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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
Nomadic
The Congress of Verona
Islam
2. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Ceasar
Songhai
The Phoenicians
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
3. 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.
Machiavelli
Fuedal System
Mongols
Hieroglyphics
4. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Neoplatonism
The Nile
5. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Peter the Great
Brahman
Tokugawa Shogunate
Ninety Theses
6. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Songhai
Oligarthy
Mississippian Culture
Rift Valley
7. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
The Spanish Armada
Umayyad
The Roman Empire
Akbar
8. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
French Revolution
The Renaissance
Tokugawa Shogunate
Neoclassicism
9. 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 Lord of the Manor
The Council of Trent
African Savana
African Culture
10. 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.
Kush
Voltaire
The Puritan Revolution
English Common Law
11. 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 Viking Invasions
Frederick Barbarossa
English Common Law
Ashikaga Shogunate
12. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
Umayyad
Charles I
Martin Luther
African Savana
13. 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 Reconquista
The Congress of Vienna
Minoan Civilization
Ming Dynasty
14. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
The Romanov Dynasty
Egyptian Religion
Rift Valley
Humanism
15. 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).
Thomas Malthus
Tokugawa Shogunate
Mughuls
Constantine
16. 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
Militant Socialism
The Spanish Armada
The Pelponnesian War
James I
17. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Tribal Organization
Neoplatonism
Confucianism
Decentralization of the Germanic States
18. 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.
Songhai
Roman Contributions
The Shogun
The Battle of Hastings
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
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Commonwealth Period
Machiavelli
The Renaissance
20. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
The Summarians
Absolutionism
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Laisssez Faire
21. The revolutionary socialism of ____________ advocated a violent overthrow of the present economic system - History was seen as a class struggle between the exploiters (bourgeoisie) and the exploited (proletariat)
Agarian
Roman Society
The Early Middle Ages
Karl Marx
22. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
Byzantine Empire Decline
African Culture
Mughuls
23. 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.
Frederick Barbarossa
Mohammad
The Thirty Years War
The War of the Roses
24. 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
Hugh Capet
The Hundred Years War
The House of Lords
Seljiks
25. 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 Continental System
James I
Early Japanese Culture
26. Divide and conquer - attack one enemy at a time - always ally with the weak power against the strong - then conquer both afterwards. Give conquered people a stake/citizenship in the empire - respect local religions and traditions. Demand loyalty and
Roman Military Strategy
Slave Trade
Byzantine Empire Success
Realism (Plato)
27. 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 Middle Ages
Kamakura Shogunate
Ziggurat
Manorialism
28. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
The Nile
The Commonwealth Period
The Israelites
Manorialism
29. 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 Assyrians
The Pelponnesian War
Hugh Capet
The Persians
30. 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.
Industrial Revolution
Hieroglyphics
Ionia
Machiavelli
31. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Minoan Civilization
The Rise of Christianity
The Chaldeans
The Roman Government
32. 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
James I
Islamic Government and Religion
The Anasazi Culture
33. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Roman Empire
The Viking Invasions
The Lydians
Kush
34. First known kingdom in sub - Saharan West Africa between the sixth and thirteenth centuries C.E. Also the modern West African country once known as the Gold Coast.
Realism (Plato)
Swahili
Ghana
Augustus
35. A collection of laws covering crimes - farming - business activities - and marriage and family. Many of the punishments were cruel - but the code was an important step in the development of a justice system
The Code of Hammurabi
Byzantine Empire Decline
Seljiks
Louis XIV
36. 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
The Roman Empire
Tribal Organization
Ionia
37. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Norman Conquest
African Rivers
Karl Marx
The House of Commons
38. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
The Peace of Augsburg
Fuedal Contract
Confucius
The Huguenots
39. 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.'
Islamic Government and Religion
Machiavelli
Contributions of the Greeks
The Viking Invasions
40. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Renaissance
Bourgeoisie
Nomadic
Charles I
41. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Hittites
The Communist Manifesto
The Dark Ages
The Battle of Hastings
42. 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
Islam
Charlemagne
The Israelites
The Franks
43. African Civilization developed here
Rift Valley
The War of the Roses
Charlemagne
The Egyptians
44. 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
The Fall of Rome
The law of Primogeniture
The Continental System
Mohammad
45. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Greek Individualism
The Hittites
The Pelponnesian War
46. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Ionia
The Congress of Vienna
Thomas Malthus
Mycenaean Civilization
47. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
The Franks
Realism (Plato)
Karl Marx
Arab Caliphs
48. 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
Egyptian Religion
The English Civil War
The Franks
The Battle of Hastings
49. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
The Shogun
The Phoenicians
Laisssez Faire
Byzantine Empire
50. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Martin Luther
English Parliment
Manorialism
Contributions of the Greeks