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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
The Franks
Contributions of the Greeks
Napoleon Bonepart
Umayyad
2. The most of the power lies on the shoulders of the House of the Commons. The Commons is elected by the people. The commons grant money - and is the law- making body in the british government.The commons pick the Prime Minister.
The Nile
The Persians
The Congress of Vienna
The House of Commons
3. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The Peace of Augsburg
Agarian
Baroque Style
The Congress of Vienna
4. 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
Proletariats
The Viking Invasions
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Songhai
5. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mali
Neoclassicism
Greek Individualism
6. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
The Scientific Revolution
Shinto Religion
Slave Trade
Islam
7. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Industrial Revolution
The Samurai
Humanism
8. An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production.
Frederick Barbarossa
The law of Primogeniture
Manorialism
Voltaire
9. 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
Early Japanese Culture
Byzantine Empire
Dorians
The Thirty Years War
10. 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
English Parliment
Akbar
The English Civil War
Greece
11. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Calvinism
The Counter Reformation
The Roman Empire
The Lord of the Manor
12. 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
The Council of Trent
The Romanov Dynasty
Classical Art
Gothic Revival
13. 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.
The Act of Supremacy
The House of York
African Savana
English Common Law
14. Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.). His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials.
Confucius
The Dark Ages
The Act of Supremacy
Sparta
15. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
The Magna Carta
Peter the Great
Fuedal System
Norman Conquest
16. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Egyptian Religion
Egyptian History
Dorians
The Roman Empire
17. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Fall of Rome
Ziggurat
Alexandar the Great
18. 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.
St. Augustine
The Restoration Era
Shinto Religion
The Middle Ages
19. 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
The Continental System
The Huguenots
The Crusades
The Peace of Augsburg
20. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Genghis Khan
Abbassides
The Jesuits
The Rise of Christianity
21. The English Parliament drove out an absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's William and Mary. 1688 - change of who is in power without bloodshed. Established the supremacy of Parliment.
Sung Dynasty
Arab Conquests
The Counter Reformation
The Glorious Revolution
22. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
The Dark Ages
The Lord of the Manor
Confucianism
Realism (Plato)
23. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Augustus
Class Division
The Congress of Vienna
The Spanish Armada
24. 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
Effect of the Reformation
Islamic Civilization
Baroque Style
The Scientific Revolution
25. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Neoclassicism
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Arab Caliphs
The Congress of Verona
26. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
The Holy Roman Empire
Humanism
African Rivers
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.
Mongols
Rift Valley
Realism (Plato)
Aegan
28. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
Martin Luther
Ceasar
Songhai
29. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Agarian
The Counter Reformation
Absolutionism
30. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Greek Individualism
The Act of Supremacy
Agarian
31. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Protestant Reformation
Kamakura Shogunate
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Commonwealth Period
32. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
Agarian
Islamic Culture
The Glorious Revolution
33. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
English Parliment
Arab Conquests
34. 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
African Rivers
Confucius
Arab Conquests
35. 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
Ming Dynasty
Absolutionism
Frederick Barbarossa
Constanople
36. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Renaissance
Roman Contributions
Arab Conquests
37. 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
Mississippian Culture
Akbar
Roman Military Strategy
Brahman
38. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Industrial Revolution
The Shogun
The Scientific Revolution
The Manchus
39. 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.
Laisssez Faire
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Commercial Revival
The Early Middle Ages
40. 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 -
Tribal Organization
Frederick Barbarossa
Ghana
The French Republic
41. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Fuedal Contract
Confucius
The Assyrians
The Holy Roman Empire
42. 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.
Proletariats
Sparta
The Hundred Years War
The Viking Invasions
43. 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 Shogun
Rift Valley
The Renaissance
Scholasticism
44. 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
Constanople
Charles I
The Anasazi Culture
Dorians
45. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
The House of Commons
African Savana
Greece
Shinto Religion
46. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Manorialism
The Restoration Era
Gothic Revival
The Lord of the Manor
47. 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.
Islam
The Reconquista
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Counter Reformation
48. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The Restoration Era
The Hittites
The House of York
Frederick Barbarossa
49. 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
Neoclassicism
The Communist Manifesto
The Congress of Vienna
Augustus
50. 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.
Akbar
Marco Polo
French Revolution
The Hopewell People