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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Baroque Style
The Congress of Verona
Effect of the Reformation
Marco Polo
2. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos
The Communist Manifesto
African Rivers
The Mongols
The Commonwealth Period
3. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Glorious Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
The Hittites
The Roman Empire
4. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
The Egyptians
Islamic Government and Religion
The Jesuits
Tribal Organization
5. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Magna Carta
The Roman Government
The Holy Roman Empire
Industrial Revolution
6. 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.
Confucianism
French Revolution
Ghana
African Rivers
7. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Early Japanese Culture
Tokugawa Shogunate
Mughuls
The Egyptians
8. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Hieroglyphics
Byzantine Empire Decline
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
9. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Genghis Khan
Norman Conquest
Classical Art
Militant Socialism
10. 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 Samurai
The Continental System
The Protestant Reformation
The Glorious Revolution
11. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Commonwealth Period
The Dark Ages
The Crusades
12. Divide and conquer - attack one enemy at a time - always ally with the weak power against the strong - then conquer both afterwards. Give conquered people a stake/citizenship in the empire - respect local religions and traditions. Demand loyalty and
Roman Military Strategy
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Huguenots
Umayyad
13. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
The Nile
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Tribal Organization
Norman Conquest
14. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Hugh Capet
Arab Caliphs
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution
15. 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.
The Franks
English Common Law
Alexandar the Great
The Act of Supremacy
16. 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 Middle Ages
Rift Valley
Industrial Revolution
Greece
17. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Slave Trade
Islamic Culture
African Desert
Islam
18. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Athens
The Lord of the Manor
The Anasazi Culture
James I
19. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Alexandar the Great
The Lord of the Manor
The Rise of Christianity
Laisssez Faire
20. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
Class Division
Islamic Civilization
Neoplatonism
21. 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
The Palace of Versailles
Laisssez Faire
The House of Lords
22. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
The Holy Roman Empire
Industrial Revolution
Romanesque
The Viking Invasions
23. 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
The Crusades
Constantine
Benin
Akbar
24. Following the Hundred Years' war - civil war broke out between these two rival branches of the English royal Family - Lancaster claimed the throne of England when the Hundred Year finally ended
Brahman
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Shogun
The House of Lancaster
25. 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
Constantine
Byzantine Empire Decline
Mongols
The Commonwealth Period
26. 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:
Mississippian Culture
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Israelites
Kamakura Shogunate
27. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Agarian
The Spanish Armada
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Roman Empire
28. Area along the central west coast of Asia Minor colonized by settlers from mainland Greece from about 1000 BC. Ionian Greeks - including Homer - played a central role in the early development of Greek history and literature following the Dark Ages. B
Thomas Malthus
The Holy Roman Empire
The Chaldeans
Ionia
29. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Constantine
Egyptian History
The Holy Roman Empire
Cardinal Richelieu
30. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
Mongols
The Hittites
The Palace of Versailles
Martin Luther
31. A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics - astronomy - and biology - in institutions supporting scientific investigation - and in the more widely held picture of the universe
The Scientific Revolution
The Shogun
The Manchus
The Peace of Augsburg
32. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
English Common Law
St. Augustine
Laisssez Faire
The Congress of Verona
33. 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 War of the Roses
Bourgeoisie
Byzantine Empire Success
The Israelites
34. 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
Oligarthy
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Tribal Organization
Cardinal Richelieu
35. Crused by the House of Lancaster
Rift Valley
The Middle Ages
Arab Conquests
The House of York
36. 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 Israelites
The law of Primogeniture
Islamic Civilization
The Congress of Vienna
37. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Spanish Armada
The Reconquista
The Shogun
Louis XIV
38. 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)
Voltaire
The Scientific Revolution
Genghis Khan
Peter the Great
39. 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
Arab Conquests
The English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell
Causes of the French Revolution
40. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Industrial Revolution
Augustus
The Act of Supremacy
Ionia
41. A warlike monotheistic civilization that spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and were constantly at war. They are known for their brilliant arabesques and gorgeous craftsmanship
The War of the Roses
Islamic Civilization
Commercial Revival
The Age of Enlightenment
42. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Early Middle Ages
Humanism
The Israelites
The Pelponnesian War
43. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Absolutionism
Kush
The Shogun
Hieroglyphics
44. 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.
The Act of Supremacy
The Anasazi Culture
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Roman Society
45. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Cardinal Richelieu
Henry IV
Marco Polo
46. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
Ghana
Charles I
The Pelponnesian War
47. 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 Egyptians
The Commonwealth Period
Shinto Religion
The House of Lancaster
48. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
The Counter Reformation
The Palace of Versailles
The Muslim Empire
Tribal Organization
49. 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
Aegan
The Romanov Dynasty
Mycenaean Civilization
Sung Dynasty
50. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Babalonians
Brahman
The Crusades