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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
African Rivers
The Pelponnesian War
Rift Valley
Voltaire
2. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Voltaire
Commercial Revival
Bourgeoisie
Brahman
3. 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
Ceasar
Mississippian Culture
The House of Lancaster
Tang Dynasty
4. 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
Islamic Government and Religion
Cardinal Richelieu
Shinto Religion
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
5. 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.
Byzantine Empire
The Franks
Ionia
The Congress of Vienna
6. The first Stuart to be king of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625 and king of Scotland from 1567 to 1625; he was the son of Mary Queen of Scots and he succeeded Elizabeth I; he alienated the British Parliament by claiming the divine right of kings
Ionia
The Heian Era
Fuedal Contract
James I
7. 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.
The Crusades
Machiavelli
Confucius
Classical Art
8. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Early Japanese Culture
Arab Caliphs
Neoclassicism
The Peace of Westphalia
9. The first great Christian philosopher. He was a sinner and did not believe but eventually was converted and he wrote CIty of God as well as Confession - he is also responsible for the doctrine of Original Sin
Tang Dynasty
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Ashikaga Shogunate
St. Augustine
10. Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages - culture - and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. (p. 552)
Laisssez Faire
Turks
Humanism
Peter the Great
11. 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.
Fuedal System
Fuedal Contract
Industrial Revolution
The Palace of Versailles
12. 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
Laisssez Faire
The Thirty Years War
African Rivers
Roman Military Strategy
13. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
Benin
Roman Society
Seljiks
The Huguenots
14. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Effect of the Reformation
Mycenaean Civilization
Alexandar the Great
15. 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
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Code of Hammurabi
Oligarthy
Rift Valley
16. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
The Muslim Empire
African Rivers
The House of Lords
17. 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.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Code of Napoleon
The Anasazi Culture
The Lydians
18. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Pelponnesian War
The Glorious Revolution
St. Augustine
Hieroglyphics
19. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Louis XIV
The Renaissance
Kamakura Shogunate
Genghis Khan
20. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Ghana
Constanople
The Manchus
The Roman Empire
21. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Fall of Rome
Byzantine Empire
The House of York
22. 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.
Sparta
The Jesuits
The Roman Empire
Mississippian Culture
23. 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
Akbar
Ming Dynasty
Kublai Khan
Fuedal Contract
24. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
The Palace of Versailles
English Common Law
Charles I
Charlemagne
25. 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.
French Revolution
African Culture
Mohammad
Constanople
26. 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.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Kamakura Shogunate
The Continental System
Mughuls
27. 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
Fuedal Contract
Charlemagne
Akbar
28. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
Seljiks
Scholasticism
Fuedal System
The Congress of Vienna
29. 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.
Paul the Apostle
The Shogun
Islamic Government and Religion
Songhai
30. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
Islamic Culture
Augustus
The Rise of Christianity
Confucianism
31. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Arab Conquests
Sung Dynasty
Ziggurat
Tang Dynasty
32. 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)
English Parliment
African Rivers
Commercial Revival
Karl Marx
33. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
The Restoration Era
Nomadic
African Desert
St. Augustine
34. African Civilization developed here
Egyptian History
The Early Middle Ages
Ghana
Rift Valley
35. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Neoclassicism
Islamic Culture
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Muslim Empire
36. 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 Contributions
The Battle of Hastings
Greece
Ziggurat
37. 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.
Marco Polo
The Persians
Commercial Revival
Peter the Great
38. 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 Continental System
Nomadic
Kublai Khan
Industrial Revolution
39. 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:
The law of Primogeniture
The Hittites
Norman Conquest
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
40. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Byzantine Empire Success
Nomadic
Sung Dynasty
The Anasazi Culture
41. 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 Reconquista
Manorialism
Greek Individualism
Roman Contributions
42. Western Europe no longer united by religion - Weakens power and influence of the Catholic Church The power of states was strenthened as was the middle class. Encourages education - people encouraged to read the bible and interpret it individually
The Middle Ages
English Common Law
Greece
Effect of the Reformation
43. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Aegan
Genghis Khan
Ceasar
Roman Military Strategy
44. 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
Genghis Khan
The House of York
Islam
Humanism
45. 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.
Kublai Khan
The Near East
Egyptian Religion
Tang Dynasty
46. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Peace of Augsburg
The Hittites
The Restoration Era
Greek Individualism
47. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
The Pelponnesian War
The Thirty Years War
The Continental System
English Parliment
48. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Hieroglyphics
The Egyptians
Calvinism
The Reconquista
49. 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.
Roman Society
Minoan Civilization
Martin Luther
The Magna Carta
50. 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
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Hugh Capet
The Persians
The Franks