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CSET World History
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1. A traditional or legendary story - usually concerning some being or hero or event - with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation - especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice - rite -
Myths
The Renaissance
The East African Coast
Steam locomotive
2. 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
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The caste system
The Age of Pericles
Adam Smith
3. 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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Egypt: developments
The Later Middle Ages
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
4. 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
Origins of people in America
Mohammed
Grooved rollers
John Calvin
5. 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
The Hittites
Reasons for the Reformation
The 'continental system'
Coke smelting
6. 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)
English Parliament
The (Protestant) Reformation
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
7. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The Age of Pericles
The Napoleonic Code
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
8. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Confucius
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Feudalism: economic
Minoan civilization
9. 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
Johannes Kepler
Mesopotamia: developments
The Magna Carta
Capitalism
10. c. 1000-1500
The caste system
Athens and Sparta
The Mayas
The Later Middle Ages
11. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
The topography of Africa
The Sumerians
The caste system
12. Writing - Commerce - Government
The feudal system
China: developments
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Spinning jenny
13. 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
Absolutism
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Mesoamerica
The Lydians
14. 509-27 B.C. Started after Etruscan control was overthrown - Society was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves - Government was based on consuls - the Senate - and the Centurial Assembly -
The Roman Republic
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Feudalism: political
15. 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 -
Ottoman Empire
The Incas
The East African Coast
The Scientific Revolution
16. 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
Islam
The Renaissance
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
17. 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
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Greece: geography
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Alfred the Great
18. 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 Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The English Reformation
France during the later Middle Ages
The French Revolution
19. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Myths
Water frame
Minoan civilization
Saul
20. 500 BC to the conquest of Greece by the Macedonian king Philip II in 338 BC; highpoint of greek civ - Sophic emphasis on the individual - revol of philosophy by Socrates - Plato's emphasis on ethics - Aristotle emphasis on observable reality - Herodo
Indus River
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Isaac Newton
Classical Greece
21. Economic prosperity - domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constantinople - monopoly of the silk trade - The Byzantines made excellent use of diplomacy to avoid invasions - and they were geographically distant from the tribes who s
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22. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Steamboat
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Adam Smith
23. 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 Viking (Norse) invaders
Muslim contributions
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Arabs
24. 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
Africa's geological diversity
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Christianity: basic doctrines
Origins of people in America
25. 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
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Grooved rollers
Division of the Muslim Empire
26. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
India: developments
27. 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
The Fall of Rome
Ganges River
The Magna Carta
Coke smelting
28. King Darius of Persia wanted to conquer all of the Greek city - states but Athens and Sparta resisted. Greek city - states vs. Persia - Greek city - states won. Athens emerged as most powerful city state in Greece.
Persian War
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Egypt: developments
Islam
29. 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
Background to the French Revolution
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
English Parliament
30. Concrete - arch - roads (200000 miles of roads) - aqueducts and cisterns - monumental buildings (the Colosseum)
The Lydians
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Alexander the Great
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
31. 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
Ottoman Empire
Sumeria
Mesopotamia
Background to the French Revolution
32. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
The Roman Empire
Mesopotamia
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
33. 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 Hittites
The Chaldeans
Cotton gin
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
34. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Watt steam engine
The Persians
Feudalism: economic
35. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Hindus
The Dorians
Capitalism
Alfred the Great
36. Began as an attempt by the leaders of the industrial and commercial classes to end the injustices of the French monarchy - a Reign of Terror against the aristocracy - The fall of the Bastille on July 14 marks France's 4th of July - Napoleon Bonaparte
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
The French Revolution
The Age of Pericles
37. The First Act of Supremacy (1534) marked the beginning of the English Reformation. - The king of England - Henry VIII - became the head of the church - The pope's refusal to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon initiated the break
Key provisions of Magna Carta
The English Reformation
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Absolutism
38. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Water frame
Greece: geography
39. Established a civilization in the Nile Valley (3000 B.C.) - Natural barriers (desert and sea) - as well as its isolation from other civilizations - greatly hindered foreign invaders; spared Egypt from the repeated political disruptions characteristic
Rome's political problems
The topography of Africa
Mohammed
Egypt
40. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Mayas
Ganges River
Development of the Renaissance
41. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Enlightened despotism
Capitalism
Feudalism: economic
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
42. Also called enlightened absolutism - Grew out of the earlier absolutism of Louis XIV (France) and Peter the Great (Russia) - Advocated limited responsibility to God and church - A form of absolutism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenmen
Enlightened despotism
Charles Martel
General characteristics of the Renaissance
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
43. 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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44. 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
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
45. Dominated the culture of the 18th century - There was an attempt to revive the classic style and form of ancient Greece and Rome - In literature - the novel was the outcome; in architecture - the Rococo style was dominant - In music - Haydn and Mozar
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Steamboat
Neoclassicism
46. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Islam in Africa
Constantine
Minoan civilization
The topography of Africa
47. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Myths
Manorialism
Japan's geography
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
48. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Alexander the Great
The French Revolution
Flying shuttle
49. The decline of feudalism and manorialism was evident by the 12th century and complete by the 16th century
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Iona
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Nicolaus Copernicus
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 'continental system'
North American Indians
Rome's political problems
The (Protestant) Reformation