades
The Heian Era
32. Among the most vigorous of the medieval emperors. Clashed with the pope over the appointment of the clergy. Known as 'the red beard' (r. 1152-1190). He attempted to conquer Lombardy (n. Italy) and unite the German princes - but the popes did not appr
Frederick Barbarossa
Gothic Revival
Neoplatonism
The Heian Era
33. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Dorians
Bourgeoisie
Islamic Culture
Neoplatonism
34. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Norman Conquest
Tokugawa Shogunate
Aegan
Ceasar
35. A collection of laws covering crimes - farming - business activities - and marriage and family. Many of the punishments were cruel - but the code was an important step in the development of a justice system
The Dark Ages
The Restoration Era
The Battle of Hastings
The Code of Hammurabi
36. The first religion of Japan - 'The way of the Gods.' Shinto celebrates the mysteries and unforeseen forces of nature. Animistic. According to Shinto beliefs - divine spirits called kami are associated with the awesome forces of nature - such as rushi
Arab Conquests
Shinto Religion
The Summarians
The Act of Supremacy
37. 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 Muslim Empire
The Romanov Dynasty
Alexandar the Great
The Hundred Years War
38. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Voltaire
The Phoenicians
The Pelponnesian War
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
39. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Holy Roman Empire
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Puritan Revolution
The Hundred Years War
40. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
The Lord of the Manor
Manorialism
The Renaissance
41. A war that broke out between the parliament supporters (roundheads) and the king's supporters (cavaliers). It ended with the execution of the king - Charles I
The Congress of Vienna
Agarian
The Assyrians
The English Civil War
42. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Elizabeth I
Mycenaean Civilization
Machiavelli
Nomadic
43. 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
Hugh Capet
The Commonwealth Period
The Magna Carta
Industrial Revolution
44. The French version of the American Declaration
African Savana
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Napoleon Bonepart
The Crusades
45. 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
The Ottoman Empire
The Glorious Revolution
James I
The Code of Hammurabi
46. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
English Parliment
Islam
The Summarians
Paul the Apostle
47. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Islamic Government and Religion
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Militant Socialism
Commercial Revival
48. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
Egyptian History
Aegan
Contributions of the Greeks
The Romanov Dynasty
49. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Mongols
The Holy Roman Empire
The Babalonians
The Palace of Versailles
50. 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 Thirty Years War
The Rise of Christianity
The Peace of Westphalia
The Israelites