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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 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.
The Age of Enlightenment
Kush
The Mongols
Ninety Theses
2. Empire created by indigenous Muslims in western Sudan of West Africa from the thirteenth to fifteenth century. It was famous for its role in the trans - Saharan gold trade.
Mali
The Battle of Hastings
French Revolution
Roman Contributions
3. 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.
African Savana
The Glorious Revolution
The Communist Manifesto
Peter the Great
4. 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
The Thirty Years War
Roman Society
James I
Kublai Khan
5. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The Communist Manifesto
Oligarthy
Cardinal Richelieu
Augustus
6. 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
Rift Valley
Frederick Barbarossa
The Hundred Years War
7. Gave all property to the eldest son. Led many younger sons of the gentry to seek their fortunes in exploration and colonization.
Brahman
The law of Primogeniture
Contributions of the Greeks
The Thirty Years War
8. 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 Jesuits
The Palace of Versailles
Early Japanese Culture
The Lydians
9. Overthrew the Umayyad but one escaped
The Palace of Versailles
Mohammad
Abbassides
The Lord of the Manor
10. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
The Huguenots
The Act of Supremacy
Effect of the Reformation
The Dark Ages
11. 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 Franks
The Spanish Armada
Norman Conquest
The Fall of Rome
12. Constituted of a mixed government including consuls - a senate - tribune - assembly of the tribes - ...
The Roman Government
The French Religious Wars
The Code of Hammurabi
Augustus
13. 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.
Class Division
Akbar
The Peace of Westphalia
The Magna Carta
14. 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
Akbar
Ashikaga Shogunate
Sung Dynasty
Elizabeth I
15. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Fuedal Contract
Romanesque
Arab Conquests
French Revolution
16. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
African Savana
Egyptian History
The Peace of Augsburg
The Counter Reformation
17. 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
Akbar
The Lydians
The Egyptians
The Hittites
18. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
Islam
Arab Conquests
The Huguenots
19. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Ninety Theses
Egyptian History
Baroque Style
Constantine
20. A fundamental transformation in scientific ideas in physics - astronomy - and biology - in institutions supporting scientific investigation - and in the more widely held picture of the universe
Swahili
The Scientific Revolution
Norman Conquest
Baroque Style
21. 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 Near East
Effect of the Reformation
Ninety Theses
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
22. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
English Parliment
Islamic Culture
Constanople
The English Civil War
23. 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 Franks
The Heian Era
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Hittites
24. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
St. Augustine
Benin
Mycenaean Civilization
Effect of the Reformation
25. 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
Egyptian History
Napoleon Bonepart
Ashikaga Shogunate
Confucius
26. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Crusades
Dorians
Abbassides
The Hittites
27. 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.
Fuedal System
The Lord of the Manor
The Scientific Revolution
Ghana
28. 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.
Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Frederick Barbarossa
Tang Dynasty
The Thirty Years War
29. 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 Anasazi Culture
The Congress of Vienna
Marco Polo
Shinto Religion
30. 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
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Renaissance
Absolutionism
Benin
31. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
The Hopewell People
The Shogun
Commercial Revival
Manorialism
32. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Kublai Khan
The Code of Hammurabi
Sung Dynasty
The Hittites
33. A catalyst in the collapse of the Greek city - state alliance.
Greek Individualism
The Congress of Vienna
The Israelites
The Counter Reformation
34. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
The Age of Enlightenment
Kush
Norman Conquest
Militant Socialism
35. 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
African Culture
Agarian
Norman Conquest
The Spanish Armada
36. 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.
English Parliment
Mohammad
Kush
Neoclassicism
37. 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
Ninety Theses
Henry IV
The Romanov Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
38. A new group of nomads that drove the tang armies out of central Asia and took control of the silk roads. because of this chinas economy was damaged
The law of Primogeniture
Turks
Class Division
Roman Contributions
39. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Hundred Years War
The Pelponnesian War
The Renaissance
The House of Lords
40. 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)
Martin Luther
Aegan
Louis XIV
The Age of Enlightenment
41. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Ming Dynasty
Militant Socialism
Mycenaean Civilization
Athens
42. 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.
Sparta
Kublai Khan
Genghis Khan
Byzantine Empire
43. A lesser used title for the English Civil War.
Slave Trade
Scholasticism
The Puritan Revolution
Umayyad
44. Religious pilgramages Improved farming methods - trade and commerce led to a high standard of living - Military expansion.
Mohammad
The law of Primogeniture
Islamic Government and Religion
The Shogun
45. 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.
The Act of Supremacy
Charlemagne
Humanism
Elizabeth I
46. 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.
The Thirty Years War
Oliver Cromwell
Egyptian History
The Assyrians
47. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
Roman Society
Tang Dynasty
The Near East
The Peace of Augsburg
48. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Alexandar the Great
The Roman Government
Islamic Culture
The Congress of Verona
49. Organization with midsize societies ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand people - with somewhat more power available to leaders.
Tribal Organization
Byzantine Empire
The French Religious Wars
The Roman Government
50. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
Slave Trade
Elizabeth I
The Early Middle Ages
Abbassides
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