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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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 Battle of Hastings
The Glorious Revolution
Humanism
The Code of Napoleon
2. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Karl Marx
The House of York
The Shogun
Arab Caliphs
3. It's geographic proximity to the Arabs - Slave - and Turks all of whom were becoming more powerful. The loss of commercial dominace over the Italians. Reliogious contraversy with west and a split with the Roman Catholic Church. The sack of the fourth
The Muslim Empire
Byzantine Empire Decline
Napoleon Bonepart
The Hopewell People
4. 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
Rift Valley
Henry IV
James I
Mughuls
5. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Tang Dynasty
The Protestant Reformation
The Battle of Hastings
Benin
6. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Cardinal Richelieu
James I
The Early Middle Ages
The Holy Roman Empire
7. 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 Restoration Era
The Lydians
Byzantine Empire
Ashikaga Shogunate
8. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
The Puritan Revolution
The Early Middle Ages
Marco Polo
9. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
The Persians
Dorians
Ionia
Roman Society
10. 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.
The Muslim Empire
The Heian Era
The Hopewell People
Egyptian Religion
11. Te monotheistic religion of Muslims founded in Arabia in the 7th century and based on the teachings of Muhammad as laid down in the Koran
Islam
Scholasticism
Benin
The Samurai
12. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
The Hopewell People
The Babalonians
The Samurai
The Age of Enlightenment
13. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The Heian Era
The Hittites
Baroque Style
The Huguenots
14. 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.
Laisssez Faire
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Assyrians
Napoleon Bonepart
15. The first great Christian philosopher. He was a sinner and did not believe but eventually was converted and he wrote CIty of God as well as Confession - he is also responsible for the doctrine of Original Sin
Mycenaean Civilization
The Heian Era
St. Augustine
Agarian
16. 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)
Rift Valley
The Romanov Dynasty
Gothic Revival
Karl Marx
17. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
Genghis Khan
The Continental System
African Savana
Confucius
18. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Ziggurat
Bourgeoisie
The Code of Napoleon
Constantine
19. 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 Code of Napoleon
Turks
The Congress of Vienna
The Crusades
20. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
The Huguenots
Classical Art
The Battle of Hastings
African Culture
21. 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
Islamic Civilization
The Chaldeans
Charles I
The Manchus
22. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
The Scientific Revolution
Decentralization of the Germanic States
African Rivers
The Puritan Revolution
23. 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.
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Ghana
The House of Commons
Militant Socialism
24. 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 Holy Roman Empire
Agarian
The House of Lords
25. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
The French Religious Wars
Gothic Revival
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
26. 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.
Napoleon Bonepart
The Age of Enlightenment
The House of Lords
Egyptian Religion
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.
Manorialism
Hieroglyphics
Louis XIV
Henry IV
28. 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
Baroque Style
The Restoration Era
Byzantine Empire Success
29. 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 Summarians
The Israelites
Louis XIV
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
30. The scientific revolution brought about new mechanical inventions - The availability of investment capital and the rise of the middle class provided an economic base - Geographic and social conditions in England favored industrialization:
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Manchus
Mississippian Culture
Ziggurat
31. 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.
The Palace of Versailles
Sparta
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Gothic Revival
32. A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics - astronomy - and biology - in institutions supporting scientific investigation - and in the more widely held picture of the universe
The Peace of Westphalia
Ceasar
The Scientific Revolution
The Lydians
33. 1830s movement in architecture when buildings in the Gothic (high medieval) style became popular. It was in this period that the British Parliament building was built. This was the architectural manifestation of Romanticism. Where the Enlightenment h
Gothic Revival
Kush
Roman Contributions
Greek Individualism
34. 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.
Roman Contributions
Kush
Tang Dynasty
Constantine
35. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Mughuls
English Parliment
The Heian Era
The Near East
36. 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 Caliphs
Mohammad
The Assyrians
Tang Dynasty
37. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Roman Military Strategy
The House of York
Mississippian Culture
Arab Conquests
38. Crused by the House of Lancaster
Elizabeth I
Karl Marx
Greece
The House of York
39. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Mohammad
The Palace of Versailles
The Crusades
40. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
Ghana
Kamakura Shogunate
Constanople
The Egyptians
41. 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
Calvinism
Napoleon Bonepart
Kush
42. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Brahman
Mycenaean Civilization
Neoplatonism
The Communist Manifesto
43. The rise of Islam
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Magna Carta
Militant Socialism
The Muslim Empire
44. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The Battle of Hastings
Alexandar the Great
Genghis Khan
The Lord of the Manor
45. 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
Greece
The Palace of Versailles
The Lydians
Hugh Capet
46. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Causes of the French Revolution
James I
Tokugawa Shogunate
Mughuls
47. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
The Heian Era
The Renaissance
Umayyad
The Mongols
48. 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).
The Magna Carta
Bourgeoisie
Mughuls
Decentralization of the Germanic States
49. 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
Cardinal Richelieu
Manorialism
The House of Lancaster
The Continental System
50. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The Viking Invasions
The Babalonians
The House of Lancaster
Decentralization of the Germanic States
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