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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Industrial Revolution
Thomas Malthus
Charlemagne
Class Division
2. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
The law of Primogeniture
The Thirty Years War
Voltaire
The Reconquista
3. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Calvinism
The House of Commons
Peter the Great
Elizabeth I
4. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Constantine
The Congress of Vienna
The Hopewell People
5. 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
Brahman
Arab Conquests
Alexandar the Great
The Hundred Years War
6. 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 Hopewell People
Confucianism
The Roman Empire
Roman Military Strategy
7. 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 Phoenicians
Hugh Capet
Charlemagne
Fuedal System
8. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
Brahman
Laisssez Faire
Confucius
Elizabeth I
9. 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)
Peter the Great
The Glorious Revolution
Karl Marx
The Romanov Dynasty
10. Entered China and easily changed the Ming dynasty into the Qing dynasty since they were sinicized before - Established a Confucian government with six ministries - a censorate - and other Chinese institutions - Were segregated from the Chinese - Forb
The Manchus
Mali
The Muslim Empire
The Romanov Dynasty
11. 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 Mongols
The Samurai
Contributions of the Greeks
The English Civil War
12. 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:
Neoplatonism
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
The Communist Manifesto
13. 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.
French Revolution
Confucianism
Hugh Capet
The Hopewell People
14. Forceful seizure of governmental power
The Hittites
Confucianism
Absolutionism
Militant Socialism
15. African Civilization developed here
Rift Valley
Kamakura Shogunate
French Revolution
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
16. Were United by Genghis Khan to capture all of asia - which they did except for India. Asia under Mongolian ruler till grandson of Gings (Kublai) died and there was an overturning.
The Ottoman Empire
The Mongols
Alexandar the Great
Byzantine Empire Decline
17. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
Realism (Plato)
Gothic Revival
Roman Contributions
18. 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
St. Augustine
Cardinal Richelieu
Manorialism
The House of York
19. Document written in 1215 which limited the power of the King and established the principle of limited government and the fundamental rights of English citizens. The document also introduced such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of
Sung Dynasty
Laisssez Faire
The Magna Carta
African Desert
20. 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.
The Council of Trent
Egyptian History
Mali
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
21. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Ninety Theses
Peter the Great
The Near East
The Huguenots
22. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
The Viking Invasions
Umayyad
Brahman
The Babalonians
23. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
Absolutionism
The Franks
The Samurai
The Rise of Christianity
24. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Protestant Reformation
The Summarians
Greece
Mississippian Culture
25. 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 English Civil War
Tokugawa Shogunate
Sung Dynasty
Arab Caliphs
26. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
The Anasazi Culture
Charlemagne
The Ottoman Empire
Tang Dynasty
27. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
The Summarians
Hugh Capet
The Peace of Augsburg
28. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Paul the Apostle
Humanism
Slave Trade
The Scientific Revolution
29. 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
Contributions of the Greeks
Ming Dynasty
The Protestant Reformation
The Dark Ages
30. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
The Egyptians
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Kublai Khan
The Rise of Christianity
31. This was the French law put in place by Napoleon. It promoted equality before the law - toleration of all religions - and outlawing serfdom and feudalism. It also took away women's rights and outlawed trade unions and strikes.
The House of Lancaster
The Code of Napoleon
Hieroglyphics
Classical Art
32. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
The Roman Empire
The Early Middle Ages
Tang Dynasty
Genghis Khan
33. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
The Dark Ages
Egyptian History
Hieroglyphics
The War of the Roses
34. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Dark Ages
The Nile
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
35. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Protestant Reformation
Absolutionism
The Shogun
36. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Fuedal System
Byzantine Empire Decline
Dorians
Classical Art
37. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
The Huguenots
The Restoration Era
Agarian
The House of Lords
38. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Cardinal Richelieu
Bourgeoisie
The Renaissance
The Manchus
39. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Islam
Paul the Apostle
Athens
Genghis Khan
40. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
The House of Lancaster
Neoplatonism
African Desert
Constanople
41. African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. Important iron working center.
The Phoenicians
Kush
Cardinal Richelieu
Swahili
42. They were polytheistic worshiping over 2000 gods and goddesses. They believed in the afterlife and that they would be judged for their life. They had sacred burials. Ruled by Pharoahs.
Egyptian Religion
Swahili
Baroque Style
Confucianism
43. 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.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
English Common Law
Islamic Government and Religion
Causes of the French Revolution
44. 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.
Ming Dynasty
Contributions of the Greeks
Oliver Cromwell
Laisssez Faire
45. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Tokugawa Shogunate
Romanesque
Scholasticism
The Holy Roman Empire
46. 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.
Agarian
Genghis Khan
Thomas Malthus
Marco Polo
47. 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
Agarian
The Protestant Reformation
The Nile
James I
48. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Ziggurat
Norman Conquest
Benin
Paul the Apostle
49. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Egyptian History
The Roman Government
Arab Caliphs
Decentralization of the Germanic States
50. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Oliver Cromwell
Slave Trade
The Protestant Reformation