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CSET World History
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1. Muslims controlled India for centuries - Muslim invaders came into India in the 11th and 12th centuries and created kingdoms in the north - The Delhi Sultanate was the most powerful (1206-1526)
India under Muslim rule
Hindus
The Scientific Revolution
The Olmec
2. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Myths
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
'The Communist Manifesto'
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
3. The Hopewell people were skilled farmers and flourished in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys (200 B.C.- A.D. 400) - Mississippian culture developed in A.D. 800 and built large religious mound structures - The Anasazi culture (A.D. 800-1300) developed
Mesopotamia
Africa's geological diversity
Flying shuttle
North American Indians
4. Renaissance secularism created tension between princely kingdoms and the authority of the Church - There also emerged within the Church questions about its worldly rather than spiritual interest in acquiring power and wealth - This internal struggle
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
'The Communist Manifesto'
The (Protestant) Reformation
Power loom
5. Disease devastated native populations - Smallpox - measles - typhus - From Mexico - spread into the American southwest and southward toward the Andes - From 1520-1620 - 20 million dead - Conquest aided by weakening of native forces - Mass transfer of
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
6. 1483-1546 - Northern Germany - Rejection of hierarchical priesthood and papal authority - Questioned the right of the pope to grant indulgences (full or partial remission of temporal punishment due for sins which have already been forgiven)
The Ming and Manchu Dynasties
Martin Luther
Mesopotamian civilizations
Feudalism: economic
7. A dramatic increase in productivity and the rise of the factory system - Demographic changes (from rural to urban centers) - The division of society into defined classes (propertied and nonpropertied) - The development of modern capitalism
Roman contributions to the western world Culture: history - literature
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Mycenaean civilization
8. Centers of Aegean civilization; depended on the Aegean Sea to develop and extend their culture - (c. 2000-1150 B.C.) developed heavily fortified cities and based prosperity on trade and warfare
Mycenaean civilization
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Islam
Role of the Church in the Early Middle Ages
9. (A.D. 747-768) a Carolingian ruler appointed by the pope as king and established the Papal States on former Byzantine lands
The Dorians
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Pepin the Short
10. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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11. 500 BC to the conquest of Greece by the Macedonian king Philip II in 338 BC; highpoint of greek civ - Sophic emphasis on the individual - revol of philosophy by Socrates - Plato's emphasis on ethics - Aristotle emphasis on observable reality - Herodo
Pepin the Short
Classical Greece
Islamic civilization: trade and cultural expansion
Isaac Newton
12. 20000-30000 years ago - during the last Ice Age - the first humans crossed over the Bering Sea land bridge into the Americas - As they migrated southward - they inhabited the hemisphere from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego - Their widespread dispersion le
Mesopotamia
Flying shuttle
Origins of people in America
Rome's economic problems
13. Capitalism was regarded as the 'natural environment' in which 'survival of the fittest' could be tested - belief that some races were superior to others - that poverty indicated unfitness - and that a class - structured society was desirable
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
John Locke
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
Constantine
14. Hierarchical and interdependent - Church - Lords/nobles - Vassals/lesser lords - Knights - Peasants (free and serfs) - Grants of land given by lords in exchange for oaths of loyalty - Private armies of vassals and their knights protected lords and th
Feudalism: political
Charlemagne
'The Communist Manifesto'
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
15. Assumed leadership of the Muslim world - The Seljuks fought with the crusaders and regained lost land - Mongols invaded the eastern Muslim Empire - The Ottoman Empire expanded territory and lasted for many centuries - Constantinople was the center of
Turk Dominance
Greece: geography
The Dorians
Saul
16. An Aegean civilization - Minoan civilization of Crete (c. 4000-1400 B.C.) based its prosperity on extensive commerce
Minoan civilization
Egypt
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
Myths
17. The center of Sumerian community life and served as a temple - storehouse - and treasury
The ziggurat
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
18. Pillaged the coasts of Europe in the 8th century - The Danes were responsible for the major invasions of England - In France - the Carolingian king was forced to cede Normandy to the Vikings
Steam locomotive
The Viking (Norse) invaders
The feudal system
Isaac Newton
19. Developed strong governments - Benin grew wealthy and powerful until European contact threatened society - Slave trade produced wealth for the cities and the expansion of the slave trade extended into Africa's interior - Trade - taxes - and a powerfu
Hinduism
Mesopotamia: developments
The forest states
Isaac Newton
20. The government system and basis for society in the Middle Ages - The system was based on land ownership; person who was allowed by a lord to use his land was called a vassal and the land was called a fief
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
The feudal system
Minoan civilization
Cotton gin
21. Institutions: hospitals - medical schools - libraries - universities - Agriculture: cash crops - crop rotation - Mathematics: algebra - algorithms - Arabic numerals - decimal point - Globalization: exploration - work of scholars - trade (Atlantic - M
Muslim contributions
Egypt
Modern influence of Magna Carta
Steamboat
22. Originated in India (1500 B.C.) as part of the teachings of Hinduism - Divided people into four distinct and inflexible social groups: priests and teachers; rulers and warriors; merchants and artisans; and peasants and servants (the lowest caste) - P
Feudalism: political
The caste system
The 'continental system'
The Dorians
23. There were three periods of feudal government
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
Athens and Sparta
24. Law - rule of law/equality before the law - civil and contract law codes
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
The Scientific Revolution
Reasons for the decline of the Byzantine Empire
Roman contributions to the western world (greatest contribution)
25. Established at Byzantium by Emperor Constantine as a 'New Rome' in the East in A.D. 330 - Strategically located (where Europe and Asia meet) - had excellent defensible borders - and was a crossroads of world trade - With the fall of Rome/collapse of
The Roman Republic: decline
Constantinople
Martin Luther's beliefs
The Hittites
26. 1785 - Led to faster production of cloth
Power loom
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
Charles Martel
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
27. Developed their own language and sophisticated system of writing - developed literature and poetry - developed the Shinto religion - placed great emphasis on a love of nature - beauty - and good manners
The accomplishments of the early Japanese
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
The Hittites
Islam
28. A.D. 960-1279 - The Chinese Empire lost much territory after the fall of the Tang rulers - Advances in education - art - and science contributed to an improved way of life
Reasons for the Byzantine Empire's success
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
29. 1764 - Introduced the first power - driven machine to manufacture cloth
Johannes Kepler
Water frame
Arabs
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
30. Stimulated new states of West Africa and spread Islamic culture and religion
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
Islam in Africa
North American Indians
The 'continental system'
31. Warrior nation; created an empire based on military superiority - conquest - and terrorism (911-550 B.C.) - Empire origniated in the highland region of the upper Tigris River but grew to encompass the entire area of the Fertile Crescent - Military te
Ottoman Empire
The Assyrians
John Locke
Early Japanese civilization
32. Attempted to unify the entire Near East under one rule (500s B.C.) - Established an international government - - Failed to conquer the Greeks; Persia was eventually conquered by Alexander the Great (334-331 B.C.)
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
The topography of Africa
The Persians
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
33. Established the first lasting monotheism - After the death of Solomon (922 B.C.) - the Hebrews were divided into two kingdoms (Israel and Judah) - Disunity and conquest resulted in the destruction of Israel (722 B.C.) and Judah (586 B.C.) - The revol
The Israelites
The Fall of Rome
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Turk Dominance
34. The classical economists advanced the theory of laissez faire - Thomas Malthus (1776-1834) theorized that population growth would far outstrip food production - The revolutionary socialism of Karl Marx advocated a violent overthrow of the present eco
The English Reformation
Martin Luther
John Calvin
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
35. Ravaged by economic and political decline and repeated civil wars - Caesar was assassinated in 44 B.C. - Augustus became the first emperor of the Roman Empire (27 B.C.)
Manorialism
Social Darwinism and Capitalism
Muslim contributions
The Roman Republic: decline
36. (A.D. 768-814) A Carolingian ruler - dominated the political structure of the early Middle Ages - crowned 'Emperor of the Romans' by Pope Leo in A.D. 800 and had a major impact on the history of Europe - revived the concept of the Holy Roman Empire a
Minoan civilization
Feudalism: economic
Charlemagne
The Israelites
37. Society was based on a strict class division: clergy and nobility were the privileged class - peasants and artisans were the work force - and serfs were tied to the land
John Calvin
Development of the Renaissance
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: society
The Lydians
38. Wrote the 'Wealth of Nations' (1776) and advocated manufacturing as the true source of a nation's wealth (the laws of the market place and not government regulations dictate national economies); considered the father of modern economics
India under Muslim rule
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Results of the Industrial Revolution
Adam Smith
39. International relations placed France against Europe. Napoleon won territory from the Holy Roman Empire and forced Spain to cede the Louisiana territory to France
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
The Persians
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Napoleon and the First Empire: international relations
40. A.D. 570-632 - Emerged from the deserts of Arabia; appeared as a messenger of God (Allah) and a prophet of Allah's monotheistic faith - According to Islamic traditions - Mohammed was last in a line of prophets that traced back to Abraham and included
Laissez faire
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Cleisthenes - Athens Leader
Mohammed
41. 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 Hellenistic Age
The Aztecs
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Causes of the Industrial Revolution
42. c. 1350-1600 - The revival of intellectualism - literature - philosophy - and artistic achievement - Spread westward and into northern Europe - Continued the road started in the Middle Ages that would lead to modern Europe
Historical interpretations of the Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Development of feudalism and a samurai warrior - class
The Early Middle Ages
43. 'Liberty - Equality and Fraternity'
Feudalism: political
Islam in Africa
The Hellenistic Age
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
44. Military and political leader during the later stages of the French Revolution - Emperor of the French from 1804-1815 - His legal reform - the Napoleonic Code - has been a major influence on many civil law jurisdictions worldwide - Best remembered fo
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Napoleon and the First Empire
The intellectual response to the Industrial Revolution
Charles Martel
45. (Frankish military/political leader) Halted the Muslim advance into Europe at the Battle of Tours (A.D. 732); Martel's victory helped preserve western civilization
Roman contributions to the western world Engineering and architecture
The ancient Near East: geography
Charles Martel
Johannes Kepler
46. Became the first explorers - traders - and colonizers of the ancient world; their civilization reached its peak in 1000 B.C. - Greatest seafaring civilization in the ancient world - Developed extensive trade networks throughout the Mediterranean and
Islamic civilization: government and religion
The Phoenicians
Greece: geography
Hindus
47. Also called enlightened absolutism - Grew out of the earlier absolutism of Louis XIV (France) and Peter the Great (Russia) - Advocated limited responsibility to God and church - A form of absolutism in which rulers were influenced by the Enlightenmen
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Turk Dominance
Enlightened despotism
48. The Reconquista reestablished Christian control over Muslim Spain in 1492 - Portugal in 1250 - The Spanish state was marked by strong - absolutist rule - The monarch instituted inquisitions and also expelled the Jews
Muslim contributions
Spain and Portugal during the later Middle Ages
John Calvin
Constantine
49. Mathematician - astronomer - Believed God had created the world according to an intelligible plan and that man could understand this plan through application of reason -'Three laws of Planetary Motion'
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Johannes Kepler
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
Contributions of the Greek World
50. A.D. 1325-1521 - Central Mexico - Conquered much of central Mexico - The Toltecs preceded them - built a great city (Tenochtitlan) and ruled an empire - Religion and war dominated life - Rich mythological and religious traditions - Architecturally ac
Paleolithic or Old Stone Age
Myths
The Aztecs
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age