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CSET World History
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1. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Indus River
Capitalism
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
The English Reformation
2. 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
The forest states
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Charlemagne
River Valley Civilizations
3. The ancient Near East comprised the Tigris and Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and the Nile Valley.
Japan's geography
Greece: geography
English Parliament
The ancient Near East: geography
4. Manufacturing: flying shuttle - Birth of the factory system: spinning jenny - water frame - spinning mule - watt steam engine - power loom - cotton gin - Iron - making: coke smelting - grooved rollers - Transportation: steam locomotive - steamboat
The Assyrians
Mesopotamia
India under Muslim rule
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
5. 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
Ganges River
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
'The Communist Manifesto'
Greece: geography
6. Hastened by the Frankish system of inheritance - The Treaty of Verdun (A.D. 843) divided Charlemagne's empire among his three grandsons - Carolingian rule ended in the 10th century because of the decline in central authority and the invasions of the
Constantinople
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The topography of Africa
Napoleon and the First Empire
7. 1792 - Made it possible to meet increased demand for cotton by mechanizing the process for separating seeds from cotton fiber
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Cotton gin
Enlightened despotism
English Parliament
8. 1483-1546 - Northern Germany - Rejection of hierarchical priesthood and papal authority - Questioned the right of the pope to grant indulgences (full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven)
The Renaissance
Origins of people in America
Muslim contributions
Martin Luther
9. 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
Background to the French Revolution
Alexander the Great
Darwin
Constantine
10. 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
Origins of people in America
American Indian culture
Ibn Battuta
Islamic civilization: government and religion
11. 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
England during the later Middle Ages
Galileo Galilei
Japan's geography
Ottoman Empire
12. 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
Charles Martel
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Effects of the Reformation
The Babylonians
13. 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
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
France during the later Middle Ages
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
14. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
The Aztecs
Watt steam engine
Origins of people in America
Greece: geography
15. 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
Manorialism
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
The 'continental system'
16. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Feudalism: outcomes
Steam locomotive
Ibn Battuta
Spinning jenny
17. Born around 6 B.C. in the Roman province of Judea - Became an influential rabbi - His death by crucifixion and resurrection as the Christ (Greek for messiah) were writings in the Gospels
Jesus of Nazareth
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The Roman Empire
18. The Abbasids overthrew the Umayyads
Division of the Muslim Empire
Rome's economic problems
Islam in Africa
Spinning jenny
19. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
The Phoenicians
Iona
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Pepin the Short
20. 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
Egypt
The Chaldeans
Turk Dominance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
21. A.D. 250-900 - Yucatan peninsula - Achieved a complex civilization - cities were trade and religious centers - excelled in many fields - including mathematics - science - astronomy - and engineering (pyramid building) - Only known written language of
Egypt: developments
Feudalism: economic
The Phoenicians
The Mayas
22. Pillaged the coasts of Europe in the 8th century - The Danes were responsible for the major invasions of England - In France - the Carolingian king was forced to cede Normandy to the Vikings
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Charles Martel
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
23. Arabs preserved the cultures of the peoples they conquered - Religious pilgrimages led to the spread of new ideas - The caliphs improved farming methods and crop yields - Military expansion also served as a vehicle for cultural exchane between the Ar
Background to the French Revolution
Development of the Renaissance
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
24. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Social Darwinism
Manorialism
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
25. 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
The Franks
Turk Dominance
Results of the Industrial Revolution
The Punic Wars with Carthage
26. Developed strong governments - Benin grew wealthy and powerful until European contact threatened society - Slave trade produced wealth for the cities and the expansion of the slave trade extended into Africa's interior - Trade - taxes - and a powerfu
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
The forest states
Pepin the Short
27. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The Carolingians
Zoroastrianism
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
28. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Greece: geography
Mesopotamia: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
29. 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
Origins of people in America
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Spartan way of life
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
30. An Athenian ruler who came to power around 500 B.C.E. - an introduces further reforms that advanced democracy. He developed ten social classes based on where someone lived rather than their wealth. Established the Council of 500 and a policy where al
The English Reformation
The feudal system
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
31. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Iona
Rome's economic problems
Coke smelting
Mesopotamian civilizations
32. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Islam in Africa
Adam Smith
John Locke
33. 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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34. 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
Ganges River
The Persians
Neoclassicism
Constantinople
35. Began in Italy during the 14th century - The Crusades focused attention eastward (on Greece and the Near East) - By the 14th century - the move toward secularization was predominant - Conflicts between the papacy and the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Development of the Renaissance
France during the later Middle Ages
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
36. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Ibn Battuta
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Aztecs
Sumeria
37. Began with the death of Alexander the Great - 323-30 B.C. - Fusion of Greek and Eastern cultures - A time of great economic growth and expansion; an increase in international trade and commerce - Rise of cities; Rhodes - Alexandria - and Antioch repl
Hinduism
The English Reformation
Nicolaus Copernicus
The Hellenistic Age
38. 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
Modern influence of Magna Carta
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Saul
39. 1733 - Increased the speed of weavers
The Israelites
Flying shuttle
Rome's economic problems
John Locke
40. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Mycenaean civilization
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The ziggurat
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
41. 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.
Mesopotamia
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Fall of Rome
Modern influence of Magna Carta
42. 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
Mesopotamia: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
43. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Feudalism: political
Grooved rollers
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Calvinism
44. 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
Feudalism: economic
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Water frame
45. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
The Punic Wars with Carthage
The Magna Carta
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Zoroastrianism
46. c. 1000-1500
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Ibn Battuta
The Later Middle Ages
England during the later Middle Ages
47. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
The Napoleonic Code
Power loom
'The Communist Manifesto'
General characteristics of the Renaissance
48. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Water frame
'The Communist Manifesto'
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
49. c. A.D. 500-1000 - Dark Ages: A.D. 500-800 - The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline - A struggle back toward stability
Adam Smith
The Early Middle Ages
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The (Protestant) Reformation
50. 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
Martin Luther's beliefs
The caste system
Contributions of the Greek World
River Valley Civilizations