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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The revolution that began in 1789 - overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges - and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
French Revolution
The Assyrians
The Peace of Westphalia
The House of York
2. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
The Counter Reformation
Thomas Malthus
African Culture
Militant Socialism
3. 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.
The Glorious Revolution
The Early Middle Ages
French Revolution
African Culture
4. African Civilization developed here
Sparta
Machiavelli
Ghana
Rift Valley
5. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Oliver Cromwell
African Culture
Early Japanese Culture
James I
6. 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 Thirty Years War
Thomas Malthus
The House of Commons
The Congress of Vienna
7. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
Napoleon Bonepart
James I
The Holy Roman Empire
8. 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
Mycenaean Civilization
Fuedal Contract
The Renaissance
The Phoenicians
9. The Founder of Islam. Muslims believe that Mohammad was God's last Prophet and that he received the word of God from the angel Gabriel.
Mughuls
Neoclassicism
Mohammad
The Near East
10. 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
The Israelites
The Summarians
African Desert
The Nile
11. A new group of nomads that drove the tang armies out of central Asia and took control of the silk roads. because of this chinas economy was damaged
Turks
The Nile
The Continental System
Commercial Revival
12. 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
Mughuls
Classical Art
The Continental System
Roman Military Strategy
13. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Contributions of the Greeks
Islam
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Persians
14. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Tang Dynasty
Augustus
The Dark Ages
The Heian Era
15. 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
Islamic Civilization
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Genghis Khan
African Desert
16. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
African Desert
The Scientific Revolution
English Parliment
Marco Polo
17. 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.
The Glorious Revolution
The Roman Government
Kush
The Spanish Armada
18. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Aegan
The Holy Roman Empire
Arab Conquests
The Viking Invasions
19. 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.
The Code of Napoleon
Tribal Organization
African Culture
Genghis Khan
20. 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.
Greece
Abbassides
Aegan
Marco Polo
21. 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.
Roman Society
Kamakura Shogunate
English Common Law
The Franks
22. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Peace of Augsburg
Abbassides
English Parliment
Laisssez Faire
23. 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
Kamakura Shogunate
The Crusades
Mughuls
Egyptian Religion
24. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Napoleon Bonepart
Neoclassicism
Constantine
African Culture
25. 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 Peace of Westphalia
Fuedal System
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Shogun
26. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Fuedal Contract
African Savana
The Lord of the Manor
Neoplatonism
27. 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).
Islamic Civilization
Tang Dynasty
Mughuls
The Puritan Revolution
28. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
Ceasar
The English Civil War
Mughuls
29. 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.
The Fall of Rome
Napoleon Bonepart
Byzantine Empire Success
Manorialism
30. The first religion of Japan - 'The way of the Gods.' Shinto celebrates the mysteries and unforeseen forces of nature. Animistic. According to Shinto beliefs - divine spirits called kami are associated with the awesome forces of nature - such as rushi
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The House of Lancaster
Mohammad
Shinto Religion
31. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Commonwealth Period
Class Division
The Puritan Revolution
The Hundred Years War
32. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
Fuedal Contract
The Anasazi Culture
Arab Conquests
Alexandar the Great
33. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Abbassides
Charlemagne
Aegan
The English Civil War
34. 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
The Manchus
The Franks
Greece
Kamakura Shogunate
35. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Roman Society
The Code of Hammurabi
The law of Primogeniture
The Anasazi Culture
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
Napoleon Bonepart
The Glorious Revolution
The Early Middle Ages
The Magna Carta
37. 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.
Sung Dynasty
The Crusades
The Battle of Hastings
Industrial Revolution
38. Most illustrious sultan of the Mughal Empire in India (r. 1556-1605). He expanded the empire and pursued a policy of conciliation with Hindus. (p. 536)
Akbar
Confucianism
The Magna Carta
The Communist Manifesto
39. Large powerful kingdom in East/Central africa. Controlled and taxed trade between the interior and coastal regions - Organized the flow of gold - ivory - slaves - forged alliances w/ local rulers & profited immensely from these transactions.
Ceasar
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Charlemagne
Class Division
40. 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
Constantine
James I
The Congress of Verona
The Assyrians
41. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
Minoan Civilization
Augustus
Fuedal Contract
The Roman Government
42. 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
The Viking Invasions
Hugh Capet
Genghis Khan
The Palace of Versailles
43. 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 Code of Hammurabi
The Phoenicians
Class Division
Benin
44. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
The War of the Roses
Akbar
Abbassides
45. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
The Manchus
African Desert
The Protestant Reformation
Ceasar
46. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Benin
Hugh Capet
The Rise of Christianity
Mycenaean Civilization
47. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Arab Caliphs
The Age of Enlightenment
French Revolution
Calvinism
48. Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting
Nomadic
The Dark Ages
The Near East
Brahman
49. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Confucius
Henry IV
Ninety Theses
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
50. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
The Renaissance
St. Augustine
Neoplatonism
The Congress of Vienna