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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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
James I
The Congress of Verona
French Revolution
The Fall of Rome
2. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Aegan
Neoclassicism
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
3. A period in European history - between about 1000 AD and 1500 AD - when the power of kings - people of high rank and the Christian Church was strong
The Middle Ages
The War of the Roses
African Culture
The Romanov Dynasty
4. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
The Fall of Rome
Contributions of the Greeks
Martin Luther
The Nile
5. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
The Act of Supremacy
Sparta
Swahili
Class Division
6. Greek city - state that was ruled by an oligarchy - focused on military - used slaves for agriculture - discouraged the arts. Developed a totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor.
French Revolution
Elizabeth I
Sparta
Ziggurat
7. A philosophical and theological system - associated with Thomas Aquinas - devised to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Roman Catholic theology in the thirteenth century. (p. 408)
The Code of Napoleon
Scholasticism
Aegan
Umayyad
8. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Egyptian History
Islamic Civilization
The Huguenots
The English Civil War
9. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Effect of the Reformation
Greece
Mycenaean Civilization
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
10. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
The Samurai
The Protestant Reformation
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Tokugawa Shogunate
11. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Classical Art
Mongols
The Rise of Christianity
Neoclassicism
12. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Islamic Civilization
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Jesuits
Mycenaean Civilization
13. ...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.
Scholasticism
Gothic Revival
Elizabeth I
The House of Lords
14. 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.
Turks
Kublai Khan
Confucius
Rift Valley
15. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
The Magna Carta
The Summarians
The Manchus
Benin
16. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
The Egyptians
The Reconquista
Islamic Government and Religion
Bourgeoisie
17. 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.
The Counter Reformation
Abbassides
Martin Luther
Roman Society
18. An advanced civilization that developed on the island of Crete around 2500 BCE based its prosperity
Minoan Civilization
The Rise of Christianity
Mughuls
Benin
19. 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
Hieroglyphics
The Viking Invasions
The Israelites
Alexandar the Great
20. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Slave Trade
The Hittites
The Crusades
The Council of Trent
21. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Humanism
Benin
St. Augustine
The Ottoman Empire
22. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Martin Luther
Roman Society
The Spanish Armada
Brahman
23. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Minoan Civilization
Constantine
Slave Trade
The Ottoman Empire
24. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Byzantine Empire Success
Effect of the Reformation
Brahman
Benin
25. 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.
Egyptian Religion
Marco Polo
The Roman Empire
Nomadic
26. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Fuedal System
Constantine
Arab Caliphs
Kublai Khan
27. 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
The Spanish Armada
Causes of the French Revolution
The Congress of Vienna
Ceasar
28. 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
The Israelites
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Abbassides
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.
Songhai
Proletariats
The Counter Reformation
Industrial Revolution
30. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Songhai
Abbassides
Arab Caliphs
Voltaire
31. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Karl Marx
The Fall of Rome
Swahili
32. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Frederick Barbarossa
The Egyptians
The Franks
The Hittites
33. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Alexandar the Great
The Congress of Vienna
The House of Lancaster
Nomadic
34. 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
The Persians
The Ottoman Empire
The Lydians
Roman Society
35. 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
James I
The Dark Ages
The Huguenots
Henry IV
36. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The law of Primogeniture
The Anasazi Culture
Mongols
The Samurai
37. 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
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Manchus
The Congress of Verona
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
38. Military Genius of France - who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America.
Louis XIV
Napoleon Bonepart
The Peace of Westphalia
Ziggurat
39. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Causes of the French Revolution
Byzantine Empire Success
Oliver Cromwell
African Savana
40. 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 -
Ionia
The French Republic
Confucianism
The Code of Napoleon
41. 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
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Manchus
Sung Dynasty
Mohammad
42. 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
The Spanish Armada
Fuedal Contract
Voltaire
French Revolution
43. 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 Romanov Dynasty
Sung Dynasty
Benin
Islamic Government and Religion
44. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
The War of the Roses
Fuedal System
Ceasar
Early Japanese Culture
45. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Islamic Culture
The Anasazi Culture
The Fall of Rome
African Rivers
46. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
The House of Lords
Ashikaga Shogunate
Neoplatonism
The Age of Enlightenment
47. 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.
The House of York
The Rise of Christianity
Commercial Revival
Mycenaean Civilization
48. 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.
The Peace of Augsburg
The Communist Manifesto
Industrial Revolution
The French Republic
49. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Ceasar
Alexandar the Great
Kamakura Shogunate
50. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The Puritan Revolution
The House of York
The Summarians
The Roman Government