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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
Laisssez Faire
The Crusades
African Culture
The Israelites
2. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Oligarthy
Roman Society
Contributions of the Greeks
Byzantine Empire Success
3. 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 Glorious Revolution
Islamic Culture
The Council of Trent
The Assyrians
4. 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.
Shinto Religion
The Huguenots
The Glorious Revolution
Islamic Culture
5. 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
Augustus
The Nile
The Thirty Years War
The Counter Reformation
6. 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
Class Division
The Act of Supremacy
The Persians
Songhai
7. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
The French Religious Wars
Realism (Plato)
Class Division
Norman Conquest
8. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
The Commonwealth Period
Charlemagne
The Ottoman Empire
9. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Bourgeoisie
Rift Valley
Aegan
Umayyad
10. Greek language and cultural accomplishments preserved. Center for world trade and exchange of culture. It spread civilization to all of eastern Europe. It preserved the Eastern Church which converted Slavic people to Christianity. Its economic streng
Voltaire
The Magna Carta
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Middle Ages
11. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
The Roman Government
The Muslim Empire
The Middle Ages
Byzantine Empire Success
12. 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)
The Assyrians
Ziggurat
Turks
Louis XIV
13. 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.
Kush
Ashikaga Shogunate
Charles I
The Franks
14. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
English Parliment
Arab Conquests
African Culture
Islamic Civilization
15. 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
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Benin
Peter the Great
16. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Hittites
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Athens
17. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Humanism
Louis XIV
The Muslim Empire
The Pelponnesian War
18. 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)
The Scientific Revolution
Akbar
The Babalonians
Henry IV
19. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
Realism (Plato)
The Jesuits
Confucianism
20. A major dynasty that ruled China from the mid - fourteenth to the mid - seventeenth century.The ousted the Mongols. It was marked by a great expansion of Chinese commerce into East Africa - the Middle East - and Southeast Asia
The Communist Manifesto
The Code of Hammurabi
Turks
Ming Dynasty
21. 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 Holy Roman Empire
The Shogun
The Lydians
Elizabeth I
22. 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
Arab Conquests
Kublai Khan
The Lord of the Manor
23. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Slave Trade
Sparta
The Israelites
24. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Alexandar the Great
Sung Dynasty
Constantine
Frederick Barbarossa
25. 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.
Commercial Revival
Islamic Government and Religion
Oliver Cromwell
Elizabeth I
26. 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.
The Protestant Reformation
Akbar
Napoleon Bonepart
Proletariats
27. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The French Republic
The Communist Manifesto
Augustus
The Franks
28. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Ziggurat
The Scientific Revolution
Oligarthy
Cardinal Richelieu
29. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Rift Valley
Kamakura Shogunate
The Hundred Years War
Early Japanese Culture
30. 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.
Manorialism
Mughuls
The Age of Enlightenment
The English Civil War
31. 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.
Elizabeth I
French Revolution
African Desert
The Mongols
32. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Mycenaean Civilization
French Revolution
Arab Caliphs
Islamic Culture
33. Crused by the House of Lancaster
The House of York
The Commonwealth Period
Confucius
Benin
34. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician - wrote The Prince - a work on ethics and government - describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that 'the end justifies the means.'
Machiavelli
Benin
The Scientific Revolution
The English Civil War
35. 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
Augustus
Paul the Apostle
Elizabeth I
The Hundred Years War
36. 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
Ionia
The Samurai
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Assyrians
37. 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 Fall of Rome
English Common Law
Romanesque
The Spanish Armada
38. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Abbassides
The Scientific Revolution
Islamic Government and Religion
Byzantine Empire
39. The Christian name for Saul who had been a persecutor of Christians before conversion. - Was responsible for the spread of Christian theology & the resulting response from the Roman Empire.
Mohammad
Hieroglyphics
Paul the Apostle
Effect of the Reformation
40. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
French Revolution
The Nile
The Palace of Versailles
41. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Slave Trade
The Thirty Years War
Alexandar the Great
Industrial Revolution
42. 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.
The Ottoman Empire
Genghis Khan
The Age of Enlightenment
Marco Polo
43. 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.
Proletariats
The Palace of Versailles
Aegan
Mali
44. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Chaldeans
Absolutionism
Greece
45. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Athens
The Persians
The Counter Reformation
Classical Art
46. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Pelponnesian War
The Muslim Empire
Alexandar the Great
Militant Socialism
47. 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
Ziggurat
Sung Dynasty
Shinto Religion
James I
48. The system of ethics - education - and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples - stressing love for humanity - ancestor worship - reverence for parents - and harmony in thought and conduct.
Byzantine Empire Decline
Confucianism
Proletariats
Shinto Religion
49. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
Egyptian History
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Battle of Hastings
Nomadic
50. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Confucianism
Gothic Revival
Brahman
Henry IV