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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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
The House of Lords
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Norman Conquest
Islam
2. 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.
Mali
Martin Luther
The Age of Enlightenment
The Nile
3. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Battle of Hastings
Confucianism
Mongols
The Israelites
4. The rise of Islam
The Hopewell People
The Muslim Empire
The House of Lancaster
Byzantine Empire Decline
5. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Effect of the Reformation
Voltaire
The Franks
The Shogun
6. 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 Egyptians
Fuedal System
Benin
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
7. An economic system based on the manor and lands including a village and surrounding acreage which were administered by a lord. It developed during the Middle Ages to increase agricultural production.
The Magna Carta
Manorialism
Byzantine Empire
The Shogun
8. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
The Palace of Versailles
Voltaire
Elizabeth I
The House of York
9. 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).
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Mughuls
Elizabeth I
The Communist Manifesto
10. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Classical Art
The Early Middle Ages
English Common Law
African Rivers
11. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
Akbar
The Lydians
Martin Luther
Kamakura Shogunate
12. 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.
The Battle of Hastings
The Hittites
The Mongols
Scholasticism
13. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Kamakura Shogunate
Absolutionism
The Congress of Verona
Abbassides
14. 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 Samurai
Elizabeth I
The Code of Napoleon
Frederick Barbarossa
15. This group from the east of Mali built up an army and extended their territory to the large bend in the Niger River near Gao whic became the capital of their empire.
Napoleon Bonepart
Songhai
The Congress of Vienna
Class Division
16. 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 -
Gothic Revival
The Reconquista
The Near East
The Peace of Augsburg
17. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Machiavelli
Contributions of the Greeks
The Code of Hammurabi
18. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Islamic Government and Religion
Karl Marx
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Lord of the Manor
19. 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
Seljiks
Tang Dynasty
Gothic Revival
Byzantine Empire Success
20. African Civilization developed here
Aegan
Machiavelli
The Congress of Vienna
Rift Valley
21. King Louis XIII was a weak ruler and Richelieu filled the void - more or less running the empire via his advice to the king. A clever politician and strategist - Richelieu expanded royal power - punished dissent harshly - and built France into a grea
The House of Commons
The Code of Napoleon
Cardinal Richelieu
Ziggurat
22. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Sung Dynasty
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Calvinism
The Protestant Reformation
23. 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 Congress of Vienna
Ming Dynasty
The Franks
24. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Baroque Style
The House of Lancaster
Mycenaean Civilization
Cardinal Richelieu
25. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Hieroglyphics
Elizabeth I
The Puritan Revolution
English Parliment
26. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
The Heian Era
Karl Marx
Greece
Swahili
27. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
The Phoenicians
The French Religious Wars
The Heian Era
Mali
28. 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.
The House of Commons
The Hittites
Neoclassicism
Islamic Culture
29. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Jesuits
The War of the Roses
The Puritan Revolution
The Lydians
30. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Gothic Revival
Nomadic
African Rivers
Tribal Organization
31. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Egyptian Religion
The Puritan Revolution
The Holy Roman Empire
Causes of the French Revolution
32. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The House of Commons
Manorialism
The Pelponnesian War
The English Civil War
33. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
The Peace of Augsburg
The Code of Napoleon
Peter the Great
Mycenaean Civilization
34. 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
The Middle Ages
The War of the Roses
The House of Lancaster
The Hopewell People
35. 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.
Roman Military Strategy
Roman Contributions
Alexandar the Great
Calvinism
36. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Mali
Byzantine Empire
Turks
Minoan Civilization
37. 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
The Roman Empire
Charles I
Proletariats
Ming Dynasty
38. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
The House of Lancaster
The Viking Invasions
Norman Conquest
The Council of Trent
39. Napoleon cut off all trade with Great Britain to try and make Europe more self - sufficient - an economic blockade of Britain. The Foreign Policy of Napoleon - essentially an effort to thwart English advancement by nationally prohibiting British trad
Arab Caliphs
The Lydians
Ionia
The Continental System
40. 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
Ashikaga Shogunate
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Crusades
Rift Valley
41. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Sparta
Manorialism
Brahman
Byzantine Empire Decline
42. 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 Romanov Dynasty
The Persians
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Sung Dynasty
43. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Peace of Augsburg
Ionia
The Huguenots
Egyptian History
44. A group of Germanic tribes. They became allies of the Romans and became Christian. In the 8th century they established the Carolingian rule. Perhaps the most famous leader was Charlemagne.
Fuedal Contract
The Franks
Islamic Culture
The French Religious Wars
45. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Aegan
The Thirty Years War
The French Religious Wars
Hieroglyphics
46. 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 Communist Manifesto
The Samurai
Fuedal System
Louis XIV
47. 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.
Nomadic
Commercial Revival
Abbassides
The House of Commons
48. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
The Muslim Empire
Sung Dynasty
Thomas Malthus
African Desert
49. 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
Islamic Civilization
Tribal Organization
Sparta
50. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
James I
Henry IV
Islamic Government and Religion
The Babalonians