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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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.
The Act of Supremacy
Abbassides
Byzantine Empire Success
Mohammad
2. 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.
Mycenaean Civilization
The Continental System
Industrial Revolution
The Mongols
3. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
The Ottoman Empire
Greek Individualism
Byzantine Empire Success
The Anasazi Culture
4. 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
Thomas Malthus
The Continental System
Effect of the Reformation
Islamic Culture
5. 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 French Religious Wars
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Realism (Plato)
Rift Valley
6. 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 Rise of Christianity
The Protestant Reformation
Henry IV
7. An extremely dry area with little water and few plants
African Desert
The Congress of Vienna
Proletariats
The Fall of Rome
8. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
The Thirty Years War
Voltaire
The House of Lancaster
The Early Middle Ages
9. 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
Romanesque
English Common Law
Turks
Charles I
10. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Songhai
The Communist Manifesto
Hugh Capet
11. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Roman Society
Bourgeoisie
Brahman
12. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The Hopewell People
The Commonwealth Period
The Roman Empire
Aegan
13. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
The Age of Enlightenment
The English Civil War
The Hundred Years War
Seljiks
14. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Humanism
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Roman Government
Mali
15. The Ashikaga Shogunate is the weakest of the three Japanese bakufu governments. Unlike its predecessor - the Kamakura Shogunate - or its successor - the - when Ashikaga Takauji established his bakufu he had little personal territories with which to
Ashikaga Shogunate
Islamic Civilization
The Spanish Armada
The Counter Reformation
16. 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.
The Renaissance
The Hittites
Islamic Civilization
Roman Contributions
17. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Songhai
Napoleon Bonepart
Roman Society
The Huguenots
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
Hugh Capet
The Spanish Armada
Tokugawa Shogunate
Greece
19. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
The Rise of Christianity
Mycenaean Civilization
Constantine
Gothic Revival
20. The Roman Catholic Church responding to the protestantism by starting their own movement -- they stopped selling indulgences and started 'Society of Jesus' or Jesuit missionaries to spread Catholic ideas.
Mali
The Counter Reformation
The Roman Government
The Congress of Vienna
21. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
St. Augustine
Realism (Plato)
Aegan
Slave Trade
22. 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.
Nomadic
The Early Middle Ages
Greece
Oliver Cromwell
23. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
Sung Dynasty
Early Japanese Culture
Nomadic
24. 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
The Restoration Era
The Magna Carta
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Sung Dynasty
25. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
The law of Primogeniture
Islamic Government and Religion
The Palace of Versailles
The Early Middle Ages
26. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Congress of Verona
Karl Marx
African Rivers
27. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Calvinism
Thomas Malthus
Ghana
28. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Absolutionism
The Puritan Revolution
Karl Marx
Ceasar
29. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Egyptian History
The House of Lancaster
The Restoration Era
Mycenaean Civilization
30. 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
Paul the Apostle
Industrial Revolution
Kamakura Shogunate
31. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Militant Socialism
The Scientific Revolution
Byzantine Empire Success
Norman Conquest
32. 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)
Norman Conquest
Mali
Akbar
The Thirty Years War
33. A group of Germanic tribes. They became allies of the Romans and became Christian. In the 8th century they established the Carolingian rule. Perhaps the most famous leader was Charlemagne.
The Holy Roman Empire
The Franks
Charlemagne
Early Japanese Culture
34. 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
Oligarthy
Neoplatonism
The Reconquista
35. 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
The Congress of Vienna
The Shogun
Islamic Civilization
The Anasazi Culture
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 Roman Government
Humanism
Classical Art
The Middle Ages
37. The rise of Islam
The Scientific Revolution
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Samurai
The Muslim Empire
38. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
The Reconquista
The Shogun
Ziggurat
Calvinism
39. Following the death of Ivan the Terrible in 1584 - Russia experienced a period of weakness and disorder known as the Time of Troubles. Hoping to restore order - an assembly of nobles elected Michael Romanov to be the next czar. The Romanov Dynasty ru
Neoclassicism
The Romanov Dynasty
Martin Luther
Islamic Civilization
40. 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.
Fuedal Contract
Islamic Civilization
Mongols
Constantine
41. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Anasazi Culture
Sparta
Byzantine Empire Success
Islam
42. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Commercial Revival
Benin
The Commonwealth Period
The Hopewell People
43. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
The Samurai
Slave Trade
Benin
Causes of the French Revolution
44. 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
The Persians
Karl Marx
French Revolution
Minoan Civilization
45. First Bourbon king - most important kings in French history - rise to power ended French Civil Wars - gradual course to absolutism - politique - converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris
Constanople
Umayyad
Henry IV
Islamic Culture
46. 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
The Nile
The Hittites
The Code of Hammurabi
47. 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
Constantine
The Samurai
The Renaissance
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
48. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Byzantine Empire Decline
Byzantine Empire
Kublai Khan
Islamic Culture
49. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Shogun
Frederick Barbarossa
Mali
Nomadic
50. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
The Puritan Revolution
African Savana
Neoplatonism
Class Division