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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Umayyad
Athens
Byzantine Empire
2. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
Alexandar the Great
Dorians
The Persians
3. The Founder of Islam. Muslims believe that Mohammad was God's last Prophet and that he received the word of God from the angel Gabriel.
Mohammad
The Heian Era
Ziggurat
African Rivers
4. Among the most vigorous of the medieval emperors. Clashed with the pope over the appointment of the clergy. Known as 'the red beard' (r. 1152-1190). He attempted to conquer Lombardy (n. Italy) and unite the German princes - but the popes did not appr
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Summarians
Benin
Frederick Barbarossa
5. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
Ziggurat
The Mongols
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Mohammad
6. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The House of York
English Common Law
Norman Conquest
The Nile
7. One of the largest military fleets in the history of warfare which was sent to attack England in 1588. The smaller English fleet was able to defeat the armada by using its ease of maneuverability and ended Spain's domination of the Atlantic Ocean and
The Peace of Westphalia
Marco Polo
The Spanish Armada
Hieroglyphics
8. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Commonwealth Period
African Culture
Bourgeoisie
James I
9. A religious wars in France that started because of the Concordat of Bologna. This war was not only a religious war but a class war. It was between the Huguenots - who were Upper - class intellectuals who were Calvinist vs. the average poor French Cat
The French Religious Wars
Mississippian Culture
Kamakura Shogunate
Realism (Plato)
10. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Ionia
Kamakura Shogunate
Greece
The Assyrians
11. The Heian Era commenced in 794 - and was a time when Japan gradually stopped imitating China - developing into a distinct new culture. The new culture mixed both Chinese and Japanese cultures - combining the faiths of China - Shintoism - and Buddhism
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Puritan Revolution
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Heian Era
12. Western Europe no longer united by religion - Weakens power and influence of the Catholic Church The power of states was strenthened as was the middle class. Encourages education - people encouraged to read the bible and interpret it individually
Charles I
French Revolution
Effect of the Reformation
African Culture
13. A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid - fourteenth to the mid - seventeenth century.The ousted the Mongols. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa - the Middle East - and Southeast Asia
Islamic Civilization
Ming Dynasty
Athens
The English Civil War
14. Renewal in trade/ growth in economy. No more manorialism. Expanded the social class and a true middle class emerged. Introduced banking and the Guild system.
Greece
Commercial Revival
The Muslim Empire
Baroque Style
15. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Frederick Barbarossa
The Commonwealth Period
The Puritan Revolution
Greece
16. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Henry IV
The Muslim Empire
Romanesque
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
17. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Roman Society
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Gothic Revival
18. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
The Samurai
Martin Luther
Oligarthy
Humanism
19. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
The House of Commons
The Palace of Versailles
Byzantine Empire Decline
Swahili
20. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved. Center for world trade and exchange of culture. It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe. It preserved the Eastern Church which converted Slavic people to Christianity. Its economic streng
The Thirty Years War
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Dorians
The Hopewell People
21. 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 of
The Dark Ages
The Chaldeans
The Holy Roman Empire
Militant Socialism
22. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Islamic Culture
The Spanish Armada
The Egyptians
Sparta
23. First known kingdom in sub - Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast.
The Muslim Empire
Ghana
Swahili
Constantine
24. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Turks
The Dark Ages
The Israelites
The Act of Supremacy
25. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The law of Primogeniture
The Holy Roman Empire
Mohammad
Kublai Khan
26. Were United by Genghis Khan to capture all of asia - which they did except for India. Asia under Mongolian ruler till grandson of Gings (Kublai) died and there was an overturning.
Sung Dynasty
The Protestant Reformation
Neoclassicism
The Mongols
27. A broad intellectual movement in 18th - century Europe that advocated the use of reason in the re - evaluation of accepted ideas. Also known as the Age of Reason.
The Counter Reformation
The Near East
The Age of Enlightenment
The Magna Carta
28. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Bourgeoisie
Genghis Khan
The Viking Invasions
Slave Trade
29. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Early Japanese Culture
The Huguenots
Mohammad
Ming Dynasty
30. Last of the mound - building cultures of North America; flourished between 800 and 1300 C.E.; featured large towns and ceremonial centers; lacked stone architecture of Central America.
Islamic Government and Religion
Mississippian Culture
The Ottoman Empire
Tokugawa Shogunate
31. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Alexandar the Great
Fuedal System
Genghis Khan
Bourgeoisie
32. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Absolutionism
Kublai Khan
Dorians
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
33. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
English Common Law
Tang Dynasty
Benin
Tribal Organization
34. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Voltaire
The Hundred Years War
Aegan
Athens
35. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
The Hopewell People
The Chaldeans
The Peace of Westphalia
The Egyptians
36. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Peter the Great
The Communist Manifesto
The Roman Empire
French Revolution
37. The rise of Islam
The Muslim Empire
Effect of the Reformation
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Ceasar
38. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Fall of Rome
Aegan
Tang Dynasty
39. The system of ethics - education - and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples - stressing love for humanity - ancestor worship - reverence for parents - and harmony in thought and conduct.
The Lydians
Augustus
Confucianism
The Heian Era
40. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Shinto Religion
The Israelites
African Rivers
41. The first religion of Japan - 'The way of the Gods.' Shinto celebrates the mysteries and unforeseen forces of nature. Animistic. According to Shinto beliefs - divine spirits called kami are associated with the awesome forces of nature - such as rushi
Shinto Religion
The Romanov Dynasty
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The War of the Roses
42. Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages - culture - and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. (p. 552)
Peter the Great
The Early Middle Ages
Tribal Organization
Ceasar
43. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans - Saharan gold trade.
Mali
African Desert
Mohammad
The Puritan Revolution
44. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Sung Dynasty
Ashikaga Shogunate
Mughuls
Norman Conquest
45. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Confucianism
Dorians
Confucius
Decentralization of the Germanic States
46. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Early Japanese Culture
Classical Art
The Viking Invasions
Hieroglyphics
47. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Charlemagne
The Early Middle Ages
African Desert
48. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Byzantine Empire Success
Sung Dynasty
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Hittites
49. Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Umayyad
Charlemagne
Marco Polo
Egyptian Religion
50. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Islamic Government and Religion
Seljiks
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Egyptian Religion