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CSET Multiple Subject Subtest 1: World History
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1. A Bantu language with Arabic words spoken along the East African coast
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Swahili
Mississippian Culture
Industrial Revolution
2. Was divided into the patricians (propertied class) - plebeians (main body of Roman citizens) - and slaves.
Charlemagne
Slave Trade
Roman Society
Confucius
3. The system of ethics - education - and statesmanship taught by Confucius and his disciples - stressing love for humanity - ancestor worship - reverence for parents - and harmony in thought and conduct.
Brahman
Confucianism
Early Japanese Culture
The Battle of Hastings
4. 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
Sparta
Baroque Style
The Crusades
The Code of Hammurabi
5. 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.
Sparta
African Rivers
The Glorious Revolution
The Puritan Revolution
6. A military dictatorship in Japan headed by the shoguns from 1185 to 133. It was based in Kamakura which was the capital of the shogunate.
The Scientific Revolution
Oliver Cromwell
The House of Commons
Kamakura Shogunate
7. Created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Military techniques included siege warfare - intimidation - and the use of iron weapons. Created a centralized government - a postal service - an extensive li
The Babalonians
The Hundred Years War
The Assyrians
The Middle Ages
8. 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 Romanov Dynasty
Egyptian Religion
Industrial Revolution
The Peace of Westphalia
9. 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.
Cardinal Richelieu
Mississippian Culture
Romanesque
Marco Polo
10. The conqueror who united the peoples of Greece - Egypt - Persia and Indus River Valley into an empire by conquering them.
Alexandar the Great
Gothic Revival
Agarian
The Lord of the Manor
11. ...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.
French Revolution
The Counter Reformation
The Communist Manifesto
The House of Lords
12. The art of ancient Greece and Rome - in which harmony - order - and proportion were emphasized
Hieroglyphics
Roman Military Strategy
The Israelites
Classical Art
13. Democracy - Drama - Art - Architecture - Philosophy - Sculpting - Performing Arts - Philosphical Schools - Scientific Method.
Louis XIV
Shinto Religion
Contributions of the Greeks
The Roman Government
14. 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).
Oligarthy
The Lord of the Manor
Mughuls
The Hundred Years War
15. Clan of Quraysh that dominated politics and commercial economy of Mecca; clan later able to establish dynasty as rulers of Islam
Roman Military Strategy
The Samurai
Umayyad
Louis XIV
16. 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:
The Protestant Reformation
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
The Congress of Verona
The Samurai
17. This was the letter Martin Luther wrote to Archbishop Albert which explained that indulgences undermined the seriousness of the sacrament of penance.
Norman Conquest
The Israelites
Ninety Theses
The Heian Era
18. 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.
Greece
Mohammad
Fuedal System
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
19. Made up of art and culture - music/dance - storytelling and very Religious
The Continental System
African Culture
The Age of Pericles(460 BC-429 BC)
Songhai
20. 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.
Fuedal System
Reasons for the Spread of Christianity
The French Religious Wars
Turks
21. 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 Congress of Verona
The Age of Enlightenment
Contributions of the Greeks
James I
22. 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
Genghis Khan
Nomadic
The Israelites
23. 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
African Savana
Martin Luther
Marco Polo
24. River that provided for the needs of Ancient Egyptians and made their great civilization possible. Agriculture was the bases of the Egyptian Society.
Thomas Malthus
The Congress of Verona
The Nile
The Roman Government
25. 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.
Greece
Egyptian Religion
The Muslim Empire
The Fall of Rome
26. 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 Act of Supremacy
Laisssez Faire
Ceasar
The Restoration Era
27. 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
Roman Military Strategy
African Rivers
Ghana
Benin
28. A system of philosophical and religious doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
Neoplatonism
Brahman
Rift Valley
The Counter Reformation
29. Established Capeatian rule in France - put to throne because of his weakness; made throne hereditary; Capetians had an unbroken succession for 300 years; effective beauracracy
Minoan Civilization
Hugh Capet
Paul the Apostle
The Samurai
30. The name given to Medieval Europe due to its lack of cultural - societal - intellectual - political and economic progress
Cardinal Richelieu
Islam
The Dark Ages
The Lydians
31. The seven - and - a - half century long process by which Christians reconquered the Iberian peninsula modern Portugal and Spain from the Muslim and Moorish states of Al -
The Act of Supremacy
The Roman Empire
The Reconquista
Augustus
32. 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
Proletariats
Voltaire
The House of Lancaster
Mongols
33. A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD
Bourgeoisie
The Babalonians
African Desert
Romanesque
34. 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
Islam
The Egyptians
Causes of the French Revolution
The House of Lancaster
35. A book written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that describes the new political system of scientific socialism - which becomes the basis for communism. The book states that all of human history is based on the conflict between the bourgeoisie (thos
James I
Peter the Great
Voltaire
The Communist Manifesto
36. Officially recognized Lutherism but allowed Catholic Priests to support Catholicism.
Ionia
Ceasar
The Franks
The Peace of Augsburg
37. A period in European history - between about 1000 AD and 1500 AD - when the power of kings - people of high rank and the Christian Church was strong
The Middle Ages
The Puritan Revolution
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Early Japanese Culture
38. Old Kingdom (massive pyramids) - Middle kingdom - New kingdom (gets agressive)
The Congress of Verona
Hieroglyphics
Peter the Great
Egyptian History
39. Flourishing trade - medical encyclopedia - library - Algebra - spices - silks - perfumes - porcelain - textile goods
Oliver Cromwell
African Savana
Islamic Culture
Islam
40. Athens vs Sparta - Sparta won but both were devastated unable to unite Greed city - states.
The Pelponnesian War
Abbassides
Confucianism
Akbar
41. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire
Norman Conquest
Seljiks
The Intellectual Response to the Industrial Revolution
Ghana
42. 800-1300 developed in the Southwest & the Anasazis were skilled builders & sophisticated farmers. Example Mesa Verde Cliff houses
The Lydians
The Battle of Hastings
Karl Marx
The Anasazi Culture
43. The invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the Battle of Hastings (1066)
Frederick Barbarossa
Seljiks
The Samurai
Norman Conquest
44. The collection of Papal states directly under the control of the Pope. Included lands in Italy - Germany - France - Spain - and England.
The Anasazi Culture
Industrial Revolution
Tokugawa Shogunate
The Holy Roman Empire
45. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - Zoroastrianism - an ethical religion based on concepts of good and evil - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by
Aegan
The Roman Government
Arab Conquests
The Persians
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.
Seljiks
Result Of the Industrial Revolution
Oliver Cromwell
African Desert
47. Eastern Roman empire after the fall of Rome.
Henry IV
English Common Law
Byzantine Empire
Dorians
48. 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
Henry IV
The Spanish Armada
Gothic Revival
Causes of the French Revolution
49. Ruled the manor. Had bailiffs to take care of day - to - day affairs.
Classical Art
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
The Renaissance
The Lord of the Manor
50. A center for civilizations which flourished in the 2nd and 3rd millenniums BC
The Near East
Aegan
Paul the Apostle
The Manchus