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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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.
The Act of Supremacy
Charlemagne
The Lydians
Ghana
2. 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 War of the Roses
Norman Conquest
The Chaldeans
The Middle Ages
3. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Napoleon Bonepart
The Manchus
Classical Art
4. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Congress of Verona
The Hopewell People
Romanesque
The Palace of Versailles
5. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
Ziggurat
Mississippian Culture
St. Augustine
Swahili
6. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
African Desert
The Counter Reformation
Alexandar the Great
Charles I
7. Members of the Society of Jesus which became most well known for their work in education of Catholics in Europe. They were devoted to preaching - educating the young - fighting against heresy - serving the Pope - and caring for the needy.
The Jesuits
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Oligarthy
Hieroglyphics
8. 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 Magna Carta
The Act of Supremacy
Roman Contributions
Manorialism
9. 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
English Common Law
Shinto Religion
Ashikaga Shogunate
Swahili
10. 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
The English Civil War
The Thirty Years War
Minoan Civilization
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
The Babalonians
Manorialism
The Spanish Armada
Elizabeth I
12. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
Egyptian History
The Restoration Era
Karl Marx
13. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
The Puritan Revolution
Tang Dynasty
The Continental System
Byzantine Empire
14. Large powerful kingdom in East/Central africa. Controlled and taxed trade between the interior and coastal regions - Organized the flow of gold - ivory - slaves - forged alliances w/ local rulers & profited immensely from these transactions.
African Rivers
The Hopewell People
The Crusades
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
15. 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
Charlemagne
Mycenaean Civilization
Ming Dynasty
The Mongols
16. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The Middle Ages
Decentralization of the Germanic States
The Huguenots
Seljiks
17. 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
The Assyrians
The Egyptians
The Babalonians
The Restoration Era
18. 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 -
English Parliment
Karl Marx
The Reconquista
The French Republic
19. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
The Protestant Reformation
The Act of Supremacy
Ninety Theses
The Mongols
20. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
The Lord of the Manor
African Desert
Slave Trade
Tribal Organization
21. 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.
Marco Polo
The Roman Empire
The Act of Supremacy
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
22. The legaslative body of england (lawmaking) - two houses: house of lords and house of commons
Swahili
English Parliment
Charles I
Islamic Civilization
23. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
The Huguenots
Augustus
Mohammad
Kush
24. 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 Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Early Japanese Culture
Roman Contributions
The Jesuits
25. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Thirty Years War
Militant Socialism
The Egyptians
26. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Umayyad
Greece
Norman Conquest
The Scientific Revolution
27. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
The House of Commons
Greek Individualism
Realism (Plato)
Mongols
28. 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 Franks
The Rise of Christianity
Oligarthy
Sparta
29. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Humanism
The Assyrians
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Dark Ages
30. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
Aegan
Neoclassicism
The Franks
Fuedal System
31. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Summarians
The Counter Reformation
The Peace of Augsburg
The Persians
32. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Absolutionism
Greece
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Phoenicians
33. 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 Commonwealth Period
Hugh Capet
The French Religious Wars
The Anasazi Culture
34. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Constanople
Peter the Great
The Summarians
35. 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.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Napoleon Bonepart
Paul the Apostle
Confucius
36. The economic and social system of medieval europe - lords recieved land from the King in exchane for loyalty and serfs worked the land for the lords in exchange for protection.
Industrial Revolution
The Chaldeans
Fuedal System
Tokugawa Shogunate
37. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
Islamic Culture
Paul the Apostle
The Holy Roman Empire
The Congress of Verona
38. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Mycenaean Civilization
African Culture
The Huguenots
The Congress of Vienna
39. 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
Fuedal System
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
The Continental System
The Battle of Hastings
40. 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
English Common Law
Constantine
The Romanov Dynasty
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
41. 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.
English Common Law
The Egyptians
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Fall of Rome
42. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Paul the Apostle
The Middle Ages
The Restoration Era
Oligarthy
43. Took over Turkey from the Byzantine Empire and strived to expand its borders into Eastern Europe - mainly fighting the Holy Roman Empire and its various princes throughout the Middle Ages. Constanople the center. Over time it started to shrink and gr
The Roman Empire
Ionia
The Ottoman Empire
The Protestant Reformation
44. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Humanism
Romanesque
The Battle of Hastings
Ashikaga Shogunate
45. 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 Puritan Revolution
Dorians
The Congress of Vienna
Hieroglyphics
46. 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
St. Augustine
Benin
Hieroglyphics
The Samurai
47. Forceful seizure of governmental power
The Phoenicians
Militant Socialism
The Middle Ages
Norman Conquest
48. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
Bourgeoisie
The Magna Carta
Songhai
African Rivers
49. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
Class Division
Agarian
Romanesque
The Thirty Years War
50. 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
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Henry IV
Sung Dynasty
The Counter Reformation