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CSET World History
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1. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Mycenaean civilization
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
John Calvin
Calvinism
2. Society was based on a strict class division: clergy and nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans were the work force - and serfs were tied to the land
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Ganges River
The forest states
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
3. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Constantinople
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Watt steam engine
Division of the Muslim Empire
4. 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
Persian War
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Dorians
5. 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
Social Darwinism
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Steam locomotive
6. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The (Protestant) Reformation
Indus River
Watt steam engine
7. 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)
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The Mayas
English Parliament
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
8. c. 1350-1600 - The revival of intellectualism - literature - philosophy - and artistic achievement - Spread westward and into northern Europe - Continued the road started in the Middle Ages that would lead to modern Europe
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Egypt: developments
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Renaissance
9. 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
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Persian War
The East African Coast
10. 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.)
Hindus
Johannes Kepler
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Roman Republic: decline
11. 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
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Alexander the Great
Spartan way of life
John Locke
12. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Grooved rollers
Rome's political problems
The Lydians
13. Warrior nation; created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Empire origniated in the highland region of the upper Tigris River but grew to encompass the entire area of the Fertile Crescent - Military te
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Ibn Battuta
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Assyrians
14. Originated in India (1500 B.C.) as part of the teachings of Hinduism - Divided people into four distinct and inflexible social groups: priests and teachers; rulers and warriors; merchants and artisans; and peasants and servants (the lowest caste) - P
Ibn Battuta
The caste system
Minoan civilization
Classical Greece
15. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
Sumeria
The Phoenicians
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
16. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
The Napoleonic Code
The Aztecs
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
17. 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
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Greece: geography
The 'continental system'
18. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Galileo Galilei
Laissez faire
American Indian culture
19. 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
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Ganges River
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Ottoman Empire
20. The oldest known civilization on earth - established in the Tigris - Euphrates Valley in the 4th millennium BC. Sumerian civilization took the form of a cluster of city - states - the best known of which is Ur. Sumerians were the first to use the pot
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Enlightened despotism
Charlemagne
Sumeria
21. 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
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The Magna Carta
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Phoenicians
22. Geneva - Switzerland - The Doctrine of Predestination (God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others) was central to Calvinistic belief - Rejection of all forms of worship and practice not traced to Biblical tradition
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
The Israelites
John Calvin
Calvinism
23. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
'The Communist Manifesto'
The Incas
Minoan civilization
24. 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
Confucius
Constantinople
Background to the French Revolution
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
25. 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
Contributions of the Greek World
River Valley Civilizations
Charlemagne
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
26. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Carolingians
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
27. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Isaac Newton
Arabs
Pepin the Short
28. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Cotton gin
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
29. 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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30. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Cotton gin
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Renaissance
31. The first system of independent states - The first system of writing (cuneiform and hieroglyphics) - The first massive architectural achievements (ziggurat and pyramid) - The first lasting monotheism - The beginning of science - mathematics - and ast
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Hindus
Ibn Battuta
Mycenaean civilization
32. Trade and commerce led to a high standard of living in cities - Muslim trade helped spread Islamic culture to foreign lands - Many factors helped trade expand - including no taxation and strong banking practices
English Parliament
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Renaissance
33. 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
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The Assyrians
River Valley Civilizations
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
34. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Water frame
Indus River
Steamboat
Galileo Galilei
35. Four rivers (Nile - Congo - Niger - and Zambezi) were important to Africa's economic history - Egyptian civilization developed in the Nile Valley - Africa above the Sahara (Northern Africa) is often associated with Arab influence - The irregular coas
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36. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Mohammed
Greece: geography
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Islam in Africa
37. In 'On the Origin of Species' (1859) - theorized that evolution is a continuous process in which successful species adapt to their environment in order to survive
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Spinning jenny
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Darwin
38. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Background to the French Revolution
The Sumerians
Mesopotamian civilizations
39. 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
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Greece: geography
Africa's geological diversity
China: developments
40. 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
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
The Franks
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
41. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Manorialism
Indus River
Adam Smith
The ziggurat
42. 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
The Phoenicians
Calvinism
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Renaissance
43. 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 Phoenicians
Steam locomotive
Adam Smith
The Carolingians
44. (Frankish military/political leader) Halted the Muslim advance into Europe at the Battle of Tours (A.D. 732); Martel's victory helped preserve western civilization
Charles Martel
Feudalism: political
Laissez faire
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
45. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Contributions of the Greek World
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Modern influence of Magna Carta
46. 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
Calvinism
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Origins of people in America
The Assyrians
47. 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
Cotton gin
Hinduism
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Nicolaus Copernicus
48. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Coke smelting
Ibn Battuta
The Hellenistic Age
The Early Middle Ages
49. 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
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
50. Established at Byzantium by Emperor Constantine as a 'New Rome' in the East in A.D. 330 - Strategically located (where Europe and Asia meet) - had excellent defensible borders - and was a crossroads of world trade - With the fall of Rome/collapse of
Effects of the Reformation
The Olmec
Constantinople
Johannes Kepler