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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Sung Dynasty
Byzantine Empire Decline
African Savana
The Huguenots
2. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
The Pelponnesian War
Realism (Plato)
Ninety Theses
Akbar
3. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
The Code of Napoleon
The Congress of Vienna
Benin
4. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
Islamic Culture
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Greek Individualism
The Jesuits
5. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
The Israelites
Voltaire
Ashikaga Shogunate
Islam
6. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
The Thirty Years War
The Summarians
The Shogun
Tang Dynasty
7. Individual conviction of ones belief - The effeciency and organization of the the early church - Doctrines that stressed equality and immorality. The establishment of the Pope.
The Hittites
Romanesque
Mongols
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
8. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
The Egyptians
Laisssez Faire
Machiavelli
Dorians
9. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Code of Napoleon
The Glorious Revolution
Causes of the French Revolution
Mughuls
10. 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
The Huguenots
Fuedal Contract
Byzantine Empire Decline
Norman Conquest
11. The scientific revolution brought about new mechanical inventions - The availability of investment capital and the rise of the middle class provided an economic base - Geographic and social conditions in England favored industrialization:
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Viking Invasions
The Summarians
Umayyad
12. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
Tribal Organization
Henry IV
The House of Commons
African Desert
13. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Proletariats
The Huguenots
The Glorious Revolution
Ninety Theses
14. A war that occurred between 1618 and 1648; it was mainly a civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over religious and political issues; it also involved the countries of Spain - France - Denmark - and Sweden
African Rivers
The Heian Era
Contributions of the Greeks
The Thirty Years War
15. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
Augustus
Commercial Revival
The Palace of Versailles
16. 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 Peace of Westphalia
Peter the Great
The Chaldeans
Mississippian Culture
17. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
Martin Luther
Slave Trade
The Palace of Versailles
Causes 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
Ceasar
The Age of Enlightenment
The Communist Manifesto
Ming Dynasty
19. 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.
The Peace of Westphalia
Cardinal Richelieu
Brahman
Decentralization of the Germanic States
20. Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.). His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials.
Confucius
The Hittites
Ghana
The Code of Hammurabi
21. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The Code of Napoleon
Paul the Apostle
The Shogun
Baroque Style
22. The Roman Catholic Church responding to the protestantism by starting their own movement -- they stopped selling indulgences and started 'Society of Jesus' or Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas.
The Counter Reformation
The War of the Roses
The Franks
The Shogun
23. The French version of the American Declaration
French Revolution
Commercial Revival
The Muslim Empire
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
24. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Mycenaean Civilization
Effect of the Reformation
The Viking Invasions
The French Religious Wars
25. 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
Elizabeth I
Ionia
The Reconquista
The Hundred Years War
26. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Ming Dynasty
The Thirty Years War
Mycenaean Civilization
Islam
27. 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 Renaissance
The Roman Government
The Holy Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire Decline
28. 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
Humanism
Proletariats
Militant Socialism
The Roman Empire
29. 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
French Revolution
Gothic Revival
Henry IV
The Glorious Revolution
30. 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.
Agarian
Ceasar
The Viking Invasions
The Act of Supremacy
31. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Manorialism
Aegan
Mongols
The Holy Roman Empire
32. 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.
Tang Dynasty
The Nile
The Spanish Armada
Manorialism
33. 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 House of Lancaster
Constanople
The Glorious Revolution
Shinto Religion
34. 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 Middle Ages
St. Augustine
Militant Socialism
Arab Conquests
35. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
The Restoration Era
Early Japanese Culture
The Ottoman Empire
Slave Trade
36. 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
Gothic Revival
Nomadic
The Phoenicians
The Roman Empire
37. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
Early Japanese Culture
The Age of Enlightenment
The Egyptians
38. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Machiavelli
Constantine
Agarian
The Protestant Reformation
39. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
Cardinal Richelieu
Charlemagne
The Lydians
Ming Dynasty
40. 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)
Akbar
The Nile
The Code of Napoleon
The Phoenicians
41. 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.
Sung Dynasty
Commercial Revival
The Samurai
The Egyptians
42. 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
Ghana
Umayyad
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Anasazi Culture
43. 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 Babalonians
Machiavelli
Ming Dynasty
Arab Caliphs
44. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Byzantine Empire
Thomas Malthus
Confucius
Neoplatonism
45. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The House of York
The Crusades
The Pelponnesian War
The Palace of Versailles
46. The meeting of representatives from each of the nations in the Quadruple Alliance. Its purpose was to draft a peace settlement by redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France. It succeeded in constructing a settlement that w
Contributions of the Greeks
The Congress of Vienna
Mali
Mycenaean Civilization
47. 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.
Egyptian Religion
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Napoleon Bonepart
The Continental System
48. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Henry IV
Humanism
Thomas Malthus
Turks
49. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Nomadic
Martin Luther
The Phoenicians
Militant Socialism
50. A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics - astronomy - and biology - in institutions supporting scientific investigation - and in the more widely held picture of the universe
The law of Primogeniture
The Scientific Revolution
The Chaldeans
Proletariats