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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
The Age of Enlightenment
Slave Trade
The Hittites
Minoan Civilization
2. 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
The Manchus
Benin
The Continental System
Charlemagne
3. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
The Jesuits
Confucius
Sung Dynasty
Kush
4. 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
Fuedal Contract
The Pelponnesian War
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Chaldeans
5. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Hugh Capet
The Puritan Revolution
Martin Luther
Constantine
6. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Augustus
Industrial Revolution
The Viking Invasions
Mughuls
7. 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 Ottoman Empire
The law of Primogeniture
Machiavelli
The Early Middle Ages
8. Large powerful kingdom in East/Central africa. Controlled and taxed trade between the interior and coastal regions - Organized the flow of gold - ivory - slaves - forged alliances w/ local rulers & profited immensely from these transactions.
The Crusades
Benin
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Confucianism
9. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
The Israelites
Causes of the French Revolution
Baroque Style
Arab Caliphs
10. 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
Arab Conquests
Machiavelli
The Spanish Armada
Mughuls
11. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
The Dark Ages
English Parliment
Swahili
12. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Sparta
Greece
Islamic Government and Religion
The Hittites
13. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Ionia
Industrial Revolution
The Roman Empire
Greece
14. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Ninety Theses
Fuedal Contract
Neoplatonism
Ceasar
15. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Alexandar the Great
Peter the Great
Calvinism
Islamic Government and Religion
16. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
St. Augustine
Byzantine Empire Success
Turks
17. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Absolutionism
Humanism
Class Division
The law of Primogeniture
18. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The House of Lords
Class Division
The English Civil War
The Congress of Verona
19. 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.
Oliver Cromwell
Turks
The Hopewell People
Fuedal System
20. 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
Islam
Bourgeoisie
The Hittites
The Israelites
21. 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 Ottoman Empire
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Realism (Plato)
Industrial Revolution
22. 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.
Machiavelli
Mohammad
Songhai
Roman Military Strategy
23. 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
The Shogun
Aegan
Humanism
24. A new group of nomads that drove the tang armies out of central Asia and took control of the silk roads. because of this chinas economy was damaged
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Hundred Years War
Aegan
Turks
25. 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.
Charles I
The Age of Enlightenment
Decentralization of the Germanic States
English Common Law
26. 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.
Egyptian Religion
Roman Contributions
Tang Dynasty
Byzantine Empire Decline
27. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
Songhai
Oligarthy
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Persians
28. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
The Commonwealth Period
Nomadic
Industrial Revolution
Cardinal Richelieu
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
The Pelponnesian War
Realism (Plato)
The Lord of the Manor
Gothic Revival
30. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
St. Augustine
The Roman Empire
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The House of Lancaster
31. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
The Heian Era
Romanesque
Seljiks
Martin Luther
32. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Karl Marx
The Roman Government
Early Japanese Culture
The Congress of Verona
33. 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 Anasazi Culture
Contributions of the Greeks
The Heian Era
The Hundred Years War
34. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
African Rivers
Ghana
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Egyptians
35. 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 Reconquista
The Commonwealth Period
The French Republic
The Mongols
36. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Norman Conquest
Kublai Khan
The Romanov Dynasty
Marco Polo
37. 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.
Hugh Capet
The Lord of the Manor
The Age of Enlightenment
The Pelponnesian War
38. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Augustus
Ceasar
The Thirty Years War
Thomas Malthus
39. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Mycenaean Civilization
The Peace of Westphalia
The Reconquista
Fuedal Contract
40. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Benin
Machiavelli
Ashikaga Shogunate
Augustus
41. 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
Umayyad
The Heian Era
The Franks
Contributions of the Greeks
42. 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)
Fuedal Contract
The Assyrians
Akbar
The Mongols
43. 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.
French Revolution
The Assyrians
Paul the Apostle
The Nile
44. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Swahili
Mississippian Culture
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
45. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Ghana
Fuedal Contract
Realism (Plato)
Akbar
46. 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
Frederick Barbarossa
Akbar
Aegan
Marco Polo
47. 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 Puritan Revolution
The Act of Supremacy
The Chaldeans
Effect of the Reformation
48. 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
Roman Military Strategy
Proletariats
The Communist Manifesto
Norman Conquest
49. 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
Effect of the Reformation
Humanism
The Persians
Islamic Government and Religion
50. A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517 - he wrote 95 theses - or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
Frederick Barbarossa
Machiavelli
Slave Trade
Martin Luther