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CSET World History
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1. 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
John Locke
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Mesopotamia: developments
Constantine
2. The rise of feudal monarchs resulted in the development of the nation - states of France - By the early 13th century - royal authority had expanded and France had become a European power - Conflicts with the pope over the extent of religious rule res
Confucius
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
The 'continental system'
France during the later Middle Ages
3. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Pepin the Short
The (Protestant) Reformation
Minoan civilization
Capitalism
4. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
Pepin the Short
The Franks
The topography of Africa
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
5. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Water frame
Zoroastrianism
Iona
North American Indians
6. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The Phoenicians
General characteristics of the Renaissance
7. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
Egypt: developments
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Sumeria
8. 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
The Punic Wars with Carthage
River Valley Civilizations
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Results of the Industrial Revolution
9. The Hopewell people were skilled farmers and flourished in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys (200 B.C.- A.D. 400) - Mississippian culture developed in A.D. 800 and built large religious mound structures - The Anasazi culture (A.D. 800-1300) developed
The Peloponnesian War
India: developments
North American Indians
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
10. 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
Isaac Newton
England during the later Middle Ages
The Fall of Rome
Martin Luther's beliefs
11. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Manorialism
Constantine
Sumeria
12. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
The French Revolution
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
13. 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
Johannes Kepler
River Valley Civilizations
Christianity: basic doctrines
Turk Dominance
14. 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
Renaissance
The Phoenicians
Islam
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
15. (Islamic scholar - A.D. 1305-1368) spread Islamic culture by traveling widely
Background to the French Revolution
Ibn Battuta
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Sumerians
16. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Mesopotamian civilizations
17. A period of transition between ancient and modern Europe - Unique with a distinctive culture; out of feudal customs and traditions that included Greek and Roman classical culture - influences from the Arab world and the East - and tenets of Judeo - C
Social Darwinism
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Sumeria
Spartan way of life
18. c. 1000-1500
The Olmec
The Later Middle Ages
Mohammed
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
19. 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
The topography of Africa
Adam Smith
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Constantinople
20. The cultural period of the Stone Age that developed primarily in Europe between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods - beginning around 10000 years ago and lasting in various places as late as 3000 bce. The Mesolithic is marked by the appearance of
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The East African Coast
Islam in Africa
Early Japanese civilization
21. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Adam Smith
'The Communist Manifesto'
Minoan civilization
22. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Africa's geological diversity
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Islam in Africa
23. 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
The Assyrians
Nicolaus Copernicus
Contributions of the Greek World
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
24. 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
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
The French Revolution
The Dorians
Minoan civilization
25. 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
Indus River
Mycenaean civilization
John Locke
Hindus
26. No privileges/tax exemptions based on lineage - Government promotion was based on ability - Modernized French law (equality before the law)
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The caste system
Rome's economic problems
The Napoleonic Code
27. Lived and worked under Muslim rule - Most were self - sufficient farmers - The caste system dominated their life
Hindus
The Babylonians
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
28. 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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29. 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
John Calvin
Renaissance
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Greece: geography
30. 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
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The Hellenistic Age
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
31. Borrowed from China - Archaeology has revealed Japan's ancient past - Japanese culture developed during the Heian Era (794-1156) - Poetic form such as the Haiku developed - and literature spread
Spartan way of life
Early Japanese civilization
Mesopotamia: developments
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
32. 1785 - Meant that factories were no longer dependent on water sources for power
Darwin
Watt steam engine
The East African Coast
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
33. 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
The feudal system
Athens and Sparta
Feudalism: outcomes
The Roman Republic: decline
34. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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35. Established the first lasting monotheism - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in the destruction of Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (586 B.C.) - The revol
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Turk Dominance
The Israelites
The Franks
36. 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
Social Darwinism
Spartan way of life
Constantine
The Scientific Revolution
37. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Effects of the Reformation
Steam locomotive
Alexander the Great
Iona
38. Muslims controlled India for centuries - Muslim invaders came into India in the 11th and 12th centuries and created kingdoms in the north - The Delhi Sultanate was the most powerful (1206-1526)
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Mythology
The Mayas
India under Muslim rule
39. 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
Isaac Newton
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Mesopotamia: developments
Turk Dominance
40. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
Feudalism: economic
The Sumerians
Rome's economic problems
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
41. 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
Sumeria
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
India under Muslim rule
English Parliament
42. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Spinning mule
Water frame
Neolithic or New Stone Age
43. 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
Neoclassicism
The Mayas
Hinduism
Rome's economic problems
44. 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 Hittites
Cotton gin
Zoroastrianism
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
45. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
Zoroastrianism
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Steamboat
46. Lineage was the basis of tribal organization - Religion - politics - and law became the focus of African culture - Art and sculpture were emphasized
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47. Replaced the Franks as legitimate rulers - The Carolingian Renaissance resulted in the establishment of a palace academy with a prescribed academic curriculum
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Alexander the Great
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
The Carolingians
48. 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 Renaissance
Persian War
The Sumerians
Grooved rollers
49. 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
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Alfred the Great
Spartan way of life
Hinduism
50. 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
Ibn Battuta
The Assyrians
Indus River
The Roman Empire