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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
The Code of Napoleon
The Restoration Era
Cardinal Richelieu
The Near East
2. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
Martin Luther
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Kush
3. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
The Middle Ages
The Counter Reformation
The Roman Empire
Humanism
4. 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
Arab Conquests
The Code of Napoleon
The Middle Ages
Turks
5. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Hopewell People
Agarian
The Peace of Augsburg
The Roman Government
6. Western Europe no longer united by religion - Weakens power and influence of the Catholic Church The power of states was strenthened as was the middle class. Encourages education - people encouraged to read the bible and interpret it individually
The Code of Hammurabi
The Chaldeans
Effect of the Reformation
The Palace of Versailles
7. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Peace of Augsburg
Athens
Arab Conquests
The Code of Hammurabi
8. The French version of the American Declaration
The Huguenots
The Summarians
The Restoration Era
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
9. 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
The Fall of Rome
Humanism
The Palace of Versailles
10. 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.
English Common Law
Manorialism
Constanople
Absolutionism
11. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Assyrians
The Summarians
The English Civil War
Commercial Revival
12. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Elizabeth I
The Lord of the Manor
Constantine
The Continental System
13. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Scholasticism
The Magna Carta
Henry IV
Augustus
14. Te monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
Islam
The Palace of Versailles
Calvinism
The Phoenicians
15. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The House of York
The Congress of Verona
Class Division
Aegan
16. 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.
Islamic Civilization
Egyptian Religion
Early Japanese Culture
James I
17. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Cardinal Richelieu
Early Japanese Culture
Akbar
18. Domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constintanople and a monopoly on the silk trade. Excellant use of diplonmacy to avoid invasions. Geographically distant from the tribes who sacked Rome. Codification of Roman Law. A forstress ci
Islamic Civilization
Frederick Barbarossa
Byzantine Empire Success
The Persians
19. 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 Early Middle Ages
Effect of the Reformation
The Hundred Years War
The Peace of Westphalia
20. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
Byzantine Empire Success
Kublai Khan
The Renaissance
African Culture
21. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Byzantine Empire
Akbar
African Savana
Neoplatonism
22. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
Baroque Style
The Hopewell People
The Peace of Augsburg
The Lydians
23. 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
Gothic Revival
Henry IV
The Franks
The Counter Reformation
24. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
African Savana
The Lydians
Turks
The Ottoman Empire
25. Greek city - state that was ruled by an oligarchy - focused on military - used slaves for agriculture - discouraged the arts. Developed a totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor.
Greece
The Magna Carta
Sparta
Elizabeth I
26. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
The Lydians
Alexandar the Great
Elizabeth I
The English Civil War
27. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
The Dark Ages
Akbar
Class Division
Mongols
28. 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
Slave Trade
Machiavelli
Calvinism
29. 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
Henry IV
The Palace of Versailles
The Phoenicians
Shinto Religion
30. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
The Hundred Years War
The Phoenicians
The Communist Manifesto
31. This was the 2nd law passed by Parliament for King Henry VIII. It said that King Henry VIII was the only supreme head of the Church of England - and this church was formed from this act.
The Act of Supremacy
Tang Dynasty
Neoplatonism
The Commonwealth Period
32. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Battle of Hastings
The Lord of the Manor
The Near East
Arab Caliphs
33. The separation of people into different social groups like lower class - upper class. Clergy & nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans wer the work force and serfs were tied to the land.
Manorialism
Mohammad
African Desert
Class Division
34. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
The Hittites
The Dark Ages
Manorialism
35. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
The Samurai
Neoclassicism
Neoplatonism
Benin
36. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Ziggurat
Umayyad
The Mongols
The Dark Ages
37. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
Hieroglyphics
The Muslim Empire
The Middle Ages
The Lydians
38. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Nomadic
The Ottoman Empire
Athens
Mali
39. Military Genius of France - who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America.
Napoleon Bonepart
The Franks
The Early Middle Ages
Realism (Plato)
40. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The House of Commons
The Battle of Hastings
French Revolution
The Congress of Verona
41. A war that occurred between 1618 and 1648; it was mainly a civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over religious and political issues; it also involved the countries of Spain - France - Denmark - and Sweden
Abbassides
Slave Trade
The Pelponnesian War
The Thirty Years War
42. 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
Aegan
Greek Individualism
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Bourgeoisie
43. 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 Viking Invasions
Greece
Commercial Revival
Tokugawa Shogunate
44. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
The Israelites
Romanesque
The Hittites
The Nile
45. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Mycenaean Civilization
Calvinism
Norman Conquest
Cardinal Richelieu
46. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Arab Caliphs
The Anasazi Culture
The Magna Carta
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
47. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
The Heian Era
Early Japanese Culture
African Desert
Confucianism
48. 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
Greek Individualism
The Holy Roman Empire
Ziggurat
The Manchus
49. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Military Strategy
The Hittites
Roman Society
The Thirty Years War
50. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Slave Trade
Egyptian Religion
Peter the Great
Fuedal Contract