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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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
Islamic Government and Religion
Ceasar
Mycenaean Civilization
The Hundred Years War
2. 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.
Causes of the French Revolution
Confucianism
Oliver Cromwell
Manorialism
3. Occupied western Asia Minor (500s B.C.) - Their culture reached its zenith under King Croesus (Golden King) - Were responsible for the first coinage of money
The Thirty Years War
Frederick Barbarossa
The Lydians
Benin
4. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Baroque Style
Martin Luther
The War of the Roses
Elizabeth I
5. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Shogun
The Phoenicians
The Nile
The Continental System
6. 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
Mohammad
The French Religious Wars
Swahili
7. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
Ziggurat
The Battle of Hastings
Egyptian History
Ninety Theses
8. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
The Age of Enlightenment
Ninety Theses
Minoan Civilization
The Reconquista
9. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
English Parliment
The Mongols
The Counter Reformation
The Babalonians
10. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Contributions of the Greeks
The Huguenots
The Lord of the Manor
Alexandar the Great
11. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Nile
The Summarians
Confucius
Classical Art
12. 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.
Militant Socialism
The Phoenicians
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Code of Napoleon
13. 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 Council of Trent
The Roman Empire
English Common Law
The Summarians
14. ...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.
Roman Military Strategy
Ghana
The House of Lords
The Peace of Augsburg
15. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Ming Dynasty
Laisssez Faire
The House of Commons
Umayyad
16. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Early Middle Ages
The Congress of Verona
The Hopewell People
17. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Realism (Plato)
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
African Desert
Sparta
18. The English Parliament drove out an absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's William and Mary. 1688 - change of who is in power without bloodshed. Established the supremacy of Parliment.
The Glorious Revolution
Tribal Organization
Sparta
Paul the Apostle
19. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Genghis Khan
Mughuls
Byzantine Empire Decline
English Common Law
20. 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:
The Protestant Reformation
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The House of Lords
Decentralization of the Germanic States
21. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Charles I
The Chaldeans
The Hittites
Umayyad
22. 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
Frederick Barbarossa
The Summarians
The Code of Hammurabi
Augustus
23. 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
Bourgeoisie
Greek Individualism
African Desert
24. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
Oligarthy
Henry IV
Ghana
Kamakura Shogunate
25. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Manchus
Bourgeoisie
The Mongols
The French Religious Wars
26. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Restoration Era
Peter the Great
Roman Contributions
Causes of the French Revolution
27. 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
Fuedal Contract
Ziggurat
Athens
28. 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.
The English Civil War
African Rivers
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The Fall of Rome
29. 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
The Assyrians
The Middle Ages
Effect of the Reformation
Islamic Government and Religion
30. 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.
The Peace of Augsburg
Peter the Great
The Mongols
French Revolution
31. 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.
Confucius
Hieroglyphics
The House of Lancaster
The Counter Reformation
32. 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
The Mongols
The English Civil War
African Culture
Hieroglyphics
33. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Hieroglyphics
Ziggurat
Charles I
Ceasar
34. 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
Kush
The Battle of Hastings
Roman Contributions
35. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
The Protestant Reformation
The Continental System
Egyptian Religion
The French Religious Wars
36. 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.
The Continental System
Elizabeth I
Roman Contributions
St. Augustine
37. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Fuedal Contract
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Fuedal System
Constantine
38. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Tang Dynasty
The Restoration Era
Fuedal System
Ghana
39. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
The Huguenots
Class Division
Islamic Government and Religion
Benin
40. 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 House of Commons
The Magna Carta
Elizabeth I
The French Religious Wars
41. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
English Parliment
Roman Contributions
The Muslim Empire
James I
42. 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
Absolutionism
Kamakura Shogunate
The Egyptians
The Persians
43. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Alexandar the Great
Tang Dynasty
Charlemagne
The Romanov Dynasty
44. The basis of a court system for justice. The essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts - applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedent to the facts before them.
The Palace of Versailles
English Common Law
Henry IV
Voltaire
45. 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
Frederick Barbarossa
Kamakura Shogunate
The Lord of the Manor
Byzantine Empire Decline
46. 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.
Roman Military Strategy
The Age of Enlightenment
Aegan
Mycenaean Civilization
47. Crused by the House of Lancaster
African Rivers
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
The House of York
Abbassides
48. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
Kublai Khan
The Reconquista
Ashikaga Shogunate
Henry IV
49. 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
Henry IV
The Continental System
The House of Lancaster
James I
50. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Aegan
Tribal Organization
Voltaire
Gothic Revival