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CSET World History
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1. There were three periods of feudal government
Alexander the Great
Steamboat
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
2. 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
The Israelites
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The Mayas
Capitalism
3. 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
Persian War
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
The East African Coast
4. The proper function of government was defined by ___________________. Their ideas led to the philosophical bases for the American and French revolutions.
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Charlemagne
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Grooved rollers
5. 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
The French Revolution
Background to the French Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
The Dorians
6. 1200-400 B.C. - South - central Mexico - Developed one of the first civilizations in Mesoamerica - Developed an agricultural community - Developed the first calendar in America - Noted artwork in many media (jade - clay - basalt - and greenstone) - M
The Olmec
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The Incas
7. c. 1000-1500
Sumeria
Minoan civilization
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
The Later Middle Ages
8. 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
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Napoleon and the First Empire
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
9. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Isaac Newton
Cotton gin
Power loom
10. Complex religion of gods - rituals - and governance (pharaoh)- Writing (hieroglyphics) - Engineering and building (pyramids) - Mathematics
The 'continental system'
Egypt: developments
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
The Roman Empire
11. 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
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Division of the Muslim Empire
The French Revolution
12. 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
Mesopotamian civilizations
The topography of Africa
The Franks
13. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Mycenaean civilization
The forest states
The Chaldeans
14. 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
Egypt: developments
Martin Luther
The Phoenicians
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
The Franks
Mesopotamian civilizations
Constantine
Social Darwinism
16. 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
The Fall of Rome
The Franks
The caste system
France during the later Middle Ages
17. 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
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The topography of Africa
Origins of people in America
18. 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 (Protestant) Reformation
Jesus of Nazareth
The East African Coast
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
19. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
The Lydians
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
India under Muslim rule
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
20. 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
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Calvinism
The Scientific Revolution
21. 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
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
Zoroastrianism
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
22. 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
Mesopotamian civilizations
Development of the Renaissance
Steamboat
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
23. 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
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Spinning jenny
The Early Middle Ages
The Age of Pericles
24. The Reconquista reestablished Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492 - Portugal in 1250 - The Spanish state was marked by strong - absolutist rule - The monarch instituted inquisitions and also expelled the Jews
Darwin
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
North American Indians
25. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
Hindus
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
26. 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
Results of the Industrial Revolution
India under Muslim rule
Neoclassicism
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
27. 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
Hindus
Classical Greece
The Franks
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
28. Writing (cuneiform) - Organized government - Written law code (Hammurabi's Code) - Systematized religion (Zoroastrianism) - Astronomy; astrology
Spinning mule
Islam in Africa
Mesopotamia: developments
The Roman Empire
29. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
John Locke
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
The feudal system
Hinduism
30. 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
The topography of Africa
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Iona
31. 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 Age of Reason/Enlightenment
Turk Dominance
Neolithic or New Stone Age
River Valley Civilizations
32. 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
Four key beliefs of Hindus
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Egypt
Capitalism
33. 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 Age of Pericles
India: developments
Nicolaus Copernicus
Classical Greece
34. 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
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Feudalism: political
The ziggurat
35. 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
Mongul rule in China
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Turk Dominance
Muslim contributions
36. Lasted five centuries - The Pax Romana (Roman peace) was two centuries without a major war (27 B.C.- A.D. 180) - By the end of the second century A.D. - Rome was in economic and political decline - which weakened the empire
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Roman Empire
The Carolingians
General characteristics of the Renaissance
37. 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
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Social Darwinism
Iona
38. The earliest Indian civilization - the Harappa culture - developed around the Indus River Valley in 2500 B.C.
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Division of the Muslim Empire
The (Protestant) Reformation
Indus River
39. 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
Mesopotamia
Ganges River
The forest states
Spinning mule
40. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
The Roman Empire
The feudal system
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Renaissance
41. A collection of myths or stories - usually about the gods and their relationships to human beings; the study of myths
Pepin the Short
Spartan way of life
Mythology
France during the later Middle Ages
42. 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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43. 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
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Spartan way of life
Flying shuttle
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
44. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Islam
Egypt: developments
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
45. 1779 - A power - driven machine that produced fine - strong yarn
Adam Smith
Isaac Newton
The caste system
Spinning mule
46. 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
The Fall of Rome
Darwin
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Constantine
47. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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48. 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
Capitalism
Neolithic or New Stone Age
Early Japanese civilization
The Franks
49. 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
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Water frame
The Hellenistic Age
The Assyrians
50. Education stressed the liberal arts. - Theology influenced both religion and politics - Universities were created in Paris - Oxford - and Cambridge during the 11th and 12th centuries - Latin was the language of intellectual Europe; vernacular was use
Egypt: developments
The ancient Near East: geography
Alfred the Great
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education