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CSET World History
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1. 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
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
2. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Pepin the Short
The Sumerians
Manorialism
The Early Middle Ages
3. 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
The (Protestant) Reformation
General characteristics of the Renaissance
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
4. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
Martin Luther
The ziggurat
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Napoleon and the First Empire
5. c. 1000-1500
Mesopotamian civilizations
English Parliament
The Israelites
The Later Middle Ages
6. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
The Assyrians
The Lydians
Power loom
Alexander the Great
7. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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8. Constitutionalism/importance of a written constitution - individual rights - due process of the law - concept of a representative government - taxation with representation - trial by jury - Would later be a significant influence on the American Const
Modern influence of Magna Carta
American Indian culture
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
9. Writing - Commerce - Government
The French Revolution
Mesoamerica
China: developments
The Punic Wars with Carthage
10. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Age of Pericles
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
11. Military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution - Emperor of the French from 1804-1815 - His legal reform - the Napoleonic Code - has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide - Best remembered fo
Contributions of the Greek World
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mongul rule in China
12. 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
Turk Dominance
The Carolingians
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
The Early Middle Ages
13. 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
Mycenaean civilization
Darwin
The (Protestant) Reformation
Background to the French Revolution
14. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Mythology
The (Protestant) Reformation
Division of the Muslim Empire
15. 146 B.C. After which Rome emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranean - Rome incorporated Greek culture into its empire - Roman expansion resulted in a world republic
The Punic Wars with Carthage
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Ibn Battuta
16. Salvation through faith rather than sacraments - 'Ninety - five Theses' served as a catalyst in starting the Reformation - Luther's excommunication initiated the Reformation; Lutheranism developed its own following - Lutheranism decentralized religio
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17. 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 Dorians
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The East African Coast
18. There were three periods of feudal government
Japan's geography
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Confucius
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
19. The Muslim empire was ruled by Arab caliphs - Arabs conquered much of the Byzantine and Persian empires (including North Africa) and Spain - The Battle of Tours (A.D. 732) resulted in the Franks halting Muslim expansion in Europe - Muslim Spain laste
The Hittites
Arabs
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Mohammed
20. 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 Aztecs
Water frame
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Pepin the Short
21. Capitalism was regarded as the 'natural environment' in which 'survival of the fittest' could be tested - belief that some races were superior to others - that poverty indicated unfitness - and that a class - structured society was desirable
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Mesopotamia
22. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Cotton gin
Arabs
Grooved rollers
English Parliament
23. 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
Feudalism: political
The Carolingians
Development of the Renaissance
Adam Smith
24. Mathematician - physicist - and astronomer - The most influential scientist of the Enlightenment - Described universal gravitation and the three laws of motion - which dominated the scientific view of the physical universe for the next three centurie
John Calvin
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Chaldeans
Isaac Newton
25. Saw the development of city - states - East African civilization was based on international trade and seaport cities - Swahili culture developed its own language and thrived in the city - states - The Portuguese destroyed much of the East African tra
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Scientific Revolution
The East African Coast
The Peloponnesian War
26. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
Mycenaean civilization
The Carolingians
Turk Dominance
North American Indians
27. Region of great cities (e.g Ur and Babylon) located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth - dating to 3500 BCE - and which as founded in the Fertile Crescent.
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Ottoman Empire
Mesopotamia
Manorialism
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
The Scientific Revolution
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Roman Empire
Japan's geography
29. The pope was dominant in religious matters and the monarch in secular matters - A continuing power struggle evolved between the papacy and the secular ruler during the late Middle Ages
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Power loom
The Early Middle Ages
30. 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
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Rome's political problems
The Olmec
The Peloponnesian War
31. 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
Egypt: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Feudalism: political
Flying shuttle
32. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Feudalism: outcomes
Laissez faire
Flying shuttle
33. Rugged landscape of mountains and valleys - scattered islands led to the development of independent city - states (polis) rather than one unified empire - Scarcity of good agricultural land encouraged seafaring in eastern Greece - The southern mainla
Division of the Muslim Empire
Greece: geography
The Dorians
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
34. No formal system in place to choose Roman emperors; some chosen directly by the emperor - others were heirs to the throne - others were able to buy the throne - Informal and corrupt process of succession resulted in weak and ineffective rulers and ma
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35. Attempted to stem the tide - The empire split into the Western and Eastern Roman Empires - Barbarian invasions by Germanic and Asiatic tribes (the Goths - Vandals - and Huns) devastated Rome - and it fell in A.D. 476 - The Eastern Roman Empire at Con
Ottoman Empire
Constantine
Mongul rule in China
Indus River
36. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Charlemagne
Alexander the Great
Neolithic or New Stone Age
37. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Egypt: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
38. 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
Constantinople
Contributions of the Greek World
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
France during the later Middle Ages
39. 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
The Peloponnesian War
Darwin
The Roman Republic: decline
Adam Smith
40. Transformed society and changed the way people looked at the natural world - In doing so - science came into direct conflict with the teachings of the Church - Began in the 16th century - Important people: Nicolaus Copernicus - Galileo Galilei - Joha
The (Protestant) Reformation
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The Scientific Revolution
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
41. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
The topography of Africa
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Mesopotamia: developments
42. 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
Mohammed
Athens and Sparta
The Hellenistic Age
Feudalism: economic
43. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth (compassion for the poor and downtrodden) - Emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God - the sacraments as the instruments of God's grace - and the importance of a moral life for salvation
Feudalism: political
Christianity: basic doctrines
The forest states
The Napoleonic Code
44. An English philosopher - Believed that people made a contract with their government to protect natural writes - Wrote about the inalienable writes to life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - His political ideas had a dramatic impact on the dev
The 'continental system'
China: developments
The Phoenicians
John Locke
45. 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
Hinduism
Constantinople
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
46. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
India: developments
The topography of Africa
Steam locomotive
Key provisions of Magna Carta
47. Reflected the new secular trends - Humanism stressed the importance of the individual - Machiavelli's 'The Prince' stressed that 'the ends justify the means' as a political philosophy - The influence of the 'classical' arts was strong - and a new emp
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Ibn Battuta
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
48. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Background to the French Revolution
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Neolithic or New Stone Age
49. 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
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Neoclassicism
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
50. Renaissance secularism created tension between princely kingdoms and the authority of the Church - There also emerged within the Church questions about its worldly rather than spiritual interest in acquiring power and wealth - This internal struggle
The (Protestant) Reformation
Nicolaus Copernicus
Classical Greece
Ibn Battuta