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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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 House of Commons
The Act of Supremacy
The Hittites
African Culture
2. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Elizabeth I
The House of Lancaster
Minoan Civilization
Bourgeoisie
3. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Frederick Barbarossa
Mughuls
Classical Art
African Rivers
4. The great rebirth of acrt - literature - and learning in the 14th - 15th - and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. - A new way of thinking. Which laed to future reforms for the catholic
The Anasazi Culture
The Code of Hammurabi
The Renaissance
The Holy Roman Empire
5. 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
Egyptian History
The Shogun
Hieroglyphics
The French Religious Wars
6. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Minoan Civilization
Greek Individualism
Sung Dynasty
Oliver Cromwell
7. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Turks
The Lydians
Scholasticism
The French Religious Wars
8. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
The Restoration Era
Norman Conquest
Charlemagne
The Palace of Versailles
9. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Egyptians
Humanism
Mali
10. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
The Near East
St. Augustine
Hieroglyphics
Calvinism
11. 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 Holy Roman Empire
The Counter Reformation
Scholasticism
Gothic Revival
12. The revolutionary socialism of ____________ advocated a violent overthrow of the present economic system - History was seen as a class struggle between the exploiters (bourgeoisie) and the exploited (proletariat)
Karl Marx
The Hittites
The Holy Roman Empire
Industrial Revolution
13. 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
Mississippian Culture
Kamakura Shogunate
The Assyrians
The Hopewell People
14. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Mughuls
Sung Dynasty
Islamic Government and Religion
The Commonwealth Period
15. 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.
The Crusades
Mohammad
Charles I
The Viking Invasions
16. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The Roman Government
Industrial Revolution
Commercial Revival
Decentralization of the Germanic States
17. 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
Mughuls
Rift Valley
Turks
Abbassides
18. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Ashikaga Shogunate
Tribal Organization
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Roman Government
19. 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.
Class Division
The Code of Hammurabi
Arab Conquests
The Franks
20. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
English Common Law
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Congress of Verona
21. Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Marco Polo
The French Republic
The Crusades
The Holy Roman Empire
22. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Hieroglyphics
The Puritan Revolution
Ziggurat
Neoclassicism
23. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
Islamic Government and Religion
African Savana
Louis XIV
Martin Luther
24. 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
Machiavelli
The Code of Hammurabi
Augustus
25. Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages - culture - and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. (p. 552)
Peter the Great
The French Religious Wars
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
26. 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 Code of Hammurabi
Baroque Style
Turks
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
27. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
The Manchus
The Palace of Versailles
Byzantine Empire Decline
Ziggurat
28. 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
Shinto Religion
Ming Dynasty
Industrial Revolution
The House of Lords
29. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Songhai
Effect of the Reformation
The Dark Ages
Mongols
30. 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.
The Congress of Verona
The Roman Government
Commercial Revival
The Council of Trent
31. 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
Ziggurat
The Spanish Armada
African Rivers
Elizabeth I
32. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Causes of the French Revolution
Tang Dynasty
The Jesuits
The Manchus
33. 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
The Congress of Vienna
Bourgeoisie
Martin Luther
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
34. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Persians
Agarian
The Commonwealth Period
35. 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 Assyrians
Roman Military Strategy
The Act of Supremacy
36. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Louis XIV
The Huguenots
Ghana
37. 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
The Franks
The English Civil War
Shinto Religion
African Savana
38. 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
Classical Art
The Romanov Dynasty
Nomadic
Commercial Revival
39. 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 Summarians
The Congress of Vienna
Effect of the Reformation
The Phoenicians
40. The rise of Islam
The Peace of Augsburg
Islam
The Assyrians
The Muslim Empire
41. 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 Mongols
Constanople
Byzantine Empire Success
The Ottoman Empire
42. 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 Persians
Commercial Revival
St. Augustine
The Anasazi Culture
43. 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.
Roman Contributions
Napoleon Bonepart
Arab Caliphs
Cardinal Richelieu
44. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Thomas Malthus
Oliver Cromwell
Norman Conquest
Umayyad
45. The French version of the American Declaration
Elizabeth I
Islamic Civilization
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Athens
46. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Fall of Rome
Greek Individualism
The Anasazi Culture
The Renaissance
47. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
African Savana
English Parliment
Henry IV
The Scientific Revolution
48. ...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.
The House of Lords
Voltaire
Islamic Culture
Greece
49. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
The House of Commons
Agarian
Greece
The Glorious Revolution
50. 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
Constanople
The Renaissance
Egyptian History
Charlemagne