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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Ended the Thirty Years War. 1. Recognized independent authority of German princes. 2. Allowed France to intervene in German affairs. 3. Pope couldn't participate in German religious affiars.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Near East
The Peace of Westphalia
The Crusades
2. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
The Dark Ages
The Chaldeans
Swahili
Commercial Revival
3. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Aegan
Kublai Khan
The Viking Invasions
The Roman Government
4. 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).
Constanople
Mughuls
The Franks
Hieroglyphics
5. Known as knights of feudal Japan and retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th - century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was consolidated in the Tokugawa period. They were privileged to wear two swor
The Samurai
Absolutionism
Fuedal Contract
Mughuls
6. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Lord of the Manor
The House of Lords
Agarian
The Renaissance
7. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Rift Valley
Slave Trade
Athens
Dorians
8. The first great Christian philosopher. He was a sinner and did not believe but eventually was converted and he wrote CIty of God as well as Confession - he is also responsible for the doctrine of Original Sin
The Protestant Reformation
The House of Lords
The Babalonians
St. Augustine
9. 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
Norman Conquest
Aegan
The Phoenicians
The Act of Supremacy
10. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Henry IV
Umayyad
Militant Socialism
The House of Lancaster
11. 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 French Republic
Nomadic
Calvinism
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 Heian Era
Fuedal System
The Phoenicians
The law of Primogeniture
13. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Sung Dynasty
The Hopewell People
Neoplatonism
Class Division
14. 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.
Hieroglyphics
Egyptian Religion
Greek Individualism
The House of Commons
15. A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire - living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan - linking western and eastern Eurasia.
The Code of Hammurabi
The Hopewell People
Mongols
Commercial Revival
16. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
The Palace of Versailles
Laisssez Faire
The Code of Napoleon
Swahili
17. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Henry IV
The Phoenicians
Brahman
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
18. 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 Middle Ages
Marco Polo
Confucius
English Common Law
19. 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
Gothic Revival
The House of Commons
The Renaissance
Decentralization of the Germanic States
20. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
The Egyptians
African Culture
Constanople
French Revolution
21. 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.
The Magna Carta
The Protestant Reformation
The Thirty Years War
Marco Polo
22. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
Classical Art
Cardinal Richelieu
Effect of the Reformation
Absolutionism
23. The Roman Catholic Church responding to the protestantism by starting their own movement -- they stopped selling indulgences and started 'Society of Jesus' or Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas.
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Counter Reformation
The Peace of Westphalia
24. 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.
Mongols
Napoleon Bonepart
Martin Luther
Confucius
25. 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.
Constanople
The Fall of Rome
Henry IV
Mississippian Culture
26. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Congress of Verona
African Savana
The Ottoman Empire
Constanople
27. African Civilization developed here
Egyptian History
The Act of Supremacy
Machiavelli
Rift Valley
28. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Tribal Organization
Charles I
Nomadic
Contributions of the Greeks
29. 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.
The Hopewell People
Oliver Cromwell
The Anasazi Culture
The Lord of the Manor
30. Among the most vigorous of the medieval emperors. Clashed with the pope over the appointment of the clergy. Known as 'the red beard' (r. 1152-1190). He attempted to conquer Lombardy (n. Italy) and unite the German princes - but the popes did not appr
Ghana
Frederick Barbarossa
The Shogun
Arab Conquests
31. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
Hugh Capet
African Culture
Agarian
Karl Marx
32. 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.
The Franks
Egyptian Religion
Causes of the French Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
33. A broad intellectual movement in 18th - century Europe that advocated the use of reason in the re - evaluation of accepted ideas. Also known as the Age of Reason.
The Chaldeans
The Age of Enlightenment
The Communist Manifesto
The Romanov Dynasty
34. King of France from 1643 to 1715; his long reign was marked by the expansion of French influence in Europe and by the magnificence of his court and the Palace of Versailles (1638-1715)
Louis XIV
Kublai Khan
Islamic Culture
The Hundred Years War
35. Continuous barbaric invasion. Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military. The rise of Christianity divided the Empire.
Elizabeth I
Benin
The Fall of Rome
The Franks
36. Document written in 1215 which limited the power of the King and established the principle of limited government and the fundamental rights of English citizens. The document also introduced such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of
Realism (Plato)
The Magna Carta
Charlemagne
The Shogun
37. 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
The Summarians
The Phoenicians
Causes of the French Revolution
Islam
38. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Marco Polo
Charlemagne
Frederick Barbarossa
Confucianism
39. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Hugh Capet
The Peace of Augsburg
40. The rise of Islam
The Muslim Empire
The French Religious Wars
The Magna Carta
Tang Dynasty
41. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
Minoan Civilization
Fuedal Contract
The Puritan Revolution
42. 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.
Gothic Revival
Paul the Apostle
The Early Middle Ages
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
43. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
Voltaire
The Pelponnesian War
Scholasticism
Louis XIV
44. 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 Act of Supremacy
The Battle of Hastings
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Martin Luther
45. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Holy Roman Empire
Sparta
Ming Dynasty
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
46. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Alexandar the Great
Constantine
Abbassides
The Hittites
47. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Ninety Theses
The Shogun
Ghana
Commercial Revival
48. 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
Kublai Khan
The House of Lancaster
The Peace of Westphalia
The Code of Hammurabi
49. 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
Umayyad
Charlemagne
The Crusades
Songhai
50. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Greek Individualism
Minoan Civilization
Proletariats
African Rivers