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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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 -
Seljiks
Ziggurat
The French Republic
Mongols
2. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Marco Polo
Mohammad
The Protestant Reformation
The Persians
3. 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
Roman Society
The English Civil War
The Hundred Years War
Class Division
4. 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
Rift Valley
The Thirty Years War
The Council of Trent
5. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Norman Conquest
Charles I
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
6. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The Holy Roman Empire
The Commonwealth Period
Aegan
Egyptian Religion
7. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Norman Conquest
Calvinism
The Persians
The Huguenots
8. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Militant Socialism
Arab Conquests
African Desert
The House of York
9. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
The Assyrians
English Parliment
Gothic Revival
African Savana
10. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Umayyad
The Commonwealth Period
Seljiks
The Lord of the Manor
11. The French version of the American Declaration
Kublai Khan
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The House of York
Kamakura Shogunate
12. 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
Kublai Khan
The Heian Era
Agarian
13. The Roman Catholic Church responding to the protestantism by starting their own movement -- they stopped selling indulgences and started 'Society of Jesus' or Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas.
Neoplatonism
Mycenaean Civilization
The Counter Reformation
Constanople
14. 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
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Seljiks
Contributions of the Greeks
15. 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
The Near East
Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire Success
Dorians
16. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Causes of the French Revolution
The Renaissance
English Common Law
Turks
17. 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.
The Restoration Era
The Roman Empire
Oligarthy
Mississippian Culture
18. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Augustus
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Genghis Khan
Kublai Khan
19. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
The Glorious Revolution
Ziggurat
Machiavelli
Marco Polo
20. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Islamic Civilization
The Pelponnesian War
Hugh Capet
21. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician - wrote The Prince - a work on ethics and government - describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that 'the end justifies the means.'
Charles I
The Holy Roman Empire
Machiavelli
Abbassides
22. 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 Israelites
Kublai Khan
Oliver Cromwell
23. 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)
Dorians
Aegan
The Congress of Vienna
Akbar
24. 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
Ionia
Martin Luther
African Rivers
The Viking Invasions
25. 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.
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Proletariats
English Common Law
The Pelponnesian War
26. An assembly of high church officials summoned by the Catholic Church to clarify doctrine and address reform in response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation.
Contributions of the Greeks
The War of the Roses
Mohammad
The Council of Trent
27. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Mughuls
Neoplatonism
Ceasar
The War of the Roses
28. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Early Japanese Culture
Baroque Style
The Summarians
Islamic Culture
29. 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 Shogun
Early Japanese Culture
Kush
Ashikaga Shogunate
30. Napoleon cut off all trade with Great Britain to try and make Europe more self - sufficient - an economic blockade of Britain. The Foreign Policy of Napoleon - essentially an effort to thwart English advancement by nationally prohibiting British trad
Karl Marx
The Israelites
Classical Art
The Continental System
31. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
The Hittites
African Culture
Sung Dynasty
32. 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 Jesuits
Ghana
The Franks
33. The class of modern wage laborers who having no means of production of their own - are reducing to selling their labor power in order to live
Ziggurat
Hugh Capet
The Huguenots
Proletariats
34. 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
Shinto Religion
The Congress of Vienna
The Palace of Versailles
The Renaissance
35. 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 Mongols
Elizabeth I
The Babalonians
Machiavelli
36. The Ashikaga Shogunate is the weakest of the three Japanese bakufu governments. Unlike its predecessor - the Kamakura Shogunate - or its successor - the - when Ashikaga Takauji established his bakufu he had little personal territories with which to
Ashikaga Shogunate
English Parliment
The Puritan Revolution
Realism (Plato)
37. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Minoan Civilization
Swahili
Calvinism
38. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
African Savana
The Assyrians
Brahman
Norman Conquest
39. Among the most vigorous of the medieval emperors. Clashed with the pope over the appointment of the clergy. Known as 'the red beard' (r. 1152-1190). He attempted to conquer Lombardy (n. Italy) and unite the German princes - but the popes did not appr
Oligarthy
Frederick Barbarossa
Hieroglyphics
Arab Conquests
40. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
The Palace of Versailles
Neoplatonism
Constantine
Agarian
41. 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
Byzantine Empire Decline
Roman Society
The Persians
Oligarthy
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.
The Hopewell People
Egyptian Religion
Athens
The Congress of Vienna
43. Members of the Society of Jesus which became most well known for their work in education of Catholics in Europe. They were devoted to preaching - educating the young - fighting against heresy - serving the Pope - and caring for the needy.
The Lord of the Manor
The law of Primogeniture
Ghana
The Jesuits
44. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
The Muslim Empire
The Communist Manifesto
Arab Caliphs
Tribal Organization
45. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Songhai
Romanesque
Turks
Confucianism
46. 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.
Byzantine Empire
Islamic Culture
Norman Conquest
The Act of Supremacy
47. 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 Continental System
Constanople
Mohammad
Sparta
48. King of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
Ninety Theses
Louis XIV
The Viking Invasions
The Roman Empire
49. 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
Classical Art
Slave Trade
Cardinal Richelieu
The Israelites
50. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Absolutionism
Athens
The Manchus
Agarian
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