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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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
Mohammad
The Chaldeans
The Glorious Revolution
The Anasazi Culture
2. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Napoleon Bonepart
Causes of the French Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
Sung Dynasty
3. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
The Commonwealth Period
The French Republic
English Parliment
Constantine
4. 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.
Henry IV
The Roman Empire
Industrial Revolution
Egyptian Religion
5. The rise of Islam
English Parliment
The English Civil War
The Anasazi Culture
The Muslim Empire
6. A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517 - he wrote 95 theses - or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
Sung Dynasty
Turks
Martin Luther
Scholasticism
7. These people united and ruled most of India. After Babur invaded India - Akbar became the main ruler of this kind. They were great builders Taj Mahal - but their empire declined quickly (by 1750).
The Muslim Empire
Hieroglyphics
Confucius
Mughuls
8. 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)
Mongols
Peter the Great
Ninety Theses
Class Division
9. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician - wrote The Prince - a work on ethics and government - describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that 'the end justifies the means.'
The Assyrians
Machiavelli
The Pelponnesian War
The Restoration Era
10. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Militant Socialism
Tokugawa Shogunate
Humanism
Absolutionism
11. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Elizabeth I
The Peace of Augsburg
African Savana
The Early Middle Ages
12. Prompted by Louis Philippe giving up his throne - this was a new era of liberalism in France. Measures enacted included freeing slaves - granting all males the right to vote - abolishing capital punishment - the establishment of national workshops -
Marco Polo
The House of Lords
The French Republic
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
13. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Kamakura Shogunate
Arab Caliphs
Frederick Barbarossa
The Pelponnesian War
14. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Augustus
Nomadic
James I
The Shogun
15. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Alexandar the Great
African Rivers
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The War of the Roses
16. 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.
Roman Society
The House of York
The Shogun
The House of Commons
17. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
Genghis Khan
The Assyrians
Laisssez Faire
The Palace of Versailles
18. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
Hugh Capet
The Hundred Years War
Greece
Classical Art
19. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
English Common Law
Scholasticism
The Summarians
Elizabeth I
20. An assembly of high church officials summoned by the Catholic Church to clarify doctrine and address reform in response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation.
The Mongols
The Magna Carta
The Council of Trent
Abbassides
21. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Early Japanese Culture
Umayyad
Mohammad
Romanesque
22. African Civilization developed here
Ionia
The Age of Enlightenment
Islamic Civilization
Rift Valley
23. 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.
Seljiks
The Congress of Vienna
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Mississippian Culture
24. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Hugh Capet
Roman Society
Peter the Great
Islamic Government and Religion
25. The Christian name for Saul who had been a persecutor of Christians before conversion. - Was responsible for the spread of Christian theology & the resulting response from the Roman Empire.
The Lydians
The Thirty Years War
Ming Dynasty
Paul the Apostle
26. 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 Roman Empire
St. Augustine
Arab Caliphs
Frederick Barbarossa
27. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
Agarian
Greece
Byzantine Empire Success
28. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
Ceasar
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Hundred Years War
29. 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.
The Thirty Years War
Charles I
The Early Middle Ages
Machiavelli
30. The Ashikaga Shogunate is the weakest of the three Japanese bakufu governments. Unlike its predecessor - the Kamakura Shogunate - or its successor - the - when Ashikaga Takauji established his bakufu he had little personal territories with which to
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Roman Empire
Neoclassicism
31. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
St. Augustine
Laisssez Faire
Classical Art
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
32. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
The Counter Reformation
The Age of Enlightenment
The Dark Ages
Turks
33. King of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
African Savana
Louis XIV
The French Religious Wars
34. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Realism (Plato)
The Congress of Verona
The Huguenots
The War of the Roses
35. African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. Important iron working center.
The Protestant Reformation
The Commonwealth Period
The Samurai
Kush
36. Military Genius of France - who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America.
The Dark Ages
Napoleon Bonepart
Swahili
The Scientific Revolution
37. Ended the Thirty Years War. 1. Recognized independent authority of German princes. 2. Allowed France to intervene in German affairs. 3. Pope couldn't participate in German religious affiars.
Arab Caliphs
The Romanov Dynasty
The Peace of Westphalia
The Near East
38. 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
Byzantine Empire
Genghis Khan
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The House of Lancaster
39. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
The Heian Era
The Peace of Westphalia
Ceasar
The Babalonians
40. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Fuedal Contract
The Summarians
Cardinal Richelieu
The Reconquista
41. Continuous barbaric invasion. Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military. The rise of Christianity divided the Empire.
Mali
Constanople
The Fall of Rome
African Savana
42. Members of the Society of Jesus which became most well known for their work in education of Catholics in Europe. They were devoted to preaching - educating the young - fighting against heresy - serving the Pope - and caring for the needy.
The Jesuits
The Franks
Class Division
The Communist Manifesto
43. 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.
The Anasazi Culture
The Summarians
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
English Common Law
44. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
French Revolution
Constantine
Bourgeoisie
The Spanish Armada
45. 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.
Thomas Malthus
Mohammad
Roman Society
Seljiks
46. Area along the central west coast of Asia Minor colonized by settlers from mainland Greece from about 1000 BC. Ionian Greeks - including Homer - played a central role in the early development of Greek history and literature following the Dark Ages. B
The Congress of Vienna
Ceasar
Ionia
The Counter Reformation
47. 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.
Machiavelli
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Mali
The Palace of Versailles
48. 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 Pelponnesian War
Marco Polo
Classical Art
The Spanish Armada
49. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
The House of York
Islamic Culture
Calvinism
Constantine
50. 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.
Rift Valley
Minoan Civilization
Realism (Plato)
Genghis Khan
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