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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Fuedal Contract
Agarian
Fuedal System
Mississippian Culture
2. A warlike monotheistic civilization that spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and were constantly at war. They are known for their brilliant arabesques and gorgeous craftsmanship
The Shogun
Realism (Plato)
Islamic Civilization
The English Civil War
3. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Viking Invasions
The Battle of Hastings
Brahman
Egyptian History
4. The scientific revolution brought about new mechanical inventions - The availability of investment capital and the rise of the middle class provided an economic base - Geographic and social conditions in England favored industrialization:
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution
The Manchus
Decentralization of the Germanic States
5. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Genghis Khan
Ming Dynasty
Mongols
Gothic Revival
6. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
The House of Lancaster
Islamic Government and Religion
Louis XIV
Peter the Great
7. 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
Roman Military Strategy
Alexandar the Great
The Continental System
The French Religious Wars
8. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Industrial Revolution
Arab Conquests
Abbassides
The Anasazi Culture
9. 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)
Commercial Revival
Louis XIV
Hieroglyphics
Humanism
10. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Rift Valley
Charlemagne
Augustus
The Peace of Westphalia
11. Continuous barbaric invasion. Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military. The rise of Christianity divided the Empire.
The Fall of Rome
Mississippian Culture
St. Augustine
The Renaissance
12. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
French Revolution
Effect of the Reformation
Abbassides
The Egyptians
13. 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
Realism (Plato)
The Palace of Versailles
The Magna Carta
The House of Commons
14. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Congress of Verona
Causes of the French Revolution
Commercial Revival
The Rise of Christianity
15. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Kush
The Shogun
Athens
The Samurai
16. A period in European history - between about 1000 AD and 1500 AD - when the power of kings - people of high rank and the Christian Church was strong
The French Religious Wars
Aegan
The Middle Ages
Humanism
17. 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.
Kublai Khan
The Code of Hammurabi
The Near East
The Counter Reformation
18. 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.
Ninety Theses
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Islamic Culture
19. 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
The Crusades
The House of York
French Revolution
The Heian Era
20. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
Elizabeth I
Egyptian Religion
The Congress of Vienna
African Culture
21. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
The House of Lancaster
Benin
Mongols
Islamic Culture
22. 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
The Commonwealth Period
The French Republic
The Samurai
The Persians
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.
Kamakura Shogunate
Absolutionism
The Renaissance
The Persians
24. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
The Dark Ages
The Pelponnesian War
The law of Primogeniture
25. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Gothic Revival
Slave Trade
Songhai
Byzantine Empire Decline
26. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Fuedal System
Agarian
English Common Law
27. 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 French Republic
Charles I
Tokugawa Shogunate
Absolutionism
28. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
The French Religious Wars
Fuedal Contract
Ninety Theses
Ceasar
29. 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
The Thirty Years War
Athens
Abbassides
Constanople
30. The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline A struggle back toward stability.
The Nile
Islam
The Early Middle Ages
Shinto Religion
31. 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)
Sparta
The English Civil War
English Parliment
Peter the Great
32. 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
Roman Contributions
Paul the Apostle
Charles I
The Commonwealth Period
33. 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
The Glorious Revolution
The Communist Manifesto
The House of Commons
Cardinal Richelieu
34. Roman laws - justice system - court system; language(Latin); Pax Roman a long period of peace that enabled free travel and trade Building Construction - engineering and road construction. architecture - literature - art - sculpture and the humanites.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Viking Invasions
Egyptian History
Roman Contributions
35. 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 Ottoman Empire
The Viking Invasions
Mississippian Culture
The Lydians
36. 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.
Oligarthy
Oliver Cromwell
Mohammad
The Israelites
37. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Sung Dynasty
Arab Caliphs
The Mongols
Voltaire
38. 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.
The Glorious Revolution
The Israelites
Confucianism
Nomadic
39. 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
Roman Military Strategy
The Continental System
The French Republic
Rift Valley
40. 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
Elizabeth I
Louis XIV
The House of Lancaster
The Peace of Westphalia
41. 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.
Karl Marx
The War of the Roses
Roman Military Strategy
The House of Commons
42. 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.
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Viking Invasions
Contributions of the Greeks
Fuedal System
43. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Byzantine Empire
Napoleon Bonepart
Henry IV
Mughuls
44. Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting
The Near East
The Commonwealth Period
Augustus
The Renaissance
45. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
Neoclassicism
Nomadic
Ziggurat
Elizabeth I
46. 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
The Magna Carta
Neoclassicism
The Congress of Vienna
Aegan
47. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
African Savana
The Hopewell People
Tokugawa Shogunate
Ionia
48. 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.
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Humanism
French Revolution
The Anasazi Culture
49. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Hittites
James I
The Near East
The Assyrians
50. 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
Fuedal Contract
Hugh Capet
The Glorious Revolution
Ming Dynasty