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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
The Thirty Years War
Byzantine Empire
The Egyptians
The Scientific Revolution
2. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
The Israelites
Tribal Organization
African Desert
Charles I
3. 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.
Proletariats
Arab Caliphs
Roman Society
The Counter Reformation
4. 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.
The Magna Carta
Manorialism
Karl Marx
Ceasar
5. 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:
Oliver Cromwell
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Hopewell People
The Mongols
6. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Chaldeans
The Egyptians
The Anasazi Culture
Confucianism
7. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Arab Caliphs
Charlemagne
The Commonwealth Period
The Hopewell People
8. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
The Act of Supremacy
The Franks
African Culture
James I
9. The great rebirth of acrt - literature - and learning in the 14th - 15th - and 16th centuries which marked the transition from the medieval to modern periods of European history. - A new way of thinking. Which laed to future reforms for the catholic
The French Religious Wars
Neoclassicism
The Renaissance
The Peace of Augsburg
10. 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
St. Augustine
Tokugawa Shogunate
Benin
Mongols
11. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Mississippian Culture
The Jesuits
The English Civil War
Byzantine Empire
12. 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
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Hittites
Egyptian History
13. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Abbassides
Tokugawa Shogunate
Islamic Government and Religion
Neoplatonism
14. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
The Viking Invasions
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
English Common Law
15. 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
James I
Ghana
Charles I
Frederick Barbarossa
16. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Roman Contributions
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
The Palace of Versailles
Bourgeoisie
17. 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.
The Romanov Dynasty
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Oligarthy
English Parliment
18. 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
The Phoenicians
Ghana
Charles I
The Renaissance
19. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Ziggurat
Greece
Arab Caliphs
Manorialism
20. This queen of England chose a religion between the Puritans and Catholics and required her subjects to attend church or face a fine. She also required uniformity and conformity to the Church of England
The Assyrians
The Middle Ages
Elizabeth I
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
21. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Holy Roman Empire
Voltaire
Akbar
22. 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.
English Common Law
Martin Luther
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Continental System
23. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279
Sung Dynasty
The Persians
Hieroglyphics
The Roman Empire
24. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Mycenaean Civilization
The War of the Roses
The Lord of the Manor
Commercial Revival
25. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Genghis Khan
Romanesque
The Scientific Revolution
Sparta
26. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Roman Contributions
The House of Lords
Roman Society
The Viking Invasions
27. 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
Realism (Plato)
Effect of the Reformation
The Manchus
The Congress of Verona
28. 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.
Athens
The Lydians
Arab Conquests
The Council of Trent
29. 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 Commonwealth Period
Mughuls
The Holy Roman Empire
Baroque Style
30. 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 Act of Supremacy
The Spanish Armada
The Near East
Mycenaean Civilization
31. 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
Neoclassicism
The Crusades
The Lydians
The Council of Trent
32. DominateTurkish group control caliphate
The Code of Napoleon
Nomadic
Manorialism
Seljiks
33. 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.'
Elizabeth I
The Babalonians
Machiavelli
Roman Contributions
34. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
The Early Middle Ages
Peter the Great
The Puritan Revolution
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
35. A war that occurred between 1618 and 1648; it was mainly a civil war in Germany and the Holy Roman Empire over religious and political issues; it also involved the countries of Spain - France - Denmark - and Sweden
The Thirty Years War
The Council of Trent
Voltaire
Louis XIV
36. 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.
Napoleon Bonepart
The Congress of Verona
The Near East
Brahman
37. This was a war between France and England between 1346 and 1453. It was fought over land in France that each wanted to control. The British began strongly - but with the help of Joan of Arc - the French rallied and eventually beat England. Two famous
The Hundred Years War
The Lydians
Akbar
The Magna Carta
38. 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 Congress of Vienna
Effect of the Reformation
The Renaissance
The Communist Manifesto
39. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Causes of the French Revolution
The French Religious Wars
Oliver Cromwell
Mycenaean Civilization
40. 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 Ottoman Empire
The Viking Invasions
Shinto Religion
Ghana
41. 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
Akbar
English Common Law
The Anasazi Culture
42. 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
Greek Individualism
Kamakura Shogunate
43. 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.
The Babalonians
The Glorious Revolution
Ionia
The Peace of Augsburg
44. 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.
The Congress of Vienna
The French Republic
The Peace of Westphalia
Martin Luther
45. The doctrine emphasizing a person's capacity for self - realization through reason
Akbar
Greek Individualism
Humanism
The Mongols
46. 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.
Elizabeth I
Hugh Capet
The Protestant Reformation
The Franks
47. 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 Spanish Armada
The Ottoman Empire
The Protestant Reformation
The House of York
48. 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.
Mohammad
Bourgeoisie
Islamic Civilization
Oligarthy
49. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Islamic Culture
The Holy Roman Empire
St. Augustine
Brahman
50. 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 Middle Ages
The Lydians
The Reconquista
Hugh Capet
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