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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. ...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.
Mississippian Culture
The House of Lords
Elizabeth I
The Manchus
2. Prompted by Louis Philippe giving up his throne - this was a new era of liberalism in France. Measures enacted included freeing slaves - granting all males the right to vote - abolishing capital punishment - the establishment of national workshops -
The French Republic
The Hundred Years War
Aegan
The Palace of Versailles
3. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Holy Roman Empire
Roman Contributions
The Hopewell People
The House of Lancaster
4. The revolution that began in 1789 - overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges - and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
Byzantine Empire Success
Islamic Government and Religion
French Revolution
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
5. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
The Heian Era
African Desert
Contributions of the Greeks
The Congress of Vienna
6. Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting
Proletariats
The Near East
Ionia
Roman Contributions
7. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Sung Dynasty
The Babalonians
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Magna Carta
8. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Ziggurat
Constantine
Greek Individualism
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
9. The French version of the American Declaration
Oligarthy
The Hundred Years War
The Ottoman Empire
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
10. 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 Samurai
Islamic Culture
Manorialism
Shinto Religion
11. 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).
Abbassides
The Anasazi Culture
Kush
Mughuls
12. 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 House of Commons
The law of Primogeniture
The Heian Era
Absolutionism
13. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The French Republic
Roman Military Strategy
The House of York
The Phoenicians
14. 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)
Constantine
Mississippian Culture
Peter the Great
Songhai
15. 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.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Peter the Great
Laisssez Faire
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
16. 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
Ashikaga Shogunate
Sung Dynasty
Hugh Capet
The House of Commons
17. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 - Russia experienced a period of weakness and disorder known as the Time of Troubles. Hoping to restore order - an assembly of nobles elected Michael Romanov to be the next czar. The Romanov Dynasty ru
African Savana
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Romanov Dynasty
Thomas Malthus
18. 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
Brahman
Seljiks
The English Civil War
Causes of the French Revolution
19. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Dorians
Byzantine Empire Decline
Agarian
Baroque Style
20. 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
Genghis Khan
The Rise of Christianity
Cardinal Richelieu
The Manchus
21. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Effect of the Reformation
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Puritan Revolution
The Code of Hammurabi
22. Took over Turkey from the Byzantine Empire and strived to expand its borders into Eastern Europe - mainly fighting the Holy Roman Empire and its various princes throughout the Middle Ages. Constanople the center. Over time it started to shrink and gr
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Viking Invasions
The Ottoman Empire
Effect of the Reformation
23. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Neoclassicism
Calvinism
24. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Arab Caliphs
Class Division
Islamic Government and Religion
Hugh Capet
25. 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 Persians
Machiavelli
Fuedal Contract
Athens
26. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
The Israelites
Nomadic
Confucianism
Early Japanese Culture
27. 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
The Communist Manifesto
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Kush
The Congress of Verona
28. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Militant Socialism
Constanople
The Summarians
The Chaldeans
29. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The Restoration Era
Byzantine Empire
Baroque Style
The Continental System
30. 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
Scholasticism
Islamic Civilization
The Assyrians
31. 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 Commonwealth Period
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Israelites
Contributions of the Greeks
32. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
Islamic Culture
The Jesuits
Ceasar
33. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Elizabeth I
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Romanov Dynasty
The Manchus
34. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Romanesque
Slave Trade
The Commonwealth Period
African Rivers
35. 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
The Thirty Years War
Aegan
The Renaissance
Mississippian Culture
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
The Phoenicians
Ziggurat
Cardinal Richelieu
Elizabeth I
37. 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
Arab Conquests
The Holy Roman Empire
The Congress of Vienna
38. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Communist Manifesto
The Congress of Verona
The Congress of Vienna
The Code of Hammurabi
39. 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
Ninety Theses
The Hundred Years War
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
40. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
The Protestant Reformation
The Phoenicians
Louis XIV
Laisssez Faire
41. First Bourbon king - most important kings in French history - rise to power ended French Civil Wars - gradual course to absolutism - politique - converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris
Romanesque
The Congress of Vienna
Akbar
Henry IV
42. 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 Battle of Hastings
Manorialism
Confucius
Contributions of the Greeks
43. 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
Umayyad
The Spanish Armada
The Code of Napoleon
The Babalonians
44. 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.
Contributions of the Greeks
Class Division
The House of York
James I
45. 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.
Voltaire
Mississippian Culture
Swahili
The Act of Supremacy
46. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Peace of Augsburg
Islamic Government and Religion
Elizabeth I
47. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
The Huguenots
The Roman Empire
Islamic Government and Religion
Byzantine Empire
48. Entered China and easily changed the Ming dynasty into the Qing dynasty since they were sinicized before - Established a Confucian government with six ministries - a censorate - and other Chinese institutions - Were segregated from the Chinese - Forb
The Lydians
The Manchus
Early Japanese Culture
Martin Luther
49. 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
Napoleon Bonepart
Effect of the Reformation
Confucius
The Israelites
50. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
The Dark Ages
The House of Lancaster
Athens
Bourgeoisie