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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
The Holy Roman Empire
Ceasar
The Magna Carta
Absolutionism
2. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
African Desert
Ghana
Louis XIV
Neoplatonism
3. 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 Congress of Vienna
The Shogun
Shinto Religion
Slave Trade
4. 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 Protestant Reformation
Early Japanese Culture
The English Civil War
5. 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.
Mycenaean Civilization
African Savana
The Israelites
The War of the Roses
6. ...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 Mongols
Confucius
Ghana
The House of Lords
7. Prompted by Louis Philippe giving up his throne - this was a new era of liberalism in France. Measures enacted included freeing slaves - granting all males the right to vote - abolishing capital punishment - the establishment of national workshops -
The Phoenicians
Bourgeoisie
Frederick Barbarossa
The French Republic
8. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
The Roman Government
Baroque Style
Egyptian History
Kublai Khan
9. 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
Ceasar
Dorians
Ming Dynasty
The Scientific Revolution
10. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Assyrians
Byzantine Empire
The Holy Roman Empire
Tribal Organization
11. 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
Rift Valley
Slave Trade
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Counter Reformation
12. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Kamakura Shogunate
Laisssez Faire
Greek Individualism
The Puritan Revolution
13. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
The Jesuits
Byzantine Empire Success
Calvinism
The Fall of Rome
14. King of England - Scotland - and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
Aegan
Roman Military Strategy
Martin Luther
Charles I
15. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Oliver Cromwell
Realism (Plato)
Paul the Apostle
Gothic Revival
16. 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.
Fuedal System
Charles I
The Code of Napoleon
The Scientific Revolution
17. 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
Tribal Organization
The Lydians
Gothic Revival
Mughuls
18. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
The Crusades
Tribal Organization
Contributions of the Greeks
Neoclassicism
19. Established the first lasting monotheism - Saul established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.) - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in
The Israelites
Islamic Government and Religion
Romanesque
Rift Valley
20. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Athens
The Congress of Vienna
Neoclassicism
Calvinism
21. 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
Roman Military Strategy
The Chaldeans
The English Civil War
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
22. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
Proletariats
The Early Middle Ages
The Reconquista
Islam
23. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
Hugh Capet
Manorialism
Mali
Kamakura Shogunate
24. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
The Romanov Dynasty
The Manchus
Nomadic
James I
25. 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
Henry IV
The Babalonians
The Thirty Years War
Roman Contributions
26. These people united and ruled most of India. After Babur invaded India - Akbar became the main ruler of this kind. They were great builders Taj Mahal - but their empire declined quickly (by 1750).
Mughuls
The Lord of the Manor
The French Religious Wars
The Franks
27. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
The Samurai
Tang Dynasty
Scholasticism
Romanesque
28. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The law of Primogeniture
The Israelites
The Assyrians
29. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
Roman Military Strategy
The Pelponnesian War
Early Japanese Culture
30. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
Constanople
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Age of Enlightenment
Cardinal Richelieu
31. 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
The French Religious Wars
Swahili
The Renaissance
Elizabeth I
32. 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
Calvinism
The Ottoman Empire
The Magna Carta
Rift Valley
33. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Constantine
The Peace of Westphalia
Augustus
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
34. Crused by the House of Lancaster
Turks
The Jesuits
The House of York
Kamakura Shogunate
35. 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.
Confucianism
Confucius
The Peace of Westphalia
Songhai
36. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Machiavelli
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Rise of Christianity
The Hittites
37. The rise of Islam
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Muslim Empire
The Peace of Westphalia
Hieroglyphics
38. 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.
Akbar
Egyptian Religion
Byzantine Empire
The Egyptians
39. 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.
Mississippian Culture
The Persians
Baroque Style
The Peace of Westphalia
40. 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
The Thirty Years War
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Ottoman Empire
Byzantine Empire Decline
41. The Christian name for Saul who had been a persecutor of Christians before conversion. - Was responsible for the spread of Christian theology & the resulting response from the Roman Empire.
The Roman Government
Paul the Apostle
Greece
Islamic Culture
42. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Phoenicians
Mongols
The Anasazi Culture
The Shogun
43. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Paul the Apostle
The Pelponnesian War
44. 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
The House of Commons
The House of Lancaster
Rift Valley
Mughuls
45. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Sparta
Bourgeoisie
Mohammad
46. 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)
Militant Socialism
African Rivers
Mississippian Culture
Akbar
47. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Byzantine Empire
The Protestant Reformation
Neoclassicism
Early Japanese Culture
48. 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
Akbar
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Act of Supremacy
49. 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
Martin Luther
The Hundred Years War
The Persians
The Summarians
50. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Anasazi Culture
Mississippian Culture
The Crusades
Charles I