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CSET World History
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1. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Watt steam engine
The feudal system
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
2. 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
Reasons for the Reformation
Ibn Battuta
The Roman Republic
The topography of Africa
3. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The ancient Near East: geography
4. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Water frame
Darwin
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Ottoman Empire
5. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
India: developments
Africa's geological diversity
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
6. Writing - Commerce - Government
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Mesopotamia
China: developments
Calvinism
7. (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
Turk Dominance
Islamic civilization: government and religion
The French Revolution
Charlemagne
8. There were three periods of feudal government
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Constantine
Indus River
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
9. 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
Calvinism
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Charlemagne
Jesus of Nazareth
10. His teachings influenced Chinese culture - Wanted to improve society - Taught that certain virtues are guidelines to happy life
Zoroastrianism
Flying shuttle
Confucius
Results of the Industrial Revolution
11. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Hindus
Ottoman Empire
Steamboat
Minoan civilization
12. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Feudalism: outcomes
Steam locomotive
The caste system
13. 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
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Zoroastrianism
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Islamic civilization: government and religion
14. Became the dominant Germanic tribe - Clovis - king of the Franks (A.D. 481-511) - was converted to Christianity - Domestic feuds and civil war broke out among the Merovingians (A.D. 561) - Political power shifted away from the monarchy
Constantine
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Islam
The Franks
15. 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
Origins of people in America
Egypt: developments
Spinning mule
Constantine
16. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
Egypt: developments
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Pepin the Short
17. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
The Carolingians
The Early Middle Ages
Myths
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
18. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
The Scientific Revolution
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
19. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
The Scientific Revolution
Manorialism
Africa's geological diversity
The ziggurat
20. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Confucius
The Age of Pericles
The Peloponnesian War
21. 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
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Mohammed
Capitalism
Modern influence of Magna Carta
22. 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
Constantinople
Origins of people in America
Islam in Africa
Alfred the Great
23. 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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
The Counter Reformation
Martin Luther's beliefs
24. 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)
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Greece: geography
English Parliament
The Aztecs
25. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
The Dorians
Rome's political problems
Alexander the Great
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
26. 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 Magna Carta
John Calvin
Spinning mule
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
27. 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
Development of the Renaissance
Alfred the Great
Rome's political problems
Coke smelting
28. Developed in the interior of the continent - Grew from an iron - working settlement - Huge stone structures were constructed - Economy was based on the gold trade
Spartan way of life
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Spinning jenny
29. The Norman Conquest (invasion of England by William the Conqueror - duke of Normandy) had a profound impact on the development of the culture - language - and judicial system of England - The Battle of Hastings (1066) ended Anglo - Saxon rule in Engl
Isaac Newton
England during the later Middle Ages
Zoroastrianism
Classical Greece
30. Became a revolutionary anti - Catholic movement - Basis of 'Reformed Churches -' which spread throughout Europe; Calvinism made Protestantism an international movement
Calvinism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The 'continental system'
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
31. 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 Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Sumeria
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
32. 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
Spartan way of life
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Water frame
General characteristics of the Renaissance
33. Mathematician - astronomer - Believed God had created the world according to an intelligible plan and that man could understand this plan through application of reason -'Three laws of Planetary Motion'
English Parliament
Greece: geography
Johannes Kepler
Japan's geography
34. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
Spinning mule
The Age of Pericles
The Peloponnesian War
Social Darwinism
35. Political outcomes: stability - leading lords emerged as kings - foundation for nation - states - Economic outcomes: self - sufficiency - foundation for urbanization - Productive surpluses and specialization of skills would lead to trade - Trade woul
Absolutism
Martin Luther's beliefs
Mesopotamia
Feudalism: outcomes
36. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Nicolaus Copernicus
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
Mesopotamian civilizations
North American Indians
37. The ancient Near East comprised the Tigris and Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and the Nile Valley.
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
The Carolingians
The ancient Near East: geography
38. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Effects of the Reformation
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Islam
39. Refers to the absolute rule of monarchs with unlimited power - The theory of absolute monarchs and the divine right of kings (rule by God's will) - Evolved from the limited power of the ruling class during the Middle Ages to the Age of Absolutism in
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Absolutism
40. 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
Darwin
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Indus River
Reasons for the Reformation
41. 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
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Background to the French Revolution
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
42. 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
The English Reformation
The French Revolution
The Counter Reformation
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
43. 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)
Hindus
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
44. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
The Renaissance
Jesus of Nazareth
Spartan way of life
Egypt: developments
45. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Rome's political problems
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Division of the Muslim Empire
Spinning jenny
46. 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.
Mongul rule in China
Mohammed
The Viking (Norse) invaders
Feudalism: political
47. 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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Background to the French Revolution
Absolutism
48. 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
The Hittites
Neoclassicism
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Mythology
49. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Mesopotamia: developments
The Dorians
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
Charlemagne
50. 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
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Arabs
Egypt