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CSET World History
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1. (Virgil's Aeneid - Ovid's Metamorphoses) - rhetoric (the art and study of the use of language with persuasive effect) - Continued the Greek tradition in literature - art - sculpture - and the humanities
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
'The Communist Manifesto'
2. An inequitable class structure - A disorganized legal system and no representative assembly - Enlightenment philosophy influenced the middle class - The bankruptcy of the French treasury was the immediate cause - The 'Declaration of the Rights of Man
The Incas
The Olmec
Background to the French Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
3. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Jesus of Nazareth
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
4. In 1215 - King John was forced by the nobles to sing the Magna Carta - Limited the power of the king and increased the power of the nobles
Martin Luther
The Magna Carta
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
5. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Zoroastrianism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
6. The emphasis was on man rather than God - There was a reawakening or rebirth of classical models - The ideal of the 'universal man' was widely held
Athens and Sparta
Rome's economic problems
Cotton gin
General characteristics of the Renaissance
7. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Myths
The Carolingians
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
8. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Ibn Battuta
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Water frame
The Hellenistic Age
9. The commercial revival led to the rise of towns. - A true middle class emerged - Economic activities in the towns were supervised by the guild system (merchant and craft guilds) - The Crusades led to the revival of international trade
Cotton gin
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
10. Became the dominant Germanic tribe - Clovis - king of the Franks (A.D. 481-511) - was converted to Christianity - Domestic feuds and civil war broke out among the Merovingians (A.D. 561) - Political power shifted away from the monarchy
The Franks
Constantine
English Parliament
The Age of Pericles
11. A.D. 570-632 - Emerged from the deserts of Arabia; appeared as a messenger of God (Allah) and a prophet of Allah's monotheistic faith - According to Islamic traditions - Mohammed was last in a line of prophets that traced back to Abraham and included
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Mohammed
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
12. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire - Thomas Malthus (1776-1834) theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production - The revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx advocated a violent overthrow of the present eco
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Rome's political problems
The Assyrians
13. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Steamboat
Alfred the Great
Ganges River
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
14. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Hinduism
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Steamboat
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
15. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Adam Smith
Background to the French Revolution
Alfred the Great
Cotton gin
16. Developed their own language and sophisticated system of writing - developed literature and poetry - developed the Shinto religion - placed great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners
Power loom
Reasons for the Reformation
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
17. (A.D. 768-814) A Carolingian ruler - dominated the political structure of the early Middle Ages - crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' by Pope Leo in A.D. 800 and had a major impact on the history of Europe - revived the concept of the Holy Roman Empire a
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Calvinism
Charlemagne
The Incas
18. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Islam in Africa
The Magna Carta
The Sumerians
The Israelites
19. Immediate cause: continuous barbaric invasion - Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military - including the use of mercenaries - The rise of Christian
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Mongul rule in China
The Franks
The Fall of Rome
20. That each person is born into a caste or social group - Reincarnation: after death all people will be reborn in either human or animal form; nothing truly dies and the spirit in death passes from one living thing to another - The cow is considered sa
The topography of Africa
The Aztecs
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Reasons for the Reformation
21. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
Renaissance
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The Phoenicians
22. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Calvinism
The Persians
Japan's geography
23. 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 Lydians
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Greece: geography
The feudal system
24. The Turkish empire - By the middle of the 16th century - the Ottomans controlled not only Turkey but most of southeastern Europe - the Crimea - Iran - and a majority of the Middle East
Muslim contributions
Water frame
Ottoman Empire
India: developments
25. 4000-323 B.C. Organized warfare: Mycenae (military stronghold) - Sparta - phalanx (military formation - Literature: epic poetry (Iliad - Odyssey) - plays (drama - tragedy - comedy) - History: Herodotus (historian who reported the Persian Wars) - Thu
Japan's geography
Ibn Battuta
The caste system
Contributions of the Greek World
26. There were three periods of feudal government
Mongul rule in China
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: economic
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
27. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Origins of people in America
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Watt steam engine
Renaissance
28. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
The ziggurat
Reasons for the Reformation
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
29. Foreign trade enabled populations to grow in cities and to become sophisticated - The family was the focus of Chinese life - Women had lower status than men
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
France during the later Middle Ages
30. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
The Carolingians
Steamboat
The Roman Republic: decline
Feudalism: outcomes
31. The Ming (native Chinese) ousted the Mongols - Ming (1368-1644) rulers limited contact with the West - The Manchus (1644-1911) overran China and followed a policy of isolationism - weakening China
The caste system
Muslim contributions
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
32. 20000-30000 years ago - during the last Ice Age - the first humans crossed over the Bering Sea land bridge into the Americas - As they migrated southward - they inhabited the hemisphere from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego - Their widespread dispersion le
Steamboat
Origins of people in America
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
33. Developed over many centuries - The first American Indians originated from Asia - Agriculture changed some Indian culture from a nomadic existence to farming communities
American Indian culture
Calvinism
Origins of people in America
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
34. Firmly established by the 14th century - Gained power at the expense of the king - Composed of the House of Lords (titled nobility) and the House of Commons (gentry and middle classes)
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The Scientific Revolution
Egypt
English Parliament
35. A dramatic increase in productivity and the rise of the factory system - Demographic changes (from rural to urban centers) - The division of society into defined classes (propertied and nonpropertied) - The development of modern capitalism
Feudalism: economic
The Assyrians
Alfred the Great
Results of the Industrial Revolution
36. As the Western Roman Empire was under relentless attack from barbarian tribes - people looked to the Church for salvation - The Church became the preserver of civilization and its unifying force in both political and religious life - Church entered i
Enlightened despotism
Ibn Battuta
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The Lydians
37. Established the first lasting monotheism - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in the destruction of Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (586 B.C.) - The revol
Charles Martel
The Israelites
American Indian culture
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
38. A totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor to sustain its agricultural system; state owned most of the land - Warrior state - dependent on a superior military (result of constant threat of rebellion) - Spartan citizens were outnum
Classical Greece
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Spartan way of life
Development of the Renaissance
39. A.D. 1200-1533 Northwest coastal region and inland region of South America (Peru) - Controlled a vast empire in South America - The Tiahuanaco culture developed in the Andes Mountains - unified an extensive empire - Developed a sophisticated record -
The Incas
Minoan civilization
Rome's political problems
Feudalism: economic
40. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The Dorians
The Carolingians
Jesus of Nazareth
41. 356-323 B.C. - Of Macedonia - Established the Hellenistic Age - Conquered Persia - Asia Minor - and Egypt; established a world empire - Bureaucracy replaced the city - state as the form of government - Following his death - dynasties were established
Constantinople
Alexander the Great
Alfred the Great
Constantine
42. 1200-400 B.C. - South - central Mexico - Developed one of the first civilizations in Mesoamerica - Developed an agricultural community - Developed the first calendar in America - Noted artwork in many media (jade - clay - basalt - and greenstone) - M
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Mycenaean civilization
The Counter Reformation
The Olmec
43. Individual conviction in one's beliefs (solidarity) - The efficiency and organization of the early church administration - - Doctrines that stressed equality and immortality - Teachings and doctrines developed by 'Church Fathers' such as Augustine we
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Hellenistic Age
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The Carolingians
44. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
England during the later Middle Ages
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Division of the Muslim Empire
Ottoman Empire
45. The medieval political unity of Europe was replaced by the spirit of modern nationalism - The authority of the state was strengthened - The middle class was strengthened - Calvinism gave capitalism its psychological base - Religious wars reflected th
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Effects of the Reformation
Charles Martel
Calvinism
46. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
The Phoenicians
Pepin the Short
Africa's geological diversity
Flying shuttle
47. Its geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slavs - and Seljuk Turks - all of whom were becoming more powerful - The loss of commercial dominance of the Italians - Religious controversy with the West and a subsequent split with the Roman Catholic Church
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Ibn Battuta
48. Ravaged by economic and political decline and repeated civil wars - Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. - Augustus became the first emperor of the Roman Empire (27 B.C.)
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Roman Republic: decline
49. 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
The Chaldeans
Calvinism
The caste system
The Renaissance
50. Emperors repeatedly raised taxes to support the ever - increasing needs of the army - Created tremendous burdens on the population - with the common people being most affected - Continual economic crises resulted in a rise in poverty and unemployment
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