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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Following the Hundred Years' war - civil war broke out between these two rival branches of the English royal Family - Lancaster claimed the throne of England when the Hundred Year finally ended
Karl Marx
Ceasar
The House of Lancaster
James I
2. 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
Minoan Civilization
Manorialism
The Chaldeans
Paul the Apostle
3. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
The Peace of Westphalia
Paul the Apostle
Peter the Great
4. This was a war between France and England between 1346 and 1453. It was fought over land in France that each wanted to control. The British began strongly - but with the help of Joan of Arc - the French rallied and eventually beat England. Two famous
The Shogun
The Code of Hammurabi
The Persians
The Hundred Years War
5. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Ionia
Calvinism
The Lord of the Manor
Oligarthy
6. 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)
Karl Marx
The Jesuits
The Battle of Hastings
Greece
7. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
The Roman Government
Islamic Culture
Classical Art
8. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
The Summarians
Norman Conquest
Athens
9. 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
Effect of the Reformation
Constanople
Classical Art
Greece
10. The class of modern wage laborers who having no means of production of their own - are reducing to selling their labor power in order to live
Dorians
The Palace of Versailles
Proletariats
The Code of Hammurabi
11. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Romanesque
The Egyptians
Baroque Style
Egyptian History
12. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Romanesque
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Shogun
Slave Trade
13. 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.
Ming Dynasty
Kush
Mali
Swahili
14. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
The Chaldeans
Tang Dynasty
The Commonwealth Period
15. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Manorialism
Marco Polo
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Voltaire
16. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Neoclassicism
Charles I
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Bourgeoisie
17. The first great Christian philosopher. He was a sinner and did not believe but eventually was converted and he wrote CIty of God as well as Confession - he is also responsible for the doctrine of Original Sin
St. Augustine
Turks
Elizabeth I
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
18. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire
African Desert
The Pelponnesian War
19. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
Industrial Revolution
African Culture
The Spanish Armada
Effect of the Reformation
20. It's geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slave - and Turks all of whom were becoming more powerful. The loss of commercial dominace over the Italians. Reliogious contraversy with west and a split with the Roman Catholic Church. The sack of the fourth
Neoclassicism
Realism (Plato)
Byzantine Empire Decline
Kush
21. 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 Hopewell People
French Revolution
Mohammad
Roman Society
22. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Summarians
The Mongols
The Muslim Empire
Agarian
23. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Slave Trade
Militant Socialism
Fuedal Contract
The Manchus
24. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Commercial Revival
The War of the Roses
Sung Dynasty
Ceasar
25. 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 Act of Supremacy
Aegan
Commercial Revival
Mali
26. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Agarian
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Spanish Armada
Absolutionism
27. 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
Tribal Organization
The Romanov Dynasty
Ionia
English Parliment
28. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
The English Civil War
Frederick Barbarossa
Arab Caliphs
Augustus
29. 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
Baroque Style
Ninety Theses
The Communist Manifesto
The Persians
30. 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
Scholasticism
The Congress of Verona
Greek Individualism
The Middle Ages
31. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Roman Empire
The Magna Carta
The Summarians
The Hopewell People
32. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Reconquista
Greek Individualism
Napoleon Bonepart
33. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
The Egyptians
The French Republic
Byzantine Empire Success
Alexandar the Great
34. 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
The Phoenicians
The Samurai
Elizabeth I
English Common Law
35. 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.
Mohammad
The Shogun
The War of the Roses
Slave Trade
36. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Effect of the Reformation
The Samurai
Egyptian Religion
The Anasazi Culture
37. Greek city - state that was ruled by an oligarchy - focused on military - used slaves for agriculture - discouraged the arts. Developed a totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor.
Machiavelli
Tokugawa Shogunate
Minoan Civilization
Sparta
38. 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
Genghis Khan
Absolutionism
Baroque Style
39. 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 Congress of Vienna
Contributions of the Greeks
The Holy Roman Empire
The Age of Enlightenment
40. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
Roman Contributions
The Restoration Era
Brahman
The War of the Roses
41. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Islamic Civilization
The Viking Invasions
The House of York
The Congress of Vienna
42. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Absolutionism
The Dark Ages
Aegan
Augustus
43. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Agarian
The Act of Supremacy
Greece
English Parliment
44. 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 Babalonians
The Dark Ages
The Congress of Vienna
Ghana
45. 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
Manorialism
African Rivers
Islamic Culture
Ming Dynasty
46. 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 Reconquista
The Jesuits
Henry IV
Songhai
47. 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
African Rivers
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Restoration Era
Charles I
48. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Oligarthy
Ziggurat
Paul the Apostle
49. 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.
Ming Dynasty
The House of Commons
Egyptian Religion
Elizabeth I
50. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
The Protestant Reformation
Islamic Civilization
Militant Socialism
African Rivers