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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Sung Dynasty
Mali
Umayyad
The Council of Trent
2. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
English Common Law
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
Class Division
3. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
The Lord of the Manor
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
English Common Law
4. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
The Pelponnesian War
African Culture
Thomas Malthus
Realism (Plato)
5. 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
Islamic Culture
Shinto Religion
Elizabeth I
Mali
6. 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
Sung Dynasty
English Parliment
Charlemagne
7. 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
The Romanov Dynasty
Henry IV
Constantine
8. 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.
Mississippian Culture
Marco Polo
Dorians
Augustus
9. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
Confucius
The Code of Napoleon
African Culture
Constanople
10. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Pelponnesian War
The Roman Empire
The Franks
The Samurai
11. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Benin
Songhai
Fuedal System
Baroque Style
12. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
The Peace of Augsburg
Paul the Apostle
Confucianism
13. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Athens
Ceasar
The Lord of the Manor
Neoplatonism
14. 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.
Mycenaean Civilization
The House of Commons
African Rivers
The English Civil War
15. A warlike monotheistic civilization that spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and were constantly at war. They are known for their brilliant arabesques and gorgeous craftsmanship
Manorialism
Cardinal Richelieu
Oligarthy
Islamic Civilization
16. ...The House of Lords mainly consist of the peers and the people that have inherited their money. This House of Parliament has slowly lost its power to influence the system of government over the years.
The House of Lords
Islamic Government and Religion
The Dark Ages
Nomadic
17. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Roman Society
Sung Dynasty
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
18. 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 Pelponnesian War
The House of Lancaster
Cardinal Richelieu
The Communist Manifesto
19. 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.
Militant Socialism
The Roman Empire
Constantine
Marco Polo
20. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
Class Division
The Rise of Christianity
Islam
The Holy Roman Empire
21. The economic and social system of medieval europe - lords recieved land from the King in exchane for loyalty and serfs worked the land for the lords in exchange for protection.
The Lord of the Manor
Neoclassicism
Mughuls
Fuedal System
22. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Egyptian History
Baroque Style
The Babalonians
Byzantine Empire Success
23. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Gothic Revival
Fuedal Contract
Ming Dynasty
The Palace of Versailles
24. This was the French law put in place by Napoleon. It promoted equality before the law - toleration of all religions - and outlawing serfdom and feudalism. It also took away women's rights and outlawed trade unions and strikes.
The Code of Napoleon
Mali
Scholasticism
The law of Primogeniture
25. 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.
Bourgeoisie
Agarian
The War of the Roses
Islam
26. A collection of laws covering crimes - farming - business activities - and marriage and family. Many of the punishments were cruel - but the code was an important step in the development of a justice system
Effect of the Reformation
The Code of Hammurabi
The Reconquista
Oliver Cromwell
27. Te monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
Kublai Khan
Mohammad
Islam
The Congress of Verona
28. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Battle of Hastings
Mississippian Culture
Mohammad
Sparta
29. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
The Hundred Years War
Norman Conquest
Early Japanese Culture
Songhai
30. Roman laws - justice system - court system; language(Latin); Pax Roman a long period of peace that enabled free travel and trade Building Construction - engineering and road construction. architecture - literature - art - sculpture and the humanites.
Slave Trade
Elizabeth I
Roman Contributions
Byzantine Empire
31. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
The Congress of Verona
Class Division
Mongols
Mycenaean Civilization
32. Domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constintanople and a monopoly on the silk trade. Excellant use of diplonmacy to avoid invasions. Geographically distant from the tribes who sacked Rome. Codification of Roman Law. A forstress ci
Byzantine Empire Success
The Ottoman Empire
Umayyad
Charles I
33. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The Battle of Hastings
The Viking Invasions
Songhai
Decentralization of the Germanic States
34. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
Constanople
The Ottoman Empire
Charlemagne
The Palace of Versailles
35. 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
The Heian Era
The Glorious Revolution
Elizabeth I
Confucius
36. 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.
Effect of the Reformation
Brahman
The Age of Enlightenment
The House of Lancaster
37. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
The Fall of Rome
Roman Society
Sung Dynasty
The Act of Supremacy
38. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Holy Roman Empire
The Magna Carta
Nomadic
39. 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.
Kush
The Shogun
Ninety Theses
Byzantine Empire
40. 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
Kush
The Samurai
The Hittites
The Phoenicians
41. 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 -
The Communist Manifesto
The Reconquista
The House of York
The Battle of Hastings
42. 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 Huguenots
The French Republic
African Culture
43. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
The Lord of the Manor
Brahman
Mycenaean Civilization
Hieroglyphics
44. Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences. shogunate started by Tokugawa Leyasu; 4 class system - warriors - farmers - artisans - merchants; Japan's ports were closed off; wanted to create their own culture; illegal to
Islamic Culture
Arab Conquests
Tokugawa Shogunate
Laisssez Faire
45. The great rebirth of acrt - literature - and learning in the 14th - 15th - and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. - A new way of thinking. Which laed to future reforms for the catholic
The Chaldeans
The Renaissance
Dorians
Marco Polo
46. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Roman Empire
Marco Polo
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Viking Invasions
47. 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 Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Contributions of the Greeks
The Muslim Empire
The Chaldeans
48. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Neoplatonism
The Early Middle Ages
The Heian Era
The Spanish Armada
49. 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
The Assyrians
The Roman Government
The Middle Ages
Arab Conquests
50. 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.
The Heian Era
Fuedal Contract
Mali
English Common Law