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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
English Parliment
Norman Conquest
Laisssez Faire
Benin
2. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
The Persians
Confucianism
Charlemagne
Industrial Revolution
3. 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
The Council of Trent
The Magna Carta
St. Augustine
4. African Civilization developed here
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Egyptian History
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Rift Valley
5. 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.
Calvinism
Frederick Barbarossa
Genghis Khan
The Counter Reformation
6. 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.
Charlemagne
Agarian
James I
Songhai
7. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Summarians
Sparta
Athens
Roman Society
8. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Aegan
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Kublai Khan
9. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
Arab Conquests
Absolutionism
African Culture
Seljiks
10. The great rebirth of acrt - literature - and learning in the 14th - 15th - and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. - A new way of thinking. Which laed to future reforms for the catholic
The Roman Government
The Holy Roman Empire
The House of Lancaster
The Renaissance
11. 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
Mississippian Culture
Peter the Great
Islamic Civilization
The Hundred Years War
12. 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
Alexandar the Great
The Hittites
Akbar
Charles I
13. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Karl Marx
The Magna Carta
14. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Neoplatonism
The Pelponnesian War
Shinto Religion
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
15. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The Lord of the Manor
Mali
The Commonwealth Period
Aegan
16. 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
Bourgeoisie
Charlemagne
Frederick Barbarossa
Norman Conquest
17. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
Minoan Civilization
Bourgeoisie
Hugh Capet
The War of the Roses
18. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Henry IV
Ceasar
Egyptian History
Ninety Theses
19. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Mughuls
Seljiks
The Dark Ages
The Ottoman Empire
20. 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
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Tokugawa Shogunate
Class Division
The English Civil War
21. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Athens
Gothic Revival
Baroque Style
Fuedal Contract
22. 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
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Benin
Mali
The Code of Hammurabi
23. The rise of Islam
Oliver Cromwell
Islamic Culture
The Muslim Empire
Baroque Style
24. 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
English Parliment
Frederick Barbarossa
The Protestant Reformation
The Congress of Vienna
25. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Seljiks
Ninety Theses
The Shogun
The Commonwealth Period
26. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Voltaire
Henry IV
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Tang Dynasty
27. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Lord of the Manor
French Revolution
African Savana
The Peace of Westphalia
28. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Confucianism
Ceasar
Nomadic
Hugh Capet
29. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Hugh Capet
The Egyptians
Kamakura Shogunate
Egyptian History
30. 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
Islamic Government and Religion
The Battle of Hastings
Henry IV
Rift Valley
31. 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
African Rivers
Marco Polo
Charles I
32. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The Lord of the Manor
The Pelponnesian War
The Congress of Vienna
Augustus
33. 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.
English Parliment
The Act of Supremacy
Mississippian Culture
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
34. Took over Turkey from the Byzantine Empire and strived to expand its borders into Eastern Europe - mainly fighting the Holy Roman Empire and its various princes throughout the Middle Ages. Constanople the center. Over time it started to shrink and gr
The Rise of Christianity
The Ottoman Empire
Cardinal Richelieu
The Dark Ages
35. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Ottoman Empire
The Anasazi Culture
Byzantine Empire Success
The Hittites
36. Individual conviction of ones belief - The effeciency and organization of the the early church - Doctrines that stressed equality and immorality. The establishment of the Pope.
Greece
The Hopewell People
Humanism
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
37. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
Oliver Cromwell
Umayyad
The Puritan Revolution
38. 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
Charlemagne
Oliver Cromwell
Ninety Theses
The English Civil War
39. 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)
Fuedal System
The Age of Enlightenment
Louis XIV
Contributions of the Greeks
40. 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
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Glorious Revolution
Ming Dynasty
African Savana
41. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Henry IV
The Viking Invasions
The Puritan Revolution
The Israelites
42. 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.
Ziggurat
Voltaire
Baroque Style
Industrial Revolution
43. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Neoclassicism
Classical Art
Elizabeth I
The Scientific Revolution
44. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
The Early Middle Ages
Augustus
Humanism
The Puritan Revolution
45. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Genghis Khan
Confucius
The Roman Empire
Oligarthy
46. 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 Muslim Empire
Louis XIV
The War of the Roses
Kamakura Shogunate
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.
Mohammad
The House of Commons
Genghis Khan
Tokugawa Shogunate
48. 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
Islamic Civilization
Scholasticism
Constanople
The Summarians
49. The French version of the American Declaration
Constanople
African Culture
The Heian Era
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
50. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Mongols
The Protestant Reformation
Peter the Great
Militant Socialism