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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
The Reconquista
Mycenaean Civilization
The Crusades
The law of Primogeniture
2. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Constanople
Napoleon Bonepart
The Palace of Versailles
Alexandar the Great
3. 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.
Augustus
African Rivers
Humanism
Industrial Revolution
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
Paul the Apostle
Minoan Civilization
The Protestant Reformation
5. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The English Civil War
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Roman Empire
Greek Individualism
6. One of the largest military fleets in the history of warfare which was sent to attack England in 1588. The smaller English fleet was able to defeat the armada by using its ease of maneuverability and ended Spain's domination of the Atlantic Ocean and
Frederick Barbarossa
Fuedal System
Norman Conquest
The Spanish Armada
7. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
Brahman
Arab Conquests
Thomas Malthus
8. 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
Umayyad
The Renaissance
Hugh Capet
Abbassides
9. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
The Rise of Christianity
The Council of Trent
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
African Rivers
10. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
The Hopewell People
The Roman Government
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Arab Caliphs
11. 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.
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Middle Ages
Militant Socialism
Roman Contributions
12. 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)
Abbassides
Ionia
The Dark Ages
13. 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 War of the Roses
The Fall of Rome
The Manchus
Peter the Great
14. 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.
Ming Dynasty
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Continental System
15. 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
African Culture
The Thirty Years War
The Congress of Vienna
Hugh Capet
16. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Puritan Revolution
Cardinal Richelieu
The Jesuits
The Crusades
17. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
English Common Law
The Near East
Hugh Capet
18. 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.
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Mongols
Aegan
Neoclassicism
19. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
African Rivers
Slave Trade
Voltaire
The Communist Manifesto
20. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Karl Marx
Fuedal Contract
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Roman Empire
21. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
The Babalonians
The Romanov Dynasty
Machiavelli
African Culture
22. ...The House of Lords mainly consist of the peers and the people that have inherited their money. This House of Parliament has slowly lost its power to influence the system of government over the years.
The law of Primogeniture
Henry IV
The House of Lords
Ming Dynasty
23. Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
The House of Lancaster
Napoleon Bonepart
Marco Polo
The Phoenicians
24. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Akbar
French Revolution
The Phoenicians
25. 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
The Mongols
The Rise of Christianity
Arab Caliphs
Elizabeth I
26. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
The Congress of Vienna
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Near East
27. Entered China and easily changed the Ming dynasty into the Qing dynasty since they were sinicized before - Established a Confucian government with six ministries - a censorate - and other Chinese institutions - Were segregated from the Chinese - Forb
The Manchus
African Culture
Nomadic
Henry IV
28. 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.'
English Parliment
Machiavelli
Ceasar
The Nile
29. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Pelponnesian War
Kublai Khan
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Mohammad
30. 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
Mohammad
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Ming Dynasty
Byzantine Empire Success
31. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Greece
Mycenaean Civilization
The Holy Roman Empire
English Common Law
32. Renewal in trade/ growth in economy. No more manorialism. Expanded the social class and a true middle class emerged. Introduced banking and the Guild system.
English Common Law
The Code of Napoleon
Hieroglyphics
Commercial Revival
33. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
English Parliment
Islam
Industrial Revolution
Constanople
34. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
The House of Lancaster
The Commonwealth Period
Islamic Culture
35. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Byzantine Empire
Thomas Malthus
Byzantine Empire Decline
Agarian
36. 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
Neoplatonism
The Reconquista
The Holy Roman Empire
The Code of Hammurabi
37. 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.
Islam
Egyptian Religion
The Crusades
The Heian Era
38. 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 Society
The Babalonians
African Rivers
Charles I
39. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian History
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Egyptians
40. 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.
Songhai
Industrial Revolution
The Congress of Verona
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
41. 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.
The Lord of the Manor
The Lydians
The Act of Supremacy
The Egyptians
42. 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 Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Paul the Apostle
The law of Primogeniture
Effect of the Reformation
43. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Contributions of the Greeks
African Savana
Swahili
The Viking Invasions
44. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
The French Religious Wars
Alexandar the Great
Seljiks
The Samurai
45. African Civilization developed here
English Common Law
Classical Art
Rift Valley
The Renaissance
46. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
The Middle Ages
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Lord of the Manor
Ninety Theses
47. 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.
The Lord of the Manor
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Persians
The Hopewell People
48. 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.
Classical Art
The Counter Reformation
The Congress of Verona
Rift Valley
49. 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
Ceasar
Fuedal Contract
The Anasazi Culture
Gothic Revival
50. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Minoan Civilization
Brahman
The Franks
The Lord of the Manor