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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Elected consul of rome in 59 bc. Genius with military strategy. Governed as an absolute ruler. Was assassinated in the senate chamber.
The House of Lancaster
The Congress of Verona
Ceasar
The Jesuits
2. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
Hugh Capet
Ninety Theses
Bourgeoisie
Umayyad
3. The change from an agricultural to an industrial society and from home manufacturing to factory production - especially the one that took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
Minoan Civilization
Confucianism
Industrial Revolution
The Holy Roman Empire
4. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
The Anasazi Culture
The Commonwealth Period
Tribal Organization
St. Augustine
5. 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.
French Revolution
Martin Luther
Ceasar
The Spanish Armada
6. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Neoplatonism
Rift Valley
The Middle Ages
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
7. Established the first lasting monotheism - Saul established the first kingdom in Palestine (c. 1030-1010 B.C.) - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in
English Parliment
St. Augustine
The Israelites
Alexandar the Great
8. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Calvinism
Bourgeoisie
The Puritan Revolution
The Middle Ages
9. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
The Renaissance
Napoleon Bonepart
The Ottoman Empire
10. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
Karl Marx
The Roman Government
The House of Lancaster
Greek Individualism
11. 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.
Tokugawa Shogunate
Confucius
The Assyrians
Kamakura Shogunate
12. 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
Manorialism
Islamic Civilization
Neoplatonism
Abbassides
13. 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.
Byzantine Empire Decline
The Puritan Revolution
Oliver Cromwell
The Code of Hammurabi
14. 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.'
The Lord of the Manor
Tokugawa Shogunate
Kublai Khan
Machiavelli
15. 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.
Confucius
The Lord of the Manor
Elizabeth I
The Mongols
16. 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
The Roman Government
The Manchus
The Counter Reformation
17. Forceful seizure of governmental power
Ashikaga Shogunate
The War of the Roses
The Roman Government
Militant Socialism
18. 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 Muslim Empire
The Summarians
The Persians
Manorialism
19. 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
Martin Luther
Louis XIV
The Hundred Years War
Thomas Malthus
20. The class of modern wage laborers who having no means of production of their own - are reducing to selling their labor power in order to live
The Age of Enlightenment
Proletariats
Abbassides
Voltaire
21. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
Contributions of the Greeks
Absolutionism
The Counter Reformation
The Renaissance
22. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
The Protestant Reformation
Causes of the French Revolution
Cardinal Richelieu
The Palace of Versailles
23. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
The Code of Hammurabi
Henry IV
Militant Socialism
Benin
24. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Dorians
Oliver Cromwell
Greece
The Puritan Revolution
25. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Frederick Barbarossa
The Ottoman Empire
Classical Art
The Babalonians
26. King Louis XIII was a weak ruler and Richelieu filled the void - more or less running the empire via his advice to the king. A clever politician and strategist - Richelieu expanded royal power - punished dissent harshly - and built France into a grea
The Hopewell People
The Egyptians
Cardinal Richelieu
Ziggurat
27. The rise of Islam
Charles I
The Heian Era
Ceasar
The Muslim Empire
28. 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
The Persians
Alexandar the Great
Rift Valley
The Lydians
29. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
Paul the Apostle
The Code of Hammurabi
The Shogun
30. French philosopher and writer whose works epitomize the Age of Enlightenment - often attacking injustice and intolerance
Voltaire
Mughuls
Roman Contributions
The Continental System
31. 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.
The Peace of Westphalia
Realism (Plato)
Alexandar the Great
Marco Polo
32. 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 Nile
Mughuls
The Roman Empire
Minoan Civilization
33. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Islamic Government and Religion
Minoan Civilization
Martin Luther
The Rise of Christianity
34. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Fuedal Contract
The Nile
The War of the Roses
Kush
35. 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.
Islamic Government and Religion
The Mongols
Ninety Theses
Commercial Revival
36. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
Manorialism
Causes of the French Revolution
The Anasazi Culture
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
37. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Paul the Apostle
The Thirty Years War
The Huguenots
The Puritan Revolution
38. 1830s movement in architecture when buildings in the Gothic (high medieval) style became popular. It was in this period that the British Parliament building was built. This was the architectural manifestation of Romanticism. Where the Enlightenment h
Gothic Revival
Minoan Civilization
Frederick Barbarossa
Turks
39. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
The Ottoman Empire
The Huguenots
The Rise of Christianity
Early Japanese Culture
40. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Islamic Government and Religion
The English Civil War
Byzantine Empire
The Council of Trent
41. 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
Sparta
Marco Polo
Realism (Plato)
42. The most of the power lies on the shoulders of the House of the Commons. The Commons is elected by the people. The commons grant money - and is the law- making body in the british government.The commons pick the Prime Minister.
Ghana
The Age of Enlightenment
The House of Commons
The Ottoman Empire
43. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Turks
The Summarians
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Roman Government
44. 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 Restoration Era
Louis XIV
The Lord of the Manor
The Assyrians
45. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Brahman
Hieroglyphics
The Roman Empire
Proletariats
46. 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)
The Lord of the Manor
Nomadic
Ninety Theses
Akbar
47. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Islam
The Viking Invasions
The Babalonians
St. Augustine
48. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Napoleon Bonepart
Arab Conquests
Thomas Malthus
James I
49. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
The Babalonians
African Savana
Fuedal Contract
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
50. This war was between Aristocrats and Nobles. The Nobles wanted to control the throne so the first Tudor King - Henry VII took the throne in 1485. He abolished the Noble's private armies.
Ionia
The Franks
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The War of the Roses