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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Constantine
The Counter Reformation
Paul the Apostle
The French Republic
2. This was the peak of the strength of the cultural and military power of Athens. During this time period there are many philosophers - including Socrates and Plato. This is also the time of the drama and many new advances in science - including Pythag
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Fuedal System
The Middle Ages
French Revolution
3. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
African Culture
The Dark Ages
Seljiks
Arab Caliphs
4. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Holy Roman Empire
The law of Primogeniture
The House of Lancaster
Mongols
5. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
The Muslim Empire
The Congress of Verona
Shinto Religion
The Rise of Christianity
6. African Civilization developed here
The Israelites
Islamic Culture
The Roman Government
Rift Valley
7. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Neoclassicism
Baroque Style
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Fuedal Contract
8. The rise of Islam
The Renaissance
The Manchus
The Muslim Empire
Manorialism
9. 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.
Commercial Revival
Charlemagne
Mali
English Common Law
10. Following the Hundred Years' war - civil war broke out between these two rival branches of the English royal Family - Lancaster claimed the throne of England when the Hundred Year finally ended
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Arab Conquests
The House of Lancaster
African Culture
11. 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.
Kush
Militant Socialism
Greece
Confucius
12. Russian tsar. He enthusiastically introduced Western languages - culture - and technologies to the Russian elite - moving the capital from Moscow to the new city of St. Petersburg. (p. 552)
Peter the Great
Byzantine Empire Success
Egyptian Religion
The Lydians
13. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
The English Civil War
Shinto Religion
The Dark Ages
Greek Individualism
14. The separation of people into different social groups like lower class - upper class. Clergy & nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans wer the work force and serfs were tied to the land.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Henry IV
Machiavelli
Class Division
15. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Minoan Civilization
Roman Society
Islamic Civilization
16. 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
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
The Crusades
Egyptian History
Louis XIV
17. 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.
Genghis Khan
Bourgeoisie
Alexandar the Great
Confucianism
18. 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.
Kamakura Shogunate
The Peace of Westphalia
Scholasticism
The Palace of Versailles
19. Reality consists of ideas that exist in the mind - independant of sensory powers of perception.
Mughuls
Songhai
Seljiks
Realism (Plato)
20. Military Genius of France - who later became a dictator and eventually overthrown. He sold the west land (Louisiana) to the United States for a very cheap price doubling the land of America.
Paul the Apostle
Dorians
The Early Middle Ages
Napoleon Bonepart
21. A government in which power is in the hands of a few people -- especially one in which rule is based upon wealth.
Oligarthy
Militant Socialism
The French Religious Wars
The Persians
22. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Nile
Calvinism
Augustus
Arab Caliphs
23. 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.
Nomadic
The Act of Supremacy
The Code of Hammurabi
The Shogun
24. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Minoan Civilization
Effect of the Reformation
Frederick Barbarossa
Neoplatonism
25. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
Norman Conquest
Decentralization of the Germanic States
African Rivers
Kush
26. Began with the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It emphasized the Holy Bible as the word of God.
The law of Primogeniture
The Nile
The Rise of Christianity
Mohammad
27. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
African Rivers
African Culture
Cardinal Richelieu
Roman Society
28. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Fuedal System
Arab Conquests
Athens
The Peace of Augsburg
29. 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 Middle Ages
Greece
Mongols
Islamic Culture
30. A Mongolian general and emperor of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries - known for his military leadership and great cruelty. He conquered vast portions of northern China and southwestern Asia.
Oliver Cromwell
The Nile
Genghis Khan
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
31. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Tang Dynasty
Egyptian Religion
Causes of the French Revolution
The English Civil War
32. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Charles I
Tang Dynasty
African Desert
The Scientific Revolution
33. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Tribal Organization
Ghana
Benin
Tang Dynasty
34. The revolution that began in 1789 - overthrew the absolute monarchy of the Bourbons and the system of aristocratic privileges - and ended with Napoleon's overthrow of the Directory and seizure of power in 1799.
Genghis Khan
French Revolution
Rift Valley
Shinto Religion
35. Renaissance writer; formerly a politician - wrote The Prince - a work on ethics and government - describing how rulers maintain power by methods that ignore right or wrong; accepted the philosophy that 'the end justifies the means.'
Turks
Machiavelli
The Phoenicians
The Restoration Era
36. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Confucianism
Kublai Khan
Effect of the Reformation
The Glorious Revolution
37. The English Parliament drove out an absolute monarch and replaced him with two constitutional monarch's William and Mary. 1688 - change of who is in power without bloodshed. Established the supremacy of Parliment.
Romanesque
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Glorious Revolution
Arab Caliphs
38. 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 Commonwealth Period
Mohammad
Arab Caliphs
Romanesque
39. Last of the mound - building cultures of North America; flourished between 800 and 1300 C.E.; featured large towns and ceremonial centers; lacked stone architecture of Central America.
The Assyrians
Elizabeth I
Laisssez Faire
Mississippian Culture
40. 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.
The House of Lancaster
Dorians
Absolutionism
Fuedal System
41. Western Europe no longer united by religion - Weakens power and influence of the Catholic Church The power of states was strenthened as was the middle class. Encourages education - people encouraged to read the bible and interpret it individually
Effect of the Reformation
Mississippian Culture
Egyptian Religion
The French Republic
42. 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 Communist Manifesto
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Charles I
African Rivers
43. 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)
Tribal Organization
The Nile
Louis XIV
The English Civil War
44. The collapse of Rome and sweeping advances of Germanic and Viking raiders - Europe entered a time of chaotic political - economic - and urban decline A struggle back toward stability.
The Early Middle Ages
French Revolution
Machiavelli
Seljiks
45. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
The Roman Empire
Charles I
Absolutionism
The Roman Government
46. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
Neoplatonism
Paul the Apostle
The Crusades
Laisssez Faire
47. ...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.
Causes of the French Revolution
Neoplatonism
Kamakura Shogunate
The House of Lords
48. 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 Hundred Years War
The Glorious Revolution
The House of Lords
The Franks
49. 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
Roman Military Strategy
The House of York
The Summarians
Byzantine Empire Decline
50. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
The House of Commons
Classical Art
The Babalonians
Minoan Civilization