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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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.
African Savana
The Jesuits
The French Republic
The Hundred Years War
2. 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.'
Hieroglyphics
Machiavelli
The House of Commons
Ming Dynasty
3. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Minoan Civilization
The Anasazi Culture
Confucius
Kush
4. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
The Peace of Westphalia
Early Japanese Culture
The Roman Government
The Early Middle Ages
5. 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
Gothic Revival
The Thirty Years War
Commercial Revival
The Near East
6. 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.
Industrial Revolution
Augustus
Hugh Capet
The Nile
7. 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 Continental System
The Lord of the Manor
The French Republic
The House of Lancaster
8. 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
Mississippian Culture
The Holy Roman Empire
Islamic Government and Religion
The Congress of Vienna
9. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
The Middle Ages
Benin
The Shogun
Kush
10. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
The Magna Carta
Agarian
The Rise of Christianity
The Puritan Revolution
11. 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
The Restoration Era
Minoan Civilization
Sparta
The Chaldeans
12. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Norman Conquest
Kush
Fuedal System
The Magna Carta
13. The French version of the American Declaration
Humanism
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Islamic Culture
Industrial Revolution
14. 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.
Abbassides
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Class Division
Songhai
15. 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
The Babalonians
The Romanov Dynasty
Ziggurat
Confucianism
16. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
The Counter Reformation
Neoclassicism
The Magna Carta
Ninety Theses
17. 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.
French Revolution
The Council of Trent
Songhai
The Ottoman Empire
18. This war was between Aristocrats and Nobles. The Nobles wanted to control the throne so the first Tudor King - Henry VII took the throne in 1485. He abolished the Noble's private armies.
The War of the Roses
Romanesque
The Restoration Era
Militant Socialism
19. 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 French Republic
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Machiavelli
The Protestant Reformation
20. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Arab Caliphs
Egyptian History
The Puritan Revolution
Industrial Revolution
21. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Neoplatonism
Brahman
Frederick Barbarossa
Confucianism
22. 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.
The Anasazi Culture
Islamic Government and Religion
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Confucianism
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
The Restoration Era
Voltaire
The House of Commons
Byzantine Empire Decline
24. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Ceasar
The Congress of Verona
Genghis Khan
Bourgeoisie
25. 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 Glorious Revolution
Elizabeth I
The Continental System
Byzantine Empire Success
26. 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.
Akbar
Ghana
The Spanish Armada
Oliver Cromwell
27. 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 Pelponnesian War
The Thirty Years War
Confucius
Tang Dynasty
28. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Athens
The Glorious Revolution
Genghis Khan
Mycenaean Civilization
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
The Pelponnesian War
Romanesque
Roman Military Strategy
The Communist Manifesto
30. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
Hugh Capet
The Peace of Augsburg
Cardinal Richelieu
Ming Dynasty
31. The most of the power lies on the shoulders of the House of the Commons. The Commons is elected by the people. The commons grant money - and is the law- making body in the british government.The commons pick the Prime Minister.
The Near East
Humanism
Seljiks
The House of Commons
32. 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
Roman Contributions
The Act of Supremacy
The Heian Era
The House of York
33. 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
Cardinal Richelieu
Absolutionism
Baroque Style
34. 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.
Arab Conquests
The Code of Napoleon
The Huguenots
Roman Military Strategy
35. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Roman Empire
James I
36. 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.
African Savana
Islam
Martin Luther
Bourgeoisie
37. A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics - astronomy - and biology - in institutions supporting scientific investigation - and in the more widely held picture of the universe
The Scientific Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
Class Division
The French Republic
38. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
Napoleon Bonepart
Gothic Revival
The House of Commons
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
39. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Marco Polo
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Frederick Barbarossa
The Council of Trent
40. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
The Congress of Verona
The Hundred Years War
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Magna Carta
41. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Muslim Empire
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Summarians
The Battle of Hastings
42. The rise of Islam
The Rise of Christianity
Byzantine Empire Success
James I
The Muslim Empire
43. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Oligarthy
Baroque Style
The Huguenots
The Summarians
44. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Fuedal System
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Paul the Apostle
Causes of the French Revolution
45. 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
The House of Commons
African Desert
The Ottoman Empire
Byzantine Empire Success
46. 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)
The Continental System
Turks
Karl Marx
The Ottoman Empire
47. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Ghana
The Roman Empire
The Crusades
Islamic Civilization
48. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
Laisssez Faire
The Pelponnesian War
Constanople
The War of the Roses
49. 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
Dorians
Greek Individualism
The Thirty Years War
The Code of Napoleon
50. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Class Division
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Calvinism
Realism (Plato)
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