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CSET World History
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1. Architecture was dominated by the Romanesque (11th -12th century) and Gothic (13th -15th century) styles
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: architecture
India: developments
Isaac Newton
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
2. c. A.D. 500-1000 - Dark Ages: A.D. 500-800 - 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 importance of city life in the Sung Empire
The Early Middle Ages
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
Isaac Newton
3. Influenced its history - Japanese culture reflects a reverence for nature - Mountains - forests - and coastal areas determined cultural growth
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4. Conquered the Peloponnesus (peninsula of southern Greece) and ushered in a 'dark age' characterized by violence and instability
China: developments
The Dorians
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Charles Martel
5. An English philosopher - Believed that people made a contract with their government to protect natural writes - Wrote about the inalienable writes to life - liberty - and the pursuit of happiness - His political ideas had a dramatic impact on the dev
The Hellenistic Age
John Locke
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages
The Punic Wars with Carthage
6. A failed French attempt to close the continent to British trade in hopes of destroying the British economy
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7. 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 Viking (Norse) invaders
Minoan civilization
The English Reformation
8. A.D. 250-900 - Yucatan peninsula - Achieved a complex civilization - cities were trade and religious centers - excelled in many fields - including mathematics - science - astronomy - and engineering (pyramid building) - Only known written language of
Iona
The Mayas
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
9. Developed in the interior of the continent - Grew from an iron - working settlement - Huge stone structures were constructed - Economy was based on the gold trade
The Roman Empire
Ganges River
The Kingdom of Zimbabwe
Cotton gin
10. An ethical religion - Of the Persians - based on concepts of good and evil
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Zoroastrianism
Islamic civilization: government and religion
Islam in Africa
11. Mainly composed of three regions: desert - savanna - and tropical rainforest - The Sahara desert dominates the continent (covers most of northern Africa) - Trade and commerce were connected to the geographical potential of the area - Large population
The topography of Africa
Greece: geography
The Battle of Waterloo (1815)
Ibn Battuta
12. Borrowed from China - Archaeology has revealed Japan's ancient past - Japanese culture developed during the Heian Era (794-1156) - Poetic form such as the Haiku developed - and literature spread
Ganges River
Voltaire - Montesquieu - Locke - and Rousseau
Steam locomotive
Early Japanese civilization
13. Established a civilization in the Nile Valley (3000 B.C.) - Natural barriers (desert and sea) - as well as its isolation from other civilizations - greatly hindered foreign invaders; spared Egypt from the repeated political disruptions characteristic
Egypt
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
China: developments
Rallying cry of the French Revolution
14. Manufacturing: flying shuttle - Birth of the factory system: spinning jenny - water frame - spinning mule - watt steam engine - power loom - cotton gin - Iron - making: coke smelting - grooved rollers - Transportation: steam locomotive - steamboat
Egypt: developments
Laissez faire
Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
Mohammed
15. Christianity and church dogma were questioned
India under Muslim rule
The Roman Empire
Indus River
Philosophy influenced by the Age of Reason
16. The Olmec - The Mayas - The Aztecs - The Incas
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
Early cultures in Mesoamerica
Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
Pepin the Short
17. 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
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The feudal system
John Locke
Spinning jenny
18. Aztecs conquered by Cortes in 1521 - Inca Empire conquered by Pizarro in 1513
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: feudalism/manorialism
19. The creators of Mesopotamian civilization (3500-3000 B.C.) - Used Tigris and Euphrates rivers for trade and commerce - as well as areas surrounding the Persian Gulf - Material progress included large - scale irrigation projects - an advanced system o
The Scientific Revolution
The East African Coast
John Locke
The Sumerians
20. The period of human culture that began around 10000 years ago in the Middle East and 4000 years ago later in other parts of the world. It is characterized by the beginning of farming - the domestication of animals - the development of crafts such as
China: developments
The ziggurat
The Roman Republic: decline
Neolithic or New Stone Age
21. The Phoenicians - The Lydians - The Israelites
Persian War
Smaller civilizations of the Near East
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
American Indian culture
22. 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
Renaissance
Adam Smith
Dissolution of the Frankish Empire
Alexander the Great
23. The cultural period of the Stone Age that developed primarily in Europe between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods - beginning around 10000 years ago and lasting in various places as late as 3000 bce. The Mesolithic is marked by the appearance of
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
Reasons for the spread of Christianity (the Roman period)
Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age
Grooved rollers
24. 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
Iona
Paul of Tarsus (Paul the Apostle)
Impact of Spanish Exploration and Conquest on Indigenous People of the Americas
The Assyrians
25. Region of great cities (e.g Ur and Babylon) located between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; chronologically the first urban hearth - dating to 3500 BCE - and which as founded in the Fertile Crescent.
Mesopotamia
Martin Luther
The Carolingians
The Punic Wars with Carthage
26. 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'
Egyptian civilization: significant aspects
American Indian culture
Johannes Kepler
India: developments
27. Philosophy (Scholasticism) dealt with the consistency of faith and reason
Neoclassicism
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: philosophy
Indus River
Charles Martel
28. 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
Indus River
Grooved rollers
Mongul rule in China
The forest states
29. 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
Hindus
Ancient Africans' advances in their societies and cultures
The Dorians
Constantinople
30. (460-429 B.C.) Represented the zenith of Athenian society and the height of its democracy
The Counter Reformation
John Locke
Coke smelting
The Age of Pericles
31. 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
Turk Dominance
Classical Greece
Saul
Literature and Philosophy during the rennaisance
32. 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
Jesus of Nazareth
Greece: geography
The caste system
The ancient Near East: cultural contributions
33. Science: methodology - theory and experimentation - astrolabe (astronomical instrument used to locate and predict the positions of the sun - moon - planet and stars) - alchemy - Technology: mechanical clocks - pointed arch - stained glass - windmill
The Babylonians
Nicolaus Copernicus
India: developments
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
34. 1804 - Used initially to haul freight at coal mines and ironworks - The steam engine was used to develop it
Muslim contributions
John Calvin
Rome's economic problems
Steam locomotive
35. A.D. 1200-1533 Northwest coastal region and inland region of South America (Peru) - Controlled a vast empire in South America - The Tiahuanaco culture developed in the Andes Mountains - unified an extensive empire - Developed a sophisticated record -
The Incas
The Age of Pericles
Development of the Renaissance
Martin Luther's beliefs
36. Profits linked to the manufacturing of products - Private ownership of land - Freedom of choice - A competitive free - market system - Limited government restraints
Galileo Galilei
Capitalism
The Persians
Athens and Sparta
37. In economics - the doctrine of '___________' (limited government intervention in business affairs) stood in opposition to regulated trade
The importance of city life in the Sung Empire
Alexander the Great
Laissez faire
Muslim contributions - Science and technology
38. The disintegration of traditional feudal loyalties - the rise of powerful monarchies - and the collapse of a single religious doctrine caused European intellectuals to think about new ways of unifying and governing nation - states - Their exploration
Darwin
Spartan way of life
Chinese civilization under the Sungs
The Age of Reason/Enlightenment
39. The commercial revival led to the rise of towns. - A true middle class emerged - Economic activities in the towns were supervised by the guild system (merchant and craft guilds) - The Crusades led to the revival of international trade
Alexander the Great
Grooved rollers
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: commercial revival
Charlemagne
40. 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
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
Indus River
Martin Luther
Enlightened despotism
41. Became the birthplace for the Hellenic civilization
Iona
Myths
Capitalism
'The Communist Manifesto'
42. c. 1000-1500
The Aztecs
The Later Middle Ages
Saul
Muslim contributions
43. Salvation through faith rather than sacraments - 'Ninety - five Theses' served as a catalyst in starting the Reformation - Luther's excommunication initiated the Reformation; Lutheranism developed its own following - Lutheranism decentralized religio
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44. Ghana - Mali and Songhai
The Chaldeans
The Later Middle Ages
Famous empires that grew in the West African savanna
The Viking (Norse) invaders
45. 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
Confucius
Constantine
The Lydians
The ancient Near East: geography
46. The Sumerians - The Babylonians - The Hittites - The Assyrians - The Chaldeans - The Persians
Rome's political problems
English Parliament
Mesopotamian civilizations
The conquest of Indigenous People of the Americas
47. Conquered much of Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia (2000-1200 B.C.) - A major contribution included the invention of iron smelting - which revolutionized warfare
The Roman Empire
'The Communist Manifesto'
Division of the Muslim Empire
The Hittites
48. King's authority limited by law - rights of the king's subjects declared (i.e. habeas corpus) - respect for legal procedures
Confucius
Key provisions of Magna Carta
Ibn Battuta
Capitalism
49. Geneva - Switzerland - The Doctrine of Predestination (God willed eternal damnation for some people and salvation for others) was central to Calvinistic belief - Rejection of all forms of worship and practice not traced to Biblical tradition
Key provisions of Magna Carta
John Calvin
The Aztecs
Characteristics of medieval civilization during the late Middle Ages: education
50. The Renaissance of northern Europe emphasized the teachings of Christianity and placed less reliance on humanism - The French Renaissance reflected a democratic realism - The English Renaissance did not flower until the Elizabethan Age
Charlemagne
Grooved rollers
Feudalism: outcomes
The spread of the Renaissance throughout Europe
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