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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. Created during kamakura era - In theory: Emperor's military chief of staff - In reality: Actual ruler of Japan
The Roman Government
The Shogun
Benin
Laisssez Faire
2. 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
Islam
Kush
The House of Lancaster
Ninety Theses
3. 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 Anasazi Culture
African Desert
Proletariats
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
4. First emperor of the Roman Empire. Julius Caesar's grand - nephew.
The Mongols
Frederick Barbarossa
Augustus
Seljiks
5. Emperor of Rome who adopted the Christian faith and stopped the persecution of Christians (280-337)
Constantine
Kamakura Shogunate
Charles I
The Hittites
6. Among the most vigorous of the medieval emperors. Clashed with the pope over the appointment of the clergy. Known as 'the red beard' (r. 1152-1190). He attempted to conquer Lombardy (n. Italy) and unite the German princes - but the popes did not appr
Mongols
The Roman Government
Frederick Barbarossa
The Babalonians
7. Document written in 1215 which limited the power of the King and established the principle of limited government and the fundamental rights of English citizens. The document also introduced such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of
The Muslim Empire
The Magna Carta
Paul the Apostle
The Scientific Revolution
8. 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.
The Communist Manifesto
Commercial Revival
The Samurai
The Chaldeans
9. 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
The Romanov Dynasty
Militant Socialism
Contributions of the Greeks
10. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Early Japanese Culture
Ionia
Roman Society
The Holy Roman Empire
11. 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.
The Puritan Revolution
Voltaire
Mali
Result Of the Industrial 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.
Gothic Revival
Classical Art
The Council of Trent
Byzantine Empire Success
13. Establishe a civiliztion in the Nile Valley.
The Assyrians
The Persians
Proletariats
The Egyptians
14. 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.
Roman Society
Causes of the French Revolution
The War of the Roses
Shinto Religion
15. 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
The French Religious Wars
Mongols
Minoan Civilization
16. 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
The Renaissance
Humanism
Charles I
The War of the Roses
17. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
Aegan
The Palace of Versailles
Oliver Cromwell
The Samurai
18. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Rift Valley
Ionia
The Peace of Augsburg
Abbassides
19. 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
Industrial Revolution
The Palace of Versailles
The Israelites
Aegan
20. Were skilled farmers & flourished in the Ohio & Mississippi Valleys (200BC to 400AD).
Humanism
The Anasazi Culture
The Phoenicians
The Hopewell People
21. 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.
Dorians
The Glorious Revolution
The Lydians
The Act of Supremacy
22. ...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.
African Savana
Nomadic
The House of Lords
The Ottoman Empire
23. Wars which - in the century after the death of Muhammed in 632 - created an empire stretching from Spain to the Indus Valley.
Arab Conquests
Sparta
Confucius
Roman Society
24. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
The Congress of Verona
Laisssez Faire
Mongols
Egyptian History
25. 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.
Mughuls
Mississippian Culture
Ming Dynasty
Ghana
26. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Mughuls
Norman Conquest
Romanesque
Ziggurat
27. 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
Charles I
Egyptian History
The Roman Empire
Elizabeth I
28. 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
The Crusades
Paul the Apostle
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Rise of Christianity
29. 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
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Neoclassicism
Ionia
The Lydians
30. Took over Turkey from the Byzantine Empire and strived to expand its borders into Eastern Europe - mainly fighting the Holy Roman Empire and its various princes throughout the Middle Ages. Constanople the center. Over time it started to shrink and gr
Songhai
Dorians
The Ottoman Empire
African Savana
31. The meeting of representatives from each of the nations in the Quadruple Alliance. Its purpose was to draft a peace settlement by redrawing Europe's political map after the defeat of Napoleonic France. It succeeded in constructing a settlement that w
The Congress of Vienna
Classical Art
Tang Dynasty
The Shogun
32. 1822 ended the congress system & allowed European powers to be guided by self - interest.
Louis XIV
Arab Caliphs
The Franks
The Congress of Verona
33. 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
The Huguenots
Kush
The Renaissance
The Scientific Revolution
34. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Martin Luther
The Code of Hammurabi
Karl Marx
Ninety Theses
35. A city established as the new eastern capital of the roman empire by the emperor constantine in a.d. 330 that is now called istanbul
The Hittites
Norman Conquest
Benin
Constanople
36. 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 House of Lords
Cardinal Richelieu
Byzantine Empire
37. The middle class - including merchants - industrialists - and professional people
The Heian Era
Bourgeoisie
Fuedal System
The Hopewell People
38. Napoleon cut off all trade with Great Britain to try and make Europe more self - sufficient - an economic blockade of Britain. The Foreign Policy of Napoleon - essentially an effort to thwart English advancement by nationally prohibiting British trad
The Continental System
The Scientific Revolution
The Act of Supremacy
Napoleon Bonepart
39. Dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria
The English Civil War
French Revolution
Tang Dynasty
The Council of Trent
40. A collection of laws covering crimes - farming - business activities - and marriage and family. Many of the punishments were cruel - but the code was an important step in the development of a justice system
The Code of Hammurabi
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Phoenicians
Louis XIV
41. African Civilization developed here
The Ottoman Empire
The House of Lords
Rift Valley
Voltaire
42. 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
Louis XIV
Scholasticism
The Thirty Years War
Ninety Theses
43. The rise of Islam
The Muslim Empire
The Summarians
Mali
Byzantine Empire
44. Revival of a classical style in art or literature or architecture or music but from a new perspective or with a new motivation
The Continental System
The Romanov Dynasty
Neoclassicism
The Viking Invasions
45. 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 Congress of Verona
Tokugawa Shogunate
Paul the Apostle
French Revolution
46. 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
Mongols
Roman Contributions
Humanism
Turks
47. 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)
Roman Society
Sung Dynasty
Akbar
Manorialism
48. 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
The Hopewell People
The English Civil War
Charles I
Islamic Civilization
49. 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.
Ionia
Baroque Style
The Restoration Era
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
50. Caused by a continuing power struggle with the Pope.
The English Civil War
Constantine
Decentralization of the Germanic States
Peter the Great