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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. A warlike monotheistic civilization that spread rapidly throughout the Middle East and were constantly at war. They are known for their brilliant arabesques and gorgeous craftsmanship
The Israelites
Umayyad
Kamakura Shogunate
Islamic Civilization
2. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
The Early Middle Ages
Aegan
Norman Conquest
Slave Trade
3. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Ming Dynasty
Kush
The Dark Ages
Egyptian Religion
4. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
Arab Conquests
The Communist Manifesto
The Assyrians
Kublai Khan
5. 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 Chaldeans
The Spanish Armada
Mississippian Culture
The Peace of Westphalia
6. 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
African Culture
Napoleon Bonepart
English Common Law
7. 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
Songhai
The Magna Carta
Effect of the Reformation
Tang Dynasty
8. 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
Genghis Khan
The Continental System
Mughuls
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
9. 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.
Abbassides
Laisssez Faire
Constanople
Martin Luther
10. 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
The Crusades
The Council of Trent
Neoplatonism
The Roman Government
11. King Louis XIII was a weak ruler and Richelieu filled the void - more or less running the empire via his advice to the king. A clever politician and strategist - Richelieu expanded royal power - punished dissent harshly - and built France into a grea
Calvinism
Cardinal Richelieu
Egyptian Religion
The Lord of the Manor
12. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The Rise of Christianity
The Israelites
The Hittites
Aegan
13. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
Tang Dynasty
Neoclassicism
The Egyptians
14. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The Phoenicians
The French Religious Wars
Industrial Revolution
Baroque Style
15. 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
Calvinism
Hieroglyphics
The Manchus
16. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
The Roman Empire
The Peace of Augsburg
Henry IV
Athens
17. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Ottoman Empire
Islamic Culture
The Hopewell People
Tokugawa Shogunate
18. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Umayyad
The Hittites
The Restoration Era
The Jesuits
19. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Roman Military Strategy
Akbar
The Holy Roman Empire
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
20. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Lord of the Manor
The Babalonians
Minoan Civilization
The Battle of Hastings
21. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans - Saharan gold trade.
Mali
Alexandar the Great
Absolutionism
Roman Society
22. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Babalonians
The Shogun
Ninety Theses
The Samurai
23. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
African Rivers
The Roman Empire
The Age of Enlightenment
24. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The Babalonians
Sung Dynasty
Greece
Augustus
25. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Islamic Government and Religion
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Islamic Culture
Karl Marx
26. 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 -
The French Republic
The Magna Carta
Islamic Civilization
Laisssez Faire
27. 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 Roman Government
Laisssez Faire
The Heian Era
The Peace of Westphalia
28. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Bourgeoisie
Class Division
Abbassides
Frederick Barbarossa
29. 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.
Greece
African Culture
Peter the Great
Kush
30. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
Elizabeth I
Napoleon Bonepart
Thomas Malthus
The Congress of Verona
31. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
The Renaissance
Neoplatonism
Contributions of the Greeks
The Magna Carta
32. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
Benin
The Glorious Revolution
Neoplatonism
33. 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.
Umayyad
Kamakura Shogunate
The Romanov Dynasty
Roman Military Strategy
34. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Humanism
The Council of Trent
Greek Individualism
35. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Slave Trade
The Counter Reformation
Machiavelli
Brahman
36. 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 Enlightenment
Athens
Umayyad
The Renaissance
37. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
The Huguenots
Ashikaga Shogunate
Fuedal System
Ionia
38. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Agarian
African Savana
The Israelites
39. 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
Neoclassicism
Scholasticism
Mughuls
40. 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.
Greek Individualism
Ceasar
Fuedal System
The Counter Reformation
41. 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
The Hundred Years War
The Early Middle Ages
Hugh Capet
Frederick Barbarossa
42. Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages - culture - and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. (p. 552)
Peter the Great
French Revolution
Islamic Culture
The Congress of Vienna
43. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Brahman
Paul the Apostle
African Rivers
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
44. A religious wars in France that started because of the Concordat of Bologna. This war was not only a religious war but a class war. It was between the Huguenots - who were Upper - class intellectuals who were Calvinist vs. the average poor French Cat
Constantine
James I
Rift Valley
The French Religious Wars
45. 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).
African Culture
The Hopewell People
Mughuls
The Lydians
46. 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
Machiavelli
Mongols
Fuedal System
47. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Elizabeth I
The Manchus
Kublai Khan
Machiavelli
48. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Contributions of the Greeks
The Anasazi Culture
St. Augustine
Constanople
49. 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 Communist Manifesto
Scholasticism
Humanism
The War of the Roses
50. 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.
Karl Marx
The Fall of Rome
Shinto Religion
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
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