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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Humanism
The Congress of Vienna
Ninety Theses
Minoan Civilization
2. The Heian Era commenced in 794 - and was a time when Japan gradually stopped imitating China - developing into a distinct new culture. The new culture mixed both Chinese and Japanese cultures - combining the faiths of China - Shintoism - and Buddhism
Constantine
Karl Marx
The House of York
The Heian Era
3. 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
Contributions of the Greeks
Byzantine Empire Decline
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
English Parliment
4. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.)- Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Chaldeans
Proletariats
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
5. 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)
Dorians
Scholasticism
Louis XIV
Ionia
6. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Battle of Hastings
Ceasar
The Glorious Revolution
7. 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
Ceasar
The Continental System
Marco Polo
8. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
Abbassides
The Palace of Versailles
Fuedal Contract
The Reconquista
9. 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 Nile
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Heian Era
The War of the Roses
10. King Louis XIII was a weak ruler and Richelieu filled the void - more or less running the empire via his advice to the king. A clever politician and strategist - Richelieu expanded royal power - punished dissent harshly - and built France into a grea
Cardinal Richelieu
English Parliment
Realism (Plato)
The Phoenicians
11. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
Mycenaean Civilization
Sparta
Kush
12. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
The House of Lancaster
Kublai Khan
Oligarthy
Islamic Civilization
13. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 - Russia experienced a period of weakness and disorder known as the Time of Troubles. Hoping to restore order - an assembly of nobles elected Michael Romanov to be the next czar. The Romanov Dynasty ru
The Renaissance
The Romanov Dynasty
The French Republic
Ninety Theses
14. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Scholasticism
Ionia
Mycenaean Civilization
Mongols
15. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Holy Roman Empire
Thomas Malthus
Peter the Great
Augustus
16. 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.
Militant Socialism
Byzantine Empire Success
Mississippian Culture
Shinto Religion
17. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Effect of the Reformation
Romanesque
The Israelites
18. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
The Protestant Reformation
The Roman Government
The Persians
Tokugawa Shogunate
19. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Hugh Capet
The Summarians
English Parliment
African Rivers
20. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The War of the Roses
The Lord of the Manor
Constantine
Martin Luther
21. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Byzantine Empire Decline
Swahili
The Near East
The Early Middle Ages
22. 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)
Brahman
Egyptian Religion
Minoan Civilization
Akbar
23. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
Laisssez Faire
Humanism
Islamic Culture
Peter the Great
24. 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 Franks
Karl Marx
The Reconquista
Byzantine Empire Success
25. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The French Religious Wars
The Anasazi Culture
The Scientific Revolution
The Code of Hammurabi
26. 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
The Romanov Dynasty
The English Civil War
French Revolution
Kamakura Shogunate
27. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
Tang Dynasty
Kublai Khan
The French Religious Wars
28. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
The Babalonians
The Summarians
Byzantine Empire
Benin
29. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Athens
The Council of Trent
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The French Religious Wars
30. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Hieroglyphics
The Reconquista
Dorians
Gothic Revival
31. 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
Realism (Plato)
Ming Dynasty
Oliver Cromwell
The Persians
32. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Class Division
The Huguenots
Kamakura Shogunate
The Renaissance
33. 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
The Continental System
Augustus
The House of Commons
34. 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 Anasazi Culture
The Middle Ages
Egyptian Religion
Confucianism
35. The French version of the American Declaration
The Anasazi Culture
Fuedal Contract
The Ottoman Empire
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
36. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Byzantine Empire
Mongols
Industrial Revolution
Mughuls
37. 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 Battle of Hastings
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Reconquista
The Fall of Rome
38. 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
The House of York
The Chaldeans
James I
The Lydians
39. 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
Early Japanese Culture
The Holy Roman Empire
Baroque Style
40. 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
African Savana
Akbar
The Continental System
Athens
41. 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
Paul the Apostle
Effect of the Reformation
The Magna Carta
The Congress of Vienna
42. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Ming Dynasty
The Act of Supremacy
Romanesque
Fuedal Contract
43. 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 Holy Roman Empire
Paul the Apostle
Constanople
Absolutionism
44. 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
The Dark Ages
Romanesque
The Hundred Years War
Cardinal Richelieu
45. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
The Middle Ages
Karl Marx
Norman Conquest
African Rivers
46. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Humanism
Songhai
The French Republic
Frederick Barbarossa
47. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
Tang Dynasty
Thomas Malthus
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Act of Supremacy
48. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The Act of Supremacy
Augustus
Ghana
Neoclassicism
49. 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
Fuedal System
The Magna Carta
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Bourgeoisie
50. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans - Saharan gold trade.
The Jesuits
The Persians
Mali
Machiavelli