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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. A republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula
Greece
The Hopewell People
Genghis Khan
Kush
2. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The House of Lancaster
The Near East
The Anasazi Culture
Seljiks
3. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Cardinal Richelieu
The Thirty Years War
Islamic Civilization
Umayyad
4. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Contributions of the Greeks
The Code of Hammurabi
Byzantine Empire
The Roman Government
5. 2000-1200 B.C. conquered much of Asia Minor & northern Mesopotamia; a major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare.
The Hittites
Neoclassicism
Henry IV
James I
6. The revolutionary socialism of ____________ advocated a violent overthrow of the present economic system - History was seen as a class struggle between the exploiters (bourgeoisie) and the exploited (proletariat)
The Code of Napoleon
The Hundred Years War
Karl Marx
The Summarians
7. 16th century religious movement led by Martin Luther that sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church and led to the formation of Protestantism
Shinto Religion
The Protestant Reformation
Ziggurat
Brahman
8. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
African Rivers
Neoclassicism
Islamic Culture
English Parliment
9. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
African Culture
Ming Dynasty
Kamakura Shogunate
The Romanov Dynasty
10. 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
Proletariats
Rift Valley
The Pelponnesian War
The Peace of Augsburg
11. 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 Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Byzantine Empire Decline
Oliver Cromwell
Rift Valley
12. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
The Communist Manifesto
The Palace of Versailles
Napoleon Bonepart
Alexandar the Great
13. Provided land in exchange for personal service to the King.
Fuedal Contract
The Hittites
The Age of Enlightenment
Cardinal Richelieu
14. 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
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Umayyad
The Spanish Armada
15. A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians and was the center of community life.
The Lord of the Manor
The Renaissance
The Dark Ages
Ziggurat
16. 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.
The Jesuits
Minoan Civilization
The Early Middle Ages
Mohammad
17. The idea that the government should not play an active role in regulating the economy.
English Common Law
Fuedal Contract
Laisssez Faire
Oliver Cromwell
18. Religious movement founded by John Calvin - based on the doctrine of predestination.
Absolutionism
Scholasticism
Islam
Calvinism
19. European trade agreement with Africa dealing with slaves brought from Africa. Integral part of Triangle Trade between the Americas - Africa - and Europe.
The Hittites
The Thirty Years War
Slave Trade
Norman Conquest
20. A religious wars in France that started because of the Concordat of Bologna. This war was not only a religious war but a class war. It was between the Huguenots - who were Upper - class intellectuals who were Calvinist vs. the average poor French Cat
Mississippian Culture
The Continental System
The French Religious Wars
The War of the Roses
21. Divide and conquer - attack one enemy at a time - always ally with the weak power against the strong - then conquer both afterwards. Give conquered people a stake/citizenship in the empire - respect local religions and traditions. Demand loyalty and
Marco Polo
The Chaldeans
Roman Military Strategy
The Lydians
22. King of the Franks who conquered much of Western Europe - great patron of literature and learning
Early Japanese Culture
Charlemagne
Absolutionism
The Nile
23. 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.
Proletariats
Absolutionism
The Fall of Rome
The Assyrians
24. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Martin Luther
Constantine
The Thirty Years War
Humanism
25. An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds
Mycenaean Civilization
Benin
The Babalonians
Hieroglyphics
26. 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.
Confucianism
The Mongols
Mississippian Culture
Ceasar
27. Political leaders after the death of Muhammad
Classical Art
Arab Caliphs
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
28. Following the Hundred Years' war - civil war broke out between these two rival branches of the English royal Family - Lancaster claimed the throne of England when the Hundred Year finally ended
Mohammad
Minoan Civilization
The House of Lancaster
Classical Art
29. A more militaristic civilization then Minoans - they traded and raided - turning on their Minoan teachers - helping to destroy Crete.
Ceasar
Mycenaean Civilization
The Battle of Hastings
The Pelponnesian War
30. 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.
The Restoration Era
African Savana
Fuedal Contract
Kublai Khan
31. Conquered the Mycenaeans - illiterate - cause the Dark Age of violence and instability
Dorians
Machiavelli
The Mongols
Commercial Revival
32. Creators of the Mesopotamia civiliztion. Large scale irrigation projects - advanced system of mathematics and the invention of the wheel.
Tribal Organization
The Middle Ages
The House of Commons
The Summarians
33. 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 Age of Enlightenment
Cardinal Richelieu
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The Palace of Versailles
34. ...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.
Minoan Civilization
The House of Lords
Mohammad
The Viking Invasions
35. The battle that took place in 1066 - in which William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought for control of Normandy?
The Spanish Armada
The Ottoman Empire
The Battle of Hastings
The Jesuits
36. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Scholasticism
Charlemagne
Greek Individualism
The Lord of the Manor
37. 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.
Mali
Baroque Style
The Franks
Confucianism
38. 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
African Culture
The Jesuits
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
39. 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 Lydians
The Ottoman Empire
Byzantine Empire Success
Kublai Khan
40. 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
Brahman
Charles I
Egyptian History
41. A kingdom of the West African rain forest
Cardinal Richelieu
Benin
Henry IV
Kush
42. 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.
The Spanish Armada
Absolutionism
Genghis Khan
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
43. 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 Protestant Reformation
The Israelites
The Peace of Westphalia
44. A series of military expeditions in the 11th - 12th - and 13th centuries by Western European Christians to reclaim control of the Holy Lands from the Muslims
Ziggurat
The Crusades
Cardinal Richelieu
The Samurai
45. Known as knights of feudal Japan and retainers of the daimyo. This aristocratic warrior class arose during the 12th - century wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans and was consolidated in the Tokugawa period. They were privileged to wear two swor
The Samurai
Norman Conquest
The Act of Supremacy
Rift Valley
46. 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 Hundred Years War
James I
Thomas Malthus
Arab Caliphs
47. 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.
Sung Dynasty
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Kush
Fuedal System
48. 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.
Brahman
Ghana
The Franks
The Congress of Vienna
49. 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.
Kublai Khan
The Code of Napoleon
Islamic Government and Religion
The Code of Hammurabi
50. 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 Summarians
English Common Law
The Roman Empire
Martin Luther
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