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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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 House of Commons
Charles I
The Jesuits
2. 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.
Tribal Organization
The Ottoman Empire
The War of the Roses
The Peace of Westphalia
3. Oliver Cromwell ruled as a dictator and abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords.
Roman Society
Islam
The Jesuits
The Commonwealth Period
4. The Heian Era commenced in 794 - and was a time when Japan gradually stopped imitating China - developing into a distinct new culture. The new culture mixed both Chinese and Japanese cultures - combining the faiths of China - Shintoism - and Buddhism
The Heian Era
Militant Socialism
Islamic Civilization
The Jesuits
5. 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.
The Code of Hammurabi
Roman Contributions
Karl Marx
The House of Commons
6. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
Alexandar the Great
St. Augustine
Abbassides
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
7. ...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.
Shinto Religion
The Persians
Greek Individualism
The House of Lords
8. 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.
Ionia
Mississippian Culture
Marco Polo
Byzantine Empire Decline
9. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
The Hundred Years War
Slave Trade
Arab Caliphs
The Code of Hammurabi
10. 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
English Common Law
Karl Marx
Arab Caliphs
James I
11. Englightenment - unequal tax system - bad harvests - debt - absolute monarchy - economic issues - inequitable class structure - disorganized legal system - no representation.
African Savana
Kublai Khan
The Persians
Causes of the French Revolution
12. 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
Constantine
The Muslim Empire
Neoclassicism
13. 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 Anasazi Culture
The House of York
Neoplatonism
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
14. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
The Romanov Dynasty
Songhai
The Pelponnesian War
The Peace of Augsburg
15. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Commercial Revival
African Rivers
Dorians
Benin
16. 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)
Louis XIV
Calvinism
The Communist Manifesto
Martin Luther
17. 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.
Roman Contributions
Kublai Khan
Charlemagne
The law of Primogeniture
18. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
The Battle of Hastings
The Hundred Years War
The Lydians
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
19. 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 Franks
The law of Primogeniture
The Near East
The Age of Enlightenment
20. The Christian name for Saul who had been a persecutor of Christians before conversion. - Was responsible for the spread of Christian theology & the resulting response from the Roman Empire.
Manorialism
Rift Valley
The Dark Ages
Paul the Apostle
21. Concerning farms - farmers - or agriculture and the use of land.
The House of Lords
The Hopewell People
Agarian
Neoplatonism
22. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Charlemagne
Genghis Khan
Bourgeoisie
Arab Caliphs
23. 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
Elizabeth I
Early Japanese Culture
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Napoleon Bonepart
24. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Industrial Revolution
Effect of the Reformation
Karl Marx
The Hittites
25. 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.
The Viking Invasions
Marco Polo
English Common Law
Akbar
26. 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.
Sparta
The Shogun
Alexandar the Great
Hugh Capet
27. 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 Summarians
The Thirty Years War
Alexandar the Great
The Ottoman Empire
28. Continuous barbaric invasion. Internal factors included political instability - decreasing farm production - inflation - excessive taxation - and the decline of the military. The rise of Christianity divided the Empire.
The Communist Manifesto
Scholasticism
The Fall of Rome
The Manchus
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).
Songhai
Oligarthy
The Huguenots
Mughuls
30. 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
Mississippian Culture
The Lydians
The Muslim Empire
Aegan
31. 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 Peace of Westphalia
The Early Middle Ages
Seljiks
Constantine
32. 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
Thomas Malthus
Islamic Civilization
Arab Caliphs
33. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
Baroque Style
The Dark Ages
The Viking Invasions
Decentralization of the Germanic States
34. 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.
Swahili
Elizabeth I
Tokugawa Shogunate
Martin Luther
35. The 'Theatre of politics.' The nobility were required to live there by Louis XIV - beautiful architecture and gardens. Symbol of French state and power
James I
The Palace of Versailles
Athens
Islamic Civilization
36. Area along the central west coast of Asia Minor colonized by settlers from mainland Greece from about 1000 BC. Ionian Greeks - including Homer - played a central role in the early development of Greek history and literature following the Dark Ages. B
Absolutionism
Ionia
The Middle Ages
The Franks
37. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Napoleon Bonepart
African Culture
Greek Individualism
African Desert
38. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
The Anasazi Culture
Baroque Style
Mycenaean Civilization
Charlemagne
39. 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
Nomadic
The Roman Government
The Renaissance
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
40. This was the French law put in place by Napoleon. It promoted equality before the law - toleration of all religions - and outlawing serfdom and feudalism. It also took away women's rights and outlawed trade unions and strikes.
The Code of Napoleon
Minoan Civilization
The Samurai
Proletariats
41. 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.
Hieroglyphics
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
The Romanov Dynasty
Egyptian Religion
42. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Anasazi Culture
Slave Trade
Contributions of the Greeks
Absolutionism
43. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
African Savana
Norman Conquest
The Franks
44. 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
Byzantine Empire Success
Thomas Malthus
The Palace of Versailles
45. The first religion of Japan - 'The way of the Gods.' Shinto celebrates the mysteries and unforeseen forces of nature. Animistic. According to Shinto beliefs - divine spirits called kami are associated with the awesome forces of nature - such as rushi
The House of Lords
Shinto Religion
Contributions of the Greeks
The Reconquista
46. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Romanesque
The Communist Manifesto
Frederick Barbarossa
The Anasazi Culture
47. Political system in which a ruler holds total power. The ruler has total control and final say over their people.
The Age of Enlightenment
Absolutionism
Manorialism
Mohammad
48. Mass production of goods and the rise of the factory system. From Rural to Urban centers. The division of society into defined calsses propertied and unpropertied. The development of modern Capitalism.
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Realism (Plato)
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Protestant Reformation
49. Several have inland as well as coastal deltas - Nile flows northward . Niger - Nile - Congo - Zambezi And were important to Africa's economic history.
African Rivers
Voltaire
The Huguenots
The War of the Roses
50. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
Early Japanese Culture
The Summarians
Karl Marx
The Dark Ages