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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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
Roman Military Strategy
Effect of the Reformation
Ashikaga Shogunate
Confucius
2. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
The French Religious Wars
The Summarians
Constanople
3. Known as knights of feudal Japan and retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th - century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was consolidated in the Tokugawa period. They were privileged to wear two swor
Ziggurat
The Samurai
Ming Dynasty
Shinto Religion
4. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
The Assyrians
Karl Marx
The House of Lords
Elizabeth I
5. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
The Huguenots
The Roman Empire
Ziggurat
Ashikaga Shogunate
6. This war was between Aristocrats and Nobles. The Nobles wanted to control the throne so the first Tudor King - Henry VII took the throne in 1485. He abolished the Noble's private armies.
African Desert
The War of the Roses
Napoleon Bonepart
The Anasazi Culture
7. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
Industrial Revolution
Mongols
Athens
Confucianism
8. 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.
Gothic Revival
Sparta
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Commercial Revival
9. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Arab Conquests
Marco Polo
African Rivers
The Franks
10. 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.
Louis XIV
Mississippian Culture
The Communist Manifesto
Voltaire
11. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Ionia
The Viking Invasions
Industrial Revolution
12. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Arab Caliphs
Martin Luther
The Peace of Augsburg
The Nile
13. Forceful seizure of governmental power
African Culture
Thomas Malthus
French Revolution
Militant Socialism
14. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Neoplatonism
Scholasticism
The Protestant Reformation
African Desert
15. The revolution that began in 1789 - overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges - and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
The Lord of the Manor
The Protestant Reformation
French Revolution
Ionia
16. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Rift Valley
The Near East
Agarian
17. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Anasazi Culture
Martin Luther
Brahman
The House of Lancaster
18. 1830s movement in architecture when buildings in the Gothic (high medieval) style became popular. It was in this period that the British Parliament building was built. This was the architectural manifestation of Romanticism. Where the Enlightenment h
Gothic Revival
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Confucianism
Greek Individualism
19. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)
Commercial Revival
Cardinal Richelieu
The Viking Invasions
Akbar
20. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Augustus
The Phoenicians
Sparta
Roman Society
21. 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
Proletariats
Islamic Civilization
Ming Dynasty
African Culture
22. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Classical Art
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Jesuits
The Code of Napoleon
23. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos
The House of Lancaster
The Communist Manifesto
The Peace of Westphalia
The Protestant Reformation
24. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Marco Polo
Alexandar the Great
Voltaire
Tang Dynasty
25. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
The Heian Era
The Romanov Dynasty
The Mongols
Swahili
26. This was the 2nd law passed by Parliament for King Henry VIII. It said that King Henry VIII was the only supreme head of the Church of England - and this church was formed from this act.
The Franks
The House of Commons
Arab Conquests
The Act of Supremacy
27. The change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production - especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
Constanople
Industrial Revolution
Islamic Culture
French Revolution
28. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Sung Dynasty
Akbar
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
African Rivers
29. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Fuedal Contract
The Hittites
The Counter Reformation
The Act of Supremacy
30. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
The Commonwealth Period
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The House of Lords
The Mongols
31. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
The Continental System
Mughuls
Early Japanese Culture
Peter the Great
32. King of England - Scotland - and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
Charles I
Brahman
Turks
Norman Conquest
33. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - Zoroastrianism - an ethical religion based on concepts of good and evil - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by
The Persians
The War of the Roses
Industrial Revolution
The Viking Invasions
34. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
The Hittites
Ninety Theses
Ceasar
Mohammad
35. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Lord of the Manor
Henry IV
The Puritan Revolution
Decentralization of the Germanic States
36. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
The Scientific Revolution
The Near East
The Renaissance
Arab Caliphs
37. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Baroque Style
The Summarians
The Fall of Rome
The Scientific Revolution
38. The revolutionary socialism of ____________ advocated a violent overthrow of the present economic system - History was seen as a class struggle between the exploiters (bourgeoisie) and the exploited (proletariat)
Neoclassicism
Karl Marx
Henry IV
The Renaissance
39. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Athens
The Glorious Revolution
Humanism
The law of Primogeniture
40. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Mycenaean Civilization
The Lord of the Manor
Early Japanese Culture
Alexandar the Great
41. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Shogun
The Heian Era
Paul the Apostle
The Rise of Christianity
42. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Umayyad
Hieroglyphics
Arab Conquests
Paul the Apostle
43. The most of the power lies on the shoulders of the House of the Commons. The Commons is elected by the people. The commons grant money - and is the law- making body in the british government.The commons pick the Prime Minister.
Kush
Paul the Apostle
The Renaissance
The House of Commons
44. The basis of a court system for justice. The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts - applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedent to the facts before them.
Roman Society
The House of Lancaster
English Common Law
Confucius
45. A period in European history - between about 1000 AD and 1500 AD - when the power of kings - people of high rank and the Christian Church was strong
Louis XIV
The Middle Ages
Constantine
The Glorious Revolution
46. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 - Russia experienced a period of weakness and disorder known as the Time of Troubles. Hoping to restore order - an assembly of nobles elected Michael Romanov to be the next czar. The Romanov Dynasty ru
The Glorious Revolution
The Roman Empire
The Romanov Dynasty
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
47. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Code of Napoleon
The Dark Ages
Confucianism
Causes of the French Revolution
48. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
Confucianism
The Reconquista
Romanesque
Laisssez Faire
49. A series of military expeditions in the 11th - 12th - and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims
The Crusades
Norman Conquest
Umayyad
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
50. 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.
The Anasazi Culture
Agarian
Islamic Civilization
Marco Polo