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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
African Culture
Egyptian History
The Huguenots
Effect of the Reformation
2. 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
The Congress of Vienna
Hugh Capet
The French Republic
The Glorious Revolution
3. They were polytheistic worshiping over 2000 gods and goddesses. They believed in the afterlife and that they would be judged for their life. They had sacred burials. Ruled by Pharoahs.
Egyptian Religion
Islamic Civilization
Slave Trade
Mughuls
4. 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
Shinto Religion
Peter the Great
The Scientific Revolution
Machiavelli
5. 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 House of Commons
Manorialism
The Code of Napoleon
James I
6. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
The Dark Ages
Martin Luther
Ceasar
Byzantine Empire
7. 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 Hopewell People
Frederick Barbarossa
The Code of Hammurabi
8. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Hittites
Realism (Plato)
Kublai Khan
9. 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.
Kush
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Voltaire
Neoplatonism
10. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Seljiks
Agarian
The Pelponnesian War
The Reconquista
11. 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.
Islamic Culture
The Shogun
The Hundred Years War
Manorialism
12. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Franks
Tribal Organization
The Viking Invasions
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
13. 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.
Gothic Revival
The Age of Enlightenment
Islamic Culture
Mali
14. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Akbar
The Congress of Vienna
The Thirty Years War
The Huguenots
15. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
St. Augustine
Hieroglyphics
Thomas Malthus
The Reconquista
16. 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.
The Protestant Reformation
Industrial Revolution
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Dark Ages
17. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Ghana
Slave Trade
Islamic Government and Religion
Voltaire
18. 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)
The Battle of Hastings
Constanople
The Pelponnesian War
Karl Marx
19. 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.
The Rise of Christianity
Roman Contributions
Abbassides
Islamic Government and Religion
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
Byzantine Empire Decline
The House of Commons
Songhai
Slave Trade
21. 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
The Counter Reformation
African Culture
Bourgeoisie
22. 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.
English Common Law
Fuedal Contract
Kush
Athens
23. 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 Persians
Frederick Barbarossa
The Fall of Rome
The Heian Era
24. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Islamic Government and Religion
The Shogun
Elizabeth I
The Thirty Years War
25. Established the first lasting monotheism - Saul established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.) - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in
The Pelponnesian War
Mycenaean Civilization
The Israelites
Dorians
26. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Holy Roman Empire
Egyptian Religion
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Roman Contributions
27. A war that broke out between the parliament supporters (roundheads) and the king's supporters (cavaliers). It ended with the execution of the king - Charles I
St. Augustine
Alexandar the Great
The English Civil War
Augustus
28. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Neoplatonism
Contributions of the Greeks
English Parliment
Greek Individualism
29. 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).
Mughuls
Ashikaga Shogunate
The House of Lords
The Heian Era
30. 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.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Tang Dynasty
The Nile
Mohammad
31. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
The Assyrians
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Greek Individualism
32. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
The Ottoman Empire
Voltaire
Arab Conquests
Ionia
33. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
The Crusades
The Commonwealth Period
Oliver Cromwell
34. One of the largest military fleets in the history of warfare which was sent to attack England in 1588. The smaller English fleet was able to defeat the armada by using its ease of maneuverability and ended Spain's domination of the Atlantic Ocean and
Commercial Revival
The Lydians
The Spanish Armada
The Roman Empire
35. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
The Hopewell People
English Common Law
Alexandar the Great
Absolutionism
36. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Brahman
Bourgeoisie
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
37. 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
Bourgeoisie
Louis XIV
Islamic Civilization
Manorialism
38. 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 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Magna Carta
The House of Commons
The Act of Supremacy
39. 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
Voltaire
Proletariats
Martin Luther
The French Religious Wars
40. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
James I
The Romanov Dynasty
Calvinism
The Battle of Hastings
41. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Roman Contributions
Egyptian History
Ziggurat
Industrial Revolution
42. 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
Constantine
The Code of Hammurabi
Mali
Realism (Plato)
43. A series of military expeditions in the 11th - 12th - and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims
Egyptian History
The English Civil War
Paul the Apostle
The Crusades
44. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
The Restoration Era
Alexandar the Great
Oligarthy
Greek Individualism
45. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
Mongols
The Lydians
Ashikaga Shogunate
Mycenaean Civilization
46. 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.
African Desert
The Peace of Westphalia
Mongols
Nomadic
47. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Manorialism
Alexandar the Great
The Magna Carta
Egyptian Religion
48. The separation of people into different social groups like lower class - upper class. Clergy & nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans wer the work force and serfs were tied to the land.
Classical Art
Roman Contributions
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Class Division
49. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
The Heian Era
Gothic Revival
Kush
50. African Civilization developed here
Rift Valley
The Phoenicians
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Ashikaga Shogunate