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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. 17th century Europe - elaborate and detailed artwork - drama - tension - exuberance - and grandeur in sculpture - painting - literature - and music
Baroque Style
The Holy Roman Empire
Napoleon Bonepart
The Franks
2. A war that broke out between the parliament supporters (roundheads) and the king's supporters (cavaliers). It ended with the execution of the king - Charles I
Ming Dynasty
Marco Polo
Kublai Khan
The English Civil War
3. The Hitties - the Assyrians - Chaldeans - and the Phoenicians. Centralized Government and advancements in algebra and geometry.
Ashikaga Shogunate
Peter the Great
The Babalonians
Charles I
4. Roman expansion resulted in a world republic. Emerged as the dominant power in the Mediterranian.
The Protestant Reformation
Minoan Civilization
Bourgeoisie
The Roman Empire
5. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Oliver Cromwell
Sparta
Hugh Capet
Arab Conquests
6. The French version of the American Declaration
The French Religious Wars
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
Confucius
Neoclassicism
7. They were polytheistic worshiping over 2000 gods and goddesses. They believed in the afterlife and that they would be judged for their life. They had sacred burials. Ruled by Pharoahs.
The Hundred Years War
Mughuls
Egyptian Religion
Tang Dynasty
8. Established the new Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar (605-538 B.C.)- Conquered Mesopotamia - Syria - and Palestine Developed astrology - astronomy - advanced government bureaucracy - and architectural achievements such as the Hanging Gardens of
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Chaldeans
The Hittites
The Counter Reformation
9. 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:
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Restoration Era
Umayyad
Thomas Malthus
10. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Turks
Classical Art
Ceasar
Norman Conquest
11. The term for The Univeral Soul in Hinduism.
Brahman
Ziggurat
Humanism
The Israelites
12. 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
Cardinal Richelieu
Proletariats
Elizabeth I
Laisssez Faire
13. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Peter the Great
Hieroglyphics
The Summarians
The Manchus
14. (1776-1834) Theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production
Egyptian History
Islamic Government and Religion
Thomas Malthus
The Council of Trent
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.
Greek Individualism
The Mongols
Mississippian Culture
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
16. 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.
Mississippian Culture
Egyptian History
The Peace of Westphalia
The Congress of Verona
17. 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
Brahman
St. Augustine
The Nile
The War of the Roses
18. ...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.
The House of Commons
The Hittites
Athens
The House of Lords
19. 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
The French Religious Wars
Romanesque
The Scientific Revolution
20. 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
The Assyrians
Louis XIV
Turks
21. Mongolian emperor of China and grandson of Genghis Khan who completed his grandfather's conquest of China
Islam
Rift Valley
The Communist Manifesto
Kublai Khan
22. The Vikings built fast ships where they would ship men and cargo from their land to charlemagnes empire to pilage and plunder.
The Hittites
Akbar
Constanople
The Viking Invasions
23. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
Alexandar the Great
The Hittites
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
Ninety Theses
24. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Pelponnesian War
Manorialism
Bourgeoisie
The Hittites
25. The restoration of the monarchy began in 1660 when the English - Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under Charles II after the Interregnum that followed the wars of the 3 kingdoms. Stuart rule was restored.
Gothic Revival
The Assyrians
The Holy Roman Empire
The Restoration Era
26. 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
Classical Art
Neoclassicism
Bourgeoisie
The Near East
27. 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 Hopewell People
Neoplatonism
The Summarians
Shinto Religion
28. 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
Louis XIV
The House of York
Mughuls
The Hundred Years War
29. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
The Battle of Hastings
The Puritan Revolution
The Nile
Roman Military Strategy
30. 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
Henry IV
Islam
Ghana
Confucianism
31. First Bourbon king - most important kings in French history - rise to power ended French Civil Wars - gradual course to absolutism - politique - converted to Catholicism to gain loyalty of Paris
Rift Valley
Henry IV
Tang Dynasty
The Holy Roman Empire
32. Developed their own language - a sophisticated systemof writing - literature and poetry - with great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners.
The Muslim Empire
Mississippian Culture
Thomas Malthus
Early Japanese Culture
33. 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
Tribal Organization
Romanesque
The Act of Supremacy
34. French Protestants who suffered persecution. Many left Europe for America to find religious freedom
Hieroglyphics
Tribal Organization
The Huguenots
The Hopewell People
35. 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 English Civil War
The Fall of Rome
Baroque Style
The French Republic
36. 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
Ziggurat
The Hittites
The Scientific Revolution
The law of Primogeniture
37. 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
The Israelites
Sung Dynasty
Turks
Byzantine Empire Success
38. 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.
St. Augustine
Marco Polo
The Romanov Dynasty
The Crusades
39. 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
The Assyrians
Tokugawa Shogunate
The law of Primogeniture
Ziggurat
40. 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.
Scholasticism
Commercial Revival
The Crusades
The Counter Reformation
41. Powerful city in Ancient Greece that was a leader in arts - sciences - philosophy - democracy and architecture.
Manorialism
English Common Law
The Age of Enlightenment
Athens
42. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
The Council of Trent
Charlemagne
Elizabeth I
Mali
43. 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
Causes of the French Revolution
African Savana
The House of Commons
Gothic Revival
44. A flat - dry grassland with trees and bushes
The Spanish Armada
African Savana
Elizabeth I
Napoleon Bonepart
45. 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.
The law of Primogeniture
Napoleon Bonepart
The Egyptians
The Israelites
46. 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 Continental System
The Anasazi Culture
The Heian Era
Elizabeth I
47. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
The Battle of Hastings
Marco Polo
Abbassides
Ninety Theses
48. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
The Magna Carta
The Roman Government
Roman Society
French Revolution
49. 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.
Constanople
The Glorious Revolution
The Magna Carta
St. Augustine
50. Characterized by moving about from place to place as nomads
Nomadic
Akbar
The Near East
The Commonwealth Period