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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
The Dark Ages
The Glorious Revolution
Mohammad
The Viking Invasions
2. 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
Egyptian History
Humanism
The Hundred Years War
3. 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
Dorians
The Anasazi Culture
Rift Valley
Ashikaga Shogunate
4. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
The Battle of Hastings
The Palace of Versailles
Voltaire
Absolutionism
5. 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
Ming Dynasty
The Nile
Kush
Brahman
6. 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
Calvinism
The English Civil War
Causes of the French Revolution
Aegan
7. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Battle of Hastings
The law of Primogeniture
The French Religious Wars
8. Prompted by Louis Philippe giving up his throne - this was a new era of liberalism in France. Measures enacted included freeing slaves - granting all males the right to vote - abolishing capital punishment - the establishment of national workshops -
Ninety Theses
The French Republic
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Scientific Revolution
9. 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.
Militant Socialism
Mongols
The Protestant Reformation
The Code of Napoleon
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.
James I
The Act of Supremacy
Ashikaga Shogunate
The Roman Empire
11. A German monk who became one of the most famous critics of the Roman Catholic Chruch. In 1517 - he wrote 95 theses - or statements of belief attacking the church practices.
Martin Luther
Roman Military Strategy
Mughuls
Alexandar the Great
12. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Roman Military Strategy
The Egyptians
Arab Conquests
The Summarians
13. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
The Crusades
Commercial Revival
African Rivers
The Congress of Vienna
14. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Dorians
Ghana
Thomas Malthus
Umayyad
15. Western name for the Chinese philosopher Kongzi (551-479 B.C.E.). His doctrine of duty and public service had a great influence on subsequent Chinese thought and served as a code of conduct for government officials.
Ghana
The Battle of Hastings
Confucius
The Palace of Versailles
16. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
The Hundred Years War
Roman Society
Baroque Style
Ziggurat
17. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Islamic Culture
Agarian
The Crusades
The Dark Ages
18. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
The Early Middle Ages
Martin Luther
African Savana
Militant Socialism
19. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Peace of Augsburg
Hieroglyphics
Songhai
The Commonwealth Period
20. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
English Parliment
Classical Art
Confucianism
The Fall of Rome
21. 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.
Gothic Revival
The War of the Roses
The Peace of Westphalia
Mohammad
22. 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
The Romanov Dynasty
The House of Lancaster
The Council of Trent
The Persians
23. 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
Frederick Barbarossa
Shinto Religion
The Nile
Umayyad
24. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Manorialism
Sparta
Absolutionism
25. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Islamic Government and Religion
The Glorious Revolution
The Summarians
The Huguenots
26. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
Mongols
Ceasar
Neoclassicism
Confucius
27. 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 Congress of Vienna
The House of York
Laisssez Faire
The law of Primogeniture
28. 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
English Parliment
Kamakura Shogunate
The Summarians
Islamic Civilization
29. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Brahman
Mughuls
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Voltaire
30. 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
The French Republic
Islam
Mohammad
The English Civil War
31. 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.
Confucianism
Machiavelli
The Franks
Greece
32. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
The law of Primogeniture
The Lord of the Manor
Islamic Culture
Effect of the Reformation
33. 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 House of York
The Restoration Era
Mohammad
Fuedal Contract
34. 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
Thomas Malthus
The Shogun
English Parliment
The Crusades
35. 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
Roman Military Strategy
The Battle of Hastings
Greece
The Magna Carta
36. Comprised the Tigris & Euphrates Valley - the Fertile Crescent - and The Nile Valley. They had the first system of independent states and writing. Architectural achievements are the ziggurat & pyramid. the first codification of law. the first lasting
The Near East
Swahili
The Franks
Norman Conquest
37. Domination of the commercial trade routes controlled by Constintanople and a monopoly on the silk trade. Excellant use of diplonmacy to avoid invasions. Geographically distant from the tribes who sacked Rome. Codification of Roman Law. A forstress ci
Byzantine Empire Success
The Egyptians
The Persians
Norman Conquest
38. 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.
The Battle of Hastings
Commercial Revival
The Samurai
Roman Contributions
39. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Hieroglyphics
Mali
Proletariats
Henry IV
40. 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
The Phoenicians
Calvinism
The Hopewell People
41. The rise of Islam
Shinto Religion
Constantine
The Muslim Empire
The Near East
42. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Seljiks
The Puritan Revolution
Dorians
43. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
Napoleon Bonepart
Minoan Civilization
The Ottoman Empire
Swahili
44. 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 Palace of Versailles
The Age of Enlightenment
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Pelponnesian War
45. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Huguenots
Kamakura Shogunate
The Babalonians
46. 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.
The Restoration Era
Turks
Mughuls
The English Civil War
47. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Minoan Civilization
Greek Individualism
The Peace of Westphalia
The Egyptians
48. The French version of the American Declaration
The House of Lords
Abbassides
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Mohammad
49. 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
Realism (Plato)
The Manchus
Roman Military Strategy
The House of York
50. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Abbassides
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Calvinism