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CSET World History
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1. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Mesoamerica
2. 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.)
India: developments
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Steamboat
The Roman Republic: decline
3. 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
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
John Calvin
Classical Greece
4. 1783 - Allowed iron - makers to roll out iron into different shapes
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Turk Dominance
Grooved rollers
5. Reflected the new secular trends - Humanism stressed the importance of the individual - Machiavelli's 'The Prince' stressed that 'the ends justify the means' as a political philosophy - The influence of the 'classical' arts was strong - and a new emp
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The Aztecs
Absolutism
6. 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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7. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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8. Conquered Sumeria and established a new empire (2300-1750 B.C.) - The code of Hammurabi was the first universal written codification of laws in recorded history (c. 1750 B.C.) - Ahievements included a centralized government and advancements in algebr
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Franks
The Babylonians
Division of the Muslim Empire
9. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Christianity: basic doctrines
10. 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
Adam Smith
Origins of people in America
Grooved rollers
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
11. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
The Early Middle Ages
The forest states
Capitalism
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
12. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The Incas
Absolutism
13. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Jesus of Nazareth
Mycenaean civilization
Laissez faire
14. 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 Mayas
Charles Martel
Martin Luther
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
15. The cultural period of the Stone Age that began about 2.5 to 2 million years ago - marked by the earliest use of tools made of chipped stone. The Paleolithic Period ended at different times in different parts of the world - generally around 10000 yea
The Franks
Steam locomotive
Mongul rule in China
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
16. 1807 - Built by American inventor Robert Fulton - The steam engine was used to build it
The Mayas
Steamboat
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
17. (Virgil's Aeneid - Ovid's Metamorphoses) - rhetoric (the art and study of the use of language with persuasive effect) - Continued the Greek tradition in literature - art - sculpture - and the humanities
Martin Luther's beliefs
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
18. (A.D. 871-99) established the English kingdom after stemming the Danish invasions
The Persians
Coke smelting
Muslim contributions
Alfred the Great
19. Institutions: hospitals - medical schools - libraries - universities - Agriculture: cash crops - crop rotation - Mathematics: algebra - algorithms - Arabic numerals - decimal point - Globalization: exploration - work of scholars - trade (Atlantic - M
The Holy Roman Empire during the late Middle Ages
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Social Darwinism
Muslim contributions
20. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Mesoamerica
The Assyrians
Iona
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
21. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Water frame
Jesus of Nazareth
Africa's geological diversity
22. 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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23. The agricultural organization and economic foundation of feudalism
Absolutism
Mesopotamia: developments
Coke smelting
Manorialism
24. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
Saul
Alfred the Great
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Constantinople
25. 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 Napoleonic Code
The Scientific Revolution
English Parliament
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
26. Ended in defeat for Napoleon and ended the French Empire; Napoleon was permanently exiled to St. Helena
Zoroastrianism
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
River Valley Civilizations
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
27. 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 Roman Republic: decline
John Calvin
Galileo Galilei
28. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Christianity: basic doctrines
India: developments
Key provisions of Magna Carta
River Valley Civilizations
29. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
The Age of Pericles
China: developments
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
Napoleon and the First Empire
30. 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
Myths
Arabs
Enlightened despotism
Mycenaean civilization
31. In eastern India - Sacred to Indians but was not the geographical river area that led to the development of Indian civilization - Associated with the rise of the Mauryan Empire in 322 B.C.
Ganges River
Water frame
Mesopotamia: developments
Galileo Galilei
32. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331 B.C.)
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Reasons for the Reformation
The Persians
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
33. Transformed society and changed the way people looked at the natural world - In doing so - science came into direct conflict with the teachings of the Church - Began in the 16th century - Important people: Nicolaus Copernicus - Galileo Galilei - Joha
'The Communist Manifesto'
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
The Scientific Revolution
34. The region that is now Mexico - Central America - and the western coast of South America
Mesopotamia
Renaissance
Capitalism
Mesoamerica
35. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
The Chaldeans
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Arabs
Coke smelting
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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
The East African Coast
The Olmec
Constantine
37. 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 Sumerians
The Fall of Rome
Islamic civilization: government and religion
The ziggurat
38. Class division of society - The decline of feudalism and manorialism - The commercial revival - Education - Philosophy - Architecture
Power loom
Islam in Africa
The Hellenistic Age
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
39. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The Phoenicians
The Roman Republic: decline
The Israelites
40. 4000-323 B.C. Organized warfare: Mycenae (military stronghold) - Sparta - phalanx (military formation - Literature: epic poetry (Iliad - Odyssey) - plays (drama - tragedy - comedy) - History: Herodotus (historian who reported the Persian Wars) - Thu
Contributions of the Greek World
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
Sumeria
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
41. Manor estates - Owned by lords - Peasant serfs given land to work in exchange for percentage of crop - Free peasants worked as skilled laborers - Dues and fees charged for tenancy - use of roads - bridges - etc.
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Neolithic or New Stone Age
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Feudalism: economic
42. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Zoroastrianism
The caste system
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Minoan civilization
43. 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
The Sumerians
The Incas
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
44. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Galileo Galilei
Alexander the Great
Nicolaus Copernicus
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
45. 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.
Egypt: developments
The Phoenicians
The Chaldeans
Mongul rule in China
46. 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
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Constantine
Nicolaus Copernicus
The ziggurat
47. 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
Manorialism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
John Calvin
Classical Greece
48. 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
Mohammed
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
The Assyrians
49. 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
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
Renaissance
Darwin
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
50. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Spinning mule
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The feudal system