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CSET World History
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1. Genghis Khan united nomadic peoples and conquered China - Kublai Khan became emperor of China - Marco Polo - the Italian explorer - opened the door to trade with China and described the Mongol Empire.
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Nicolaus Copernicus
Saul
Mongul rule in China
2. Egyptian life was dominated by concerns for the afterlife - religion - and the pharaoh - Medical advances and specialized surgery were major contributions - The Egyptians invented a hieroglyphic writing system - Commerce flourished throughout Arabia
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Adam Smith
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Capitalism
3. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
North American Indians
The Napoleonic Code
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
4. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
The (Protestant) Reformation
Rome's political problems
Zoroastrianism
English Parliament
5. 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
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Capitalism
The Fall of Rome
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
6. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Galileo Galilei
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
China: developments
7. Lasted five centuries - The Pax Romana (Roman peace) was two centuries without a major war (27 B.C.- A.D. 180) - By the end of the second century A.D. - Rome was in economic and political decline - which weakened the empire
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Roman Empire
Mesopotamia: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
8. (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
The (Protestant) Reformation
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Athens and Sparta
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
9. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
The Mayas
Feudalism: economic
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Scientific Revolution
10. 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
Flying shuttle
The Roman Empire
China: developments
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
11. (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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Steam locomotive
Charlemagne
River Valley Civilizations
12. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Steam locomotive
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
'The Communist Manifesto'
Spinning jenny
13. In eastern India - Sacred to Indians but was not the geographical river area that led to the development of Indian civilization - Associated with the rise of the Mauryan Empire in 322 B.C.
Neolithic or New Stone Age
England during the later Middle Ages
Ganges River
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
14. Astronomer - Challenged the Church doctrine of a geocentric (earth - centered) theory of the universe (Ptolemy's theory; was the prevailing thought for more than 1000 years) - Believed that the sun was the center of the solar system - and the earth m
The Roman Empire
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The English Reformation
Nicolaus Copernicus
15. Mainly composed of three regions: desert - savanna - and tropical rainforest - The Sahara desert dominates the continent (covers most of northern Africa) - Trade and commerce were connected to the geographical potential of the area - Large population
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Mesopotamia: developments
The topography of Africa
16. 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
Effects of the Reformation
The Early Middle Ages
Iona
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
17. Established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.)
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Saul
The Lydians
Manorialism
18. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
Islam in Africa
The Roman Republic
Saul
Alfred the Great
19. Borrowed from China - Archaeology has revealed Japan's ancient past - Japanese culture developed during the Heian Era (794-1156) - Poetic form such as the Haiku developed - and literature spread
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Mongul rule in China
Renaissance
Early Japanese civilization
20. 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
The Phoenicians
Origins of people in America
The Persians
The Roman Empire
21. The Hopewell people were skilled farmers and flourished in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys (200 B.C.- A.D. 400) - Mississippian culture developed in A.D. 800 and built large religious mound structures - The Anasazi culture (A.D. 800-1300) developed
Cotton gin
North American Indians
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Water frame
22. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
The Olmec
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The caste system
The 'continental system'
23. The Renaissance of northern Europe emphasized the teachings of Christianity and placed less reliance on humanism - The French Renaissance reflected a democratic realism - The English Renaissance did not flower until the Elizabethan Age
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Neoclassicism
Spinning mule
24. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Ibn Battuta
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Capitalism
25. Dissatisfaction with church ritual and Latin overtones - Humanism emphasized man's needs and concerns - The printing press allowed mass communication (Luther's 95 Theses were translated - widely copied - distributed throughout Europe) - Luther's exco
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Ganges River
Reasons for the Reformation
Feudalism: outcomes
26. 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
The Incas
Muslim contributions
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Flying shuttle
27. Considered one of the world's major religions and has influenced religious - political - and social thought for over 4000 years - Originated in the Indus River Valley of India and primarily spread to and throughout southeast Asia
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Hinduism
The Mayas
Alfred the Great
28. 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
Alfred the Great
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The English Reformation
Nicolaus Copernicus
29. Centers of Aegean civilization; depended on the Aegean Sea to develop and extend their culture - (c. 2000-1150 B.C.) developed heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare
Mythology
Mycenaean civilization
Alfred the Great
Isaac Newton
30. 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
Athens and Sparta
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
31. A period of transition between ancient and modern Europe - Unique with a distinctive culture; out of feudal customs and traditions that included Greek and Roman classical culture - influences from the Arab world and the East - and tenets of Judeo - C
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The Later Middle Ages
The English Reformation
Isaac Newton
32. The disintegration of traditional feudal loyalties - the rise of powerful monarchies - and the collapse of a single religious doctrine caused European intellectuals to think about new ways of unifying and governing nation - states - Their exploration
The Incas
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
North American Indians
33. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
Alexander the Great
The Napoleonic Code
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Reasons for the Reformation
34. An early Jewish convert to Christianity - was responsible for the spread of Christian theology and the resulting response from the Roman empire (opposition/resistance; Christianity firmly rooted in the collapsing world of Roman rule)
France during the later Middle Ages
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Classical Greece
Rome's political problems
35. (1848) - Written by Marx and Friedrich Engels - advanced the theories of modern scientific socialism
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36. 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
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Early Japanese civilization
37. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The French Revolution
Flying shuttle
Mesopotamian civilizations
38. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The Carolingians
Constantinople
Development of the Renaissance
Myths
39. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Grooved rollers
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Social Darwinism
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
40. A.D. 960-1279 - The Chinese Empire lost much territory after the fall of the Tang rulers - Advances in education - art - and science contributed to an improved way of life
Christianity: basic doctrines
The Roman Empire
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
41. Hierarchical and interdependent - Church - Lords/nobles - Vassals/lesser lords - Knights - Peasants (free and serfs) - Grants of land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty - Private armies of vassals and their knights protected lords and th
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
The feudal system
Feudalism: political
The East African Coast
42. Mesopotamia (Tigris and Euphrates rivers; southwest Asia/modern - day Iraq) - floods were unpredictable and destructive; flat plains invited invasion - Egypt (banks of Nile River - Mediterranean and Red Seas; Northeastern Africa) - India (Indus and G
Ottoman Empire
The Carolingians
The Aztecs
River Valley Civilizations
43. Mathematician - physicist - astronomer - With a telescope - provided the first observational evidence in support of Copernicus - Observed the phases of Venus; discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter; observed and analyzed sunspots - Was question
The Roman Republic: decline
English Parliament
The topography of Africa
Galileo Galilei
44. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Turk Dominance
45. Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' (1776) and advocated manufacturing as the true source of a nation's wealth (the laws of the market place and not government regulations dictate national economies); considered the father of modern economics
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Reasons for the Reformation
Adam Smith
46. 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 Aztecs
The Magna Carta
The Lydians
Early Japanese civilization
47. 431-404 B.C. - Devastated Sparta - Athens - and their Greek city - state allies - Sparta was victorious but unable to unite the Greek city - states - Greek individualism was a catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliances
Isaac Newton
The ziggurat
The Sumerians
The Peloponnesian War
48. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Constantine
Mesoamerica
Manorialism
Spartan way of life
49. There were three periods of feudal government
Mesopotamia
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Ottoman Empire
Modern influence of Magna Carta
50. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Ganges River
Confucius
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
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