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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Dorians
The Ottoman Empire
The Renaissance
Arab Caliphs
2. First known kingdom in sub - Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast.
The Code of Hammurabi
The Renaissance
The Fall of Rome
Ghana
3. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Oligarthy
Greece
Egyptian Religion
The House of Lords
4. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Mongols
The Lord of the Manor
Louis XIV
The Continental System
5. 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
Calvinism
The Peace of Westphalia
The Renaissance
Mohammad
6. Crused by the House of Lancaster
Swahili
Constantine
Martin Luther
The House of York
7. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Oligarthy
The Commonwealth Period
The Chaldeans
The Magna Carta
8. The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline A struggle back toward stability.
The Phoenicians
Realism (Plato)
Laisssez Faire
The Early Middle Ages
9. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The law of Primogeniture
Henry IV
Causes of the French Revolution
10. 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
Henry IV
Ionia
Ming Dynasty
The Heian Era
11. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Arab Caliphs
Absolutionism
Alexandar the Great
Ashikaga Shogunate
12. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Fuedal Contract
Ceasar
The Summarians
The Hittites
13. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Kublai Khan
English Parliment
The Muslim Empire
The Egyptians
14. ...The House of Lords mainly consist of the peers and the people that have inherited their money. This House of Parliament has slowly lost its power to influence the system of government over the years.
The House of Lords
The Communist Manifesto
Mississippian Culture
The Samurai
15. 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
Byzantine Empire
Manorialism
Effect of the Reformation
Humanism
16. 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
Elizabeth I
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Communist Manifesto
The Early Middle Ages
17. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
The Holy Roman Empire
Tang Dynasty
Aegan
Ming Dynasty
18. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Bourgeoisie
The Thirty Years War
Charlemagne
Abbassides
19. 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
Augustus
The House of Lords
Islam
The Roman Empire
20. 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
The Phoenicians
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Slave Trade
21. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Reconquista
Constantine
Realism (Plato)
22. 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
Realism (Plato)
Mughuls
The Muslim Empire
The Crusades
23. 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
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Samurai
The Glorious Revolution
Byzantine Empire Decline
24. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Class Division
The Egyptians
The Persians
25. Area along the central west coast of Asia Minor colonized by settlers from mainland Greece from about 1000 BC. Ionian Greeks - including Homer - played a central role in the early development of Greek history and literature following the Dark Ages. B
Songhai
Roman Contributions
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Ionia
26. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
Elizabeth I
The Roman Government
Industrial Revolution
Manorialism
27. 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.
Martin Luther
The Early Middle Ages
The Counter Reformation
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
28. 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.
Mongols
Industrial Revolution
English Common Law
Scholasticism
29. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Greece
Sung Dynasty
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Babalonians
30. 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.
Ninety Theses
Greek Individualism
Songhai
The Viking Invasions
31. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Mycenaean Civilization
The Viking Invasions
Ashikaga Shogunate
32. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Ionia
Ninety Theses
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Roman Government
33. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
French Revolution
Fuedal Contract
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Egyptian History
34. 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
Mali
The Summarians
Constantine
The Code of Hammurabi
35. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
The Scientific Revolution
Abbassides
Laisssez Faire
Shinto Religion
36. 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
Mycenaean Civilization
The Jesuits
The Persians
Brahman
37. Members of the Society of Jesus which became most well known for their work in education of Catholics in Europe. They were devoted to preaching - educating the young - fighting against heresy - serving the Pope - and caring for the needy.
James I
The Jesuits
The Franks
The Holy Roman Empire
38. 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.
Commercial Revival
The Phoenicians
English Common Law
Charles I
39. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
The Code of Napoleon
Romanesque
The Restoration Era
Oligarthy
40. 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
Constanople
The Counter Reformation
Tang Dynasty
41. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
The Congress of Verona
The Persians
Sung Dynasty
42. 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
Songhai
The Protestant Reformation
Islam
The Israelites
43. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Rift Valley
The Continental System
Greek Individualism
Neoclassicism
44. 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.
Mughuls
Napoleon Bonepart
Songhai
Mississippian Culture
45. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
Kush
The Jesuits
French Revolution
The Shogun
46. The English Parliament drove out an absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's William and Mary. 1688 - change of who is in power without bloodshed. Established the supremacy of Parliment.
The Glorious Revolution
Early Japanese Culture
Fuedal System
The War of the Roses
47. Venetian merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
Marco Polo
The Jesuits
Arab Conquests
Sparta
48. 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
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Kublai Khan
Athens
49. Forceful seizure of governmental power
The Samurai
Militant Socialism
Augustus
The Hundred Years War
50. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Islamic Culture
Mughuls
The Communist Manifesto
Effect of the Reformation
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