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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
Roman Military Strategy
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Restoration Era
Militant Socialism
2. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Slave Trade
Cardinal Richelieu
The Act of Supremacy
Byzantine Empire Success
3. 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 Early Middle Ages
The Continental System
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
St. Augustine
4. 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
Absolutionism
Neoclassicism
Charlemagne
Ming Dynasty
5. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
The Babalonians
The Peace of Westphalia
Constantine
The House of York
6. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
The Lydians
The Age of Enlightenment
The Samurai
7. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Neoplatonism
Augustus
Alexandar the Great
The Babalonians
8. Renewal in trade/ growth in economy. No more manorialism. Expanded the social class and a true middle class emerged. Introduced banking and the Guild system.
Romanesque
The Continental System
The Battle of Hastings
Commercial Revival
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 Council of Trent
The Samurai
The Ottoman Empire
Ninety Theses
10. This was the 2nd law passed by Parliament for King Henry VIII. It said that King Henry VIII was the only supreme head of the Church of England - and this church was formed from this act.
The Peace of Westphalia
The Act of Supremacy
Baroque Style
The Persians
11. 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
Islamic Culture
The Spanish Armada
French Revolution
Early Japanese Culture
12. 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.
The law of Primogeniture
Augustus
Byzantine Empire
The Age of Enlightenment
13. This group from the east of Mali built up an army and extended their territory to the large bend in the Niger River near Gao whic became the capital of their empire.
Charles I
Songhai
Tang Dynasty
The Dark Ages
14. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Roman Society
The Commonwealth Period
Songhai
The Nile
15. Individual conviction of ones belief - The effeciency and organization of the the early church - Doctrines that stressed equality and immorality. The establishment of the Pope.
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
African Rivers
Sung Dynasty
Causes of the French Revolution
16. 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 Commonwealth Period
The Council of Trent
The House of Commons
Laisssez Faire
17. 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
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Hundred Years War
The Continental System
The Franks
18. Japanese ruling dynasty that strove to isolate it from foreign influences. shogunate started by Tokugawa Leyasu; 4 class system - warriors - farmers - artisans - merchants; Japan's ports were closed off; wanted to create their own culture; illegal to
Tokugawa Shogunate
Aegan
Mali
The Samurai
19. Greek city - state that was ruled by an oligarchy - focused on military - used slaves for agriculture - discouraged the arts. Developed a totalitarian and militaristic state dependent on slave labor.
English Common Law
Augustus
The Age of Enlightenment
Sparta
20. 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
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Renaissance
Ashikaga Shogunate
Tokugawa Shogunate
21. 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
Alexandar the Great
English Parliment
Industrial Revolution
22. 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
Henry IV
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Egyptians
The Peace of Augsburg
23. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Martin Luther
Abbassides
Akbar
24. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Neoclassicism
Athens
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
25. They were polytheistic worshiping over 2000 gods and goddesses. They believed in the afterlife and that they would be judged for their life. They had sacred burials. Ruled by Pharoahs.
Ziggurat
The Nile
Egyptian Religion
The Viking Invasions
26. Area along the central west coast of Asia Minor colonized by settlers from mainland Greece from about 1000 BC. Ionian Greeks - including Homer - played a central role in the early development of Greek history and literature following the Dark Ages. B
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Confucius
Ionia
Contributions of the Greeks
27. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Militant Socialism
Sparta
The English Civil War
Turks
28. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Seljiks
Islam
Greece
Umayyad
29. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Scholasticism
The Nile
Bourgeoisie
English Parliment
30. 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
Greek Individualism
Ming Dynasty
Constantine
The English Civil War
31. The class of modern wage laborers who having no means of production of their own - are reducing to selling their labor power in order to live
Absolutionism
The Magna Carta
Greece
Proletariats
32. 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.
Fuedal Contract
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Benin
The Persians
33. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Contributions of the Greeks
French Revolution
Brahman
Slave Trade
34. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Glorious Revolution
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Causes of the French Revolution
Effect of the Reformation
35. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
Romanesque
Marco Polo
Peter the Great
The Roman Empire
36. 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 law of Primogeniture
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The House of Lancaster
37. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Islamic Government and Religion
Classical Art
Tribal Organization
Paul the Apostle
38. 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.
Marco Polo
Humanism
The Scientific Revolution
Contributions of the Greeks
39. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos
The French Republic
The law of Primogeniture
The Communist Manifesto
Neoplatonism
40. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Confucius
Egyptian History
Early Japanese Culture
Oligarthy
41. ...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.
The House of Lords
The Early Middle Ages
The Jesuits
The Heian Era
42. Ended the Thirty Years War. 1. Recognized independent authority of German princes. 2. Allowed France to intervene in German affairs. 3. Pope couldn't participate in German religious affiars.
The Peace of Westphalia
The Council of Trent
The Glorious Revolution
Islam
43. 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.
Ionia
The Fall of Rome
The Magna Carta
The House of Lancaster
44. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
The Egyptians
Cardinal Richelieu
Baroque Style
English Parliment
45. 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.
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Mongols
The Restoration Era
Umayyad
46. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Thomas Malthus
The Puritan Revolution
English Common Law
Henry IV
47. 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.
Byzantine Empire Success
The Middle Ages
Kush
Mississippian Culture
48. King of England - Scotland - and Ireland (1625-1649). His power struggles with Parliament resulted in the English Civil War (1642-1648) in which Charles was defeated. He was tried for treason and beheaded in 1649
The Chaldeans
Augustus
The Protestant Reformation
Charles I
49. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
The Assyrians
Romanesque
The Code of Hammurabi
50. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Islamic Culture
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Nomadic
The Muslim Empire