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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Henry IV
The Pelponnesian War
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Battle of Hastings
2. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Kublai Khan
Realism (Plato)
The Roman Empire
Manorialism
3. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Sparta
Athens
Absolutionism
Brahman
4. 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 Heian Era
Confucius
Militant Socialism
Industrial Revolution
5. 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
The Persians
Ming Dynasty
The Nile
The Hopewell People
6. 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.
Songhai
The Anasazi Culture
The Glorious Revolution
The Peace of Westphalia
7. The meeting of representatives from each of the nations in the Quadruple Alliance. Its purpose was to draft a peace settlement by redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France. It succeeded in constructing a settlement that w
Effect of the Reformation
Mali
The Scientific Revolution
The Congress of Vienna
8. The first religion of Japan - 'The way of the Gods.' Shinto celebrates the mysteries and unforeseen forces of nature. Animistic. According to Shinto beliefs - divine spirits called kami are associated with the awesome forces of nature - such as rushi
Contributions of the Greeks
The House of Lords
Shinto Religion
The Samurai
9. 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
Islam
Islamic Culture
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Hopewell People
10. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Mongols
Frederick Barbarossa
The Pelponnesian War
The Renaissance
11. 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.
Martin Luther
The Mongols
Akbar
African Culture
12. 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.
Class Division
Shinto Religion
The Counter Reformation
The Manchus
13. English military - political - and religious figure who led the Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War (1642-1649) and called for the execution of Charles I. As lord protector of England (1653-1658) he ruled as a virtual dictator.
Kush
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Oliver Cromwell
Songhai
14. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Norman Conquest
The Ottoman Empire
Slave Trade
The Restoration Era
15. 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
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Industrial Revolution
Machiavelli
Ionia
16. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Turks
The House of Lords
Benin
The Viking Invasions
17. 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.
Augustus
The Franks
Paul the Apostle
Mughuls
18. 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
The Samurai
The Persians
Bourgeoisie
Ziggurat
19. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Lord of the Manor
Ghana
Martin Luther
The Hopewell People
20. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
The law of Primogeniture
The Summarians
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
21. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
Songhai
Mississippian Culture
Islamic Government and Religion
The Rise of Christianity
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.
Mohammad
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Scholasticism
Turks
23. 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 Manchus
The Phoenicians
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Absolutionism
24. 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
The House of Lancaster
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Mali
25. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Mughuls
Oligarthy
Arab Caliphs
Henry IV
26. 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 Hundred Years War
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Ming Dynasty
Charles I
27. 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 Franks
Ghana
Charlemagne
Agarian
28. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Augustus
Tang Dynasty
The Summarians
Sparta
29. Divide and conquer - attack one enemy at a time - always ally with the weak power against the strong - then conquer both afterwards. Give conquered people a stake/citizenship in the empire - respect local religions and traditions. Demand loyalty and
Seljiks
The Anasazi Culture
Roman Military Strategy
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
30. 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
African Desert
Shinto Religion
Minoan Civilization
The Manchus
31. An assembly of high church officials summoned by the Catholic Church to clarify doctrine and address reform in response to the challenges raised by the Protestant Reformation.
The Egyptians
The Ottoman Empire
Islamic Government and Religion
The Council of Trent
32. 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
The Near East
The Hittites
Minoan Civilization
The Persians
33. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Tang Dynasty
Thomas Malthus
The Holy Roman Empire
James I
34. 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 Glorious Revolution
Class Division
Swahili
35. 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 House of Lords
Turks
The Spanish Armada
Alexandar the Great
36. 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
St. Augustine
Class Division
Effect of the Reformation
Mohammad
37. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Hittites
Industrial Revolution
Ionia
Fuedal System
38. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Sung Dynasty
Martin Luther
French Revolution
Umayyad
39. 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
The Restoration Era
Turks
Byzantine Empire Decline
Romanesque
40. African state that developed along the upper reaches of the Nile circa 1000 B.C.E.; conquered Egypt and ruled it for several centuries. Important iron working center.
Brahman
Early Japanese Culture
Kush
Fuedal System
41. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
Bourgeoisie
African Culture
African Desert
Genghis Khan
42. 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:
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Elizabeth I
The Pelponnesian War
Gothic Revival
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.
Paul the Apostle
Constantine
Mycenaean Civilization
Proletariats
44. The system of ethics - education - and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples - stressing love for humanity - ancestor worship - reverence for parents - and harmony in thought and conduct.
English Common Law
The Babalonians
Islam
Confucianism
45. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
The Babalonians
The Heian Era
Ziggurat
Henry IV
46. 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
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Norman Conquest
Kamakura Shogunate
The Renaissance
47. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
Tribal Organization
Islam
The Muslim Empire
48. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Islamic Government and Religion
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Roman Society
Turks
49. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
Absolutionism
The Crusades
The Assyrians
The Rise of Christianity
50. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Agarian
Hieroglyphics
The Nile
Kush